Extended Christmas returns. Mobile Fitting Services We'll come to you. Expert Advice. When choosing a car seat, you want to know your child is well protected, and the ISOFIX system comes with a range of benefits: Drastically decreases the risk of wrongly fitted seats. Creates a rigid connection between the car seat and the vehicle itself for improved protection.
Easier installation. Reduces the chances of your child being hurt in an accident. Semi-Universal Approval - Only compatible with specific vehicles. Firstly, there's no way one can hold a child securely with their arms wrapped around, in the event of a crash. Secondly, an airbag explodes at kmph. It can be potentially fatal to your bundle of joy as the child is too fragile to handle the impact. Also, one must remember that seatbelts in a car are designed to restrain an adult only, which makes wrapping it around a little kid pointless.
Child seats, as a concept, is alien to many parents in India and this is regardless of their socio-economic background. It's about time they realise the importance and effectiveness of these seats in securing a child, in case the car is involved in an accident. In other words, it is the international standard for attachment points for child safety seats in cars. It was first developed in by the child safety seat maker Britax-Roemer in association with Volkswagen.
Thereafter, in , it was made standard in all new cars sold in most international countries. Car seats differ in design, shape and size. So does the length of a seatbelt as well as seatbelt anchorages. This makes it problematic to fix a child seat correctly and securely. In fact, a number of surveys indicate that child car seats are fitted incorrectly, making them ineffective in securing a kid in the event of an accident.
ISOFIX seats solve this problem by providing an easier and secure way of attaching child seats in a car. It's also different because it removes the need to use the car's seatbelt to secure the child seat. In the case of the car seat, it may be a metal clip that's located in the base of the seat of the car.
While, in case of the child seat, there are ISOFIX connectors, which are essentially two prongs sticking out of the back. These connectors click into the metal clip in the car's seat, providing a secure anchorage for the child seat. Additionally, most cars and child seats feature an anti-tipping or anti-rotational device to keep the child seat firmly in position in case the car tips or rolls-over. Isofix is fitted to all cars that were launched in November or later, while all new cars from November also have it fitted, though in reality lots of older cars have Isofix.
If you're buying a used car, check its seats for the Isofix logo — usually on a label, tab or plastic cover hiding the anchor points — to be sure it has them fitted. Two-seater cars are the only exception though models like the Porsche Boxster and Mazda MX-5 now also come with Isofix fittings on their front passenger seat. Isofix seats are designed for newborns up to four-year-olds.
Isofit seats are designed for four up to year-olds, the lock into place using the same Isofix mounting points, however it is actually the seat belt that keeps your child safely in place. The Isofix system was invented to ensure kids seats are fitted correctly. Isofix child seats have metal jaws that anchor on the Isofix points in your car. You open the jaws, line them up in the Isofix points and push them together — like a locomotive bouncing off buffers — you'll hear a click as the jaws close, locking themselves onto the anchor points.
You release the seat usually by pushing a couple of buttons. The names are pretty self explanatory. Universal seats should fit all new cars and they have either a supporting leg that you wedge in the footwell or a top tether that you secure to the back of a passenger seat, both help keep the seats snugly fitted.
Semi universal seats have exactly the same setup up but as the name subtly hints, they might not fit all cars. Vehicle specific sears are — in a not-so-unforeseen twist — specific to particular models of car. Isofix seats are a good idea for many reasons. They're quick to fit and, more importantly, easier to fit safely than old style seat-belt secured seats.
They also stay locked in position in an accident better than older seats that, for example, could slide about a lot in a lateral impact. When installed right, seat belt fitted seats are perfectly safe - protecting children in the same way they do adults. Independent tests show that Isofix mounted seats are extremely safe. Rather than relying on a belt, the car seat is fixed directly to the child seat base. Nearly all Isofix seats have green and red indicators to show you when the seat is fixed correctly, too.
Add in a rebound bar and an extra leg support or top tether strap and the Isofix system feels incredibly secure.
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