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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I'm pretty sure it's because the car seat manufacturers want to sell more car seats. It's like the breast pump people who say you can get AIDS from a used breast pump. total bullshit. HIV won't survive more than a few hours outside a body, so there's no way that a pump sitting on someone's shelf is going to contain communicable diseases.
As for child seats, I'm also not persuaded that you need the full-on 5-pt harness up to age 8, let alone age 5 or 6.
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Well, a lot of carseats get recalls, too, and the longer it's been around the more likely it is to have one of these. Also, carseats, like bike helmets, must be replaced if they've been in a crash. Or don't you believe in that, either? I will keep using my Roundabout beyond its expiry date because I know exactly where it's been (my car or my basement) and that it hasn't been exposed to any extreme temperatures (as are most carseats left in closed cars in sunnier climes).
As for the five-point harness, it's not a matter of need per se. But after seeing his behavior in a belt-positioning booster (ie., not always or even often sitting with the belt going across his body the way it's supposed to), I decided I'd feel better with a more secure seat. Well, that and I'm lazy, and he can buckle himself into the Husky whereas I'd have to buckle the belt with a booster.
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