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Six models of highchair and baby comfort pass safety test

08/12/2016

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Best evaluation was of the Cosco Moove baby comfort, with better grades in frontal and lateral collision tests

RIO - Baby comfort Cosco Moove recorded the best performance on the front and side impact tests conducted by Proteste Consumers Association and the first product sold in Latin America to receive five stars in the safety assessment. The product, manufactured by Dorel Juvenile Brazil, is even cheaper than the worst-rated car seat, the Lenox Caracol based, which did not do well on the side impact test. In the Lenox Caracol based test, the doll's head used as a passenger model crashed into the car door. There was still a strong acceleration of the head and the thorax. When evaluated without the installed base, the Lenox Caracol was considered bad, as was the model of the Burigotto, the car seat Touring Evolution SE. According to Protest, child restraint devices from the 0+ group (for children up to 13 years old), also known as baby-comfort or baby seat, were tested.

Even with the flaws in some products, the consumer advocacy group stresses that it is important that children are taken in the car within a retention system appropriate to their weight. There are four groups of strollers, and what matters at the time of purchase is the weight and height indication of the child to be transported.

Test to test

The frontal collision test is the first to which the seats are subjected. It simulates a collision at 64 km / h in a Golf. The Cosco Moove, Prime Baby Journey and Lenox Caracol models (without base) were considered very good in this evaluation. They were followed by Lenox Cozycot, Burigotto Touring Evolution SE and Tutti Baby Nino, who received good concept. The Lenox Caracol baby comfort, when evaluated with the installed base, obtained only acceptable results in the frontal impact test. Not to mention that the base was damaged after the collision.

Then, the seats were passed the lateral impact test, in a simulation at 28 km / h. This evaluation is not required to obtain the Inmetro seal. But for Protest, it is fundamental.

The Lenox Cozycot and Tutti Baby Nino models had acceptable performance. The best marks in the lateral impact test were with Cosco Moove, considered as very good, and Prime Baby, which received good concept.

In the overall impact assessment, the Cosco Moove baby comfort presented the best results and is the first case of a five-star rating of a model sold in Latin America. Then the baby-comforts Prime Baby Journey and Lenox Cozycot hit good concept. The Burigotto Touring Evolution SE, Tutti Baby Nino and Lenox Caracol (without base) models had overall impact assessment considered acceptable. Already the Lenox Caracol based model had the worst result, being considered very bad. This product is only sold in Brazil with the base, therefore we do not indicate your purchase. If the consumer has already purchased this product, Proteste advises you to use it without the base when installed in your car.

User information failures

In general, of the manuals evaluated, only the Burigotto Touring Evoltion SE was considered acceptable, all others were considered bad. The Burigotto manual presents good quality text and good size. The figures are clear and the important points are highlighted in red. It is defective due to the lack of cleaning instructions, which is required by the technical standard. Regarding the label data, there is a lack of safety information and guidelines to facilitate the correct installation of the device. So they were all considered very bad.

The Prime Baby Journey chair is the only one that carries the warning label for non-installation of the product in seats equipped with an airbag, but it is in English. This information is essential since, in the event of a collision, the airbag may suffocate the child. And remember: the car seat should never be installed in the passenger seat. And the Group 0+ children's models should be positioned facing the rear seat.

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