New Child seat..opinions please

martyc5674

What do people make of these??
www.safe-t-seat.co.uk

thinking of getting one for my soon to be 1 year old

tomasrojo

This thread covers the general issue of carrying children. That type of seat, on the crossbar, is rated by Allianz as the least safe option, with trailers being the safest, and rear-rack-mounted seats being between the two.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055341885

DJsail

martyc5674 wrote: »

What do people make of these??
www.safe-t-seat.co.uk

thinking of getting one for my soon to be 1 year old

Didn't like the look of it until I saw the video attached and that kid looked fairly chuffed, pretty cool bit of kit!

martyc5674

Cool alright but after reading that thread Tomas linked i think ill keep away from it!!
(A fella posted of how he broke his 3 year olds leg in a wee crash)
Cheers,
Marty.

Lumen

Except that it's not a crossbar seat.

tomasrojo

Lumen wrote: »

Except that it's not a crossbar seat.

Does its positioning make it equivalent to a crossbar-mounted seat?

Just curious. I've nothing against the product.

Lumen

tomasrojo wrote: »

Does its positioning make it equivalent to a crossbar-mounted seat?

Just curious. I've nothing against the product.

The crossbar seats I've seen (e.g. the one that lives in my shed) are just a small saddle with a clamp and a wire cage.

This one is moulded plastic into which the victim is strapped, which is likely to offer better protection in an "off".

tomasrojo

Lumen wrote: »

The crossbar seats I've seen (e.g. the one that lives in my shed) are just a small saddle with a clamp and a wire cage.

This one is moulded plastic into which the victim is strapped, which is likely to offer better protection in an "off".

Thanks for that clarification.

That Alllianz report mentioned in the thread said: "Carrying children sitting in the area of the handlebars is strongly discouraged from a safety point of view."
Also: "The transport of children in the area of the handlebars is particularly dangerous;
when they are behind the saddle they come off lighter in head-on collisions."

I wonder whether the authors would discourage use of the Safe-T-seat on those grounds, that it is carrying children seated in the vicinity of the handlebars? As you say, it's a better designed product than the standard crossbar-mounted products.

tomasrojo

Lumen wrote: »

This one is moulded plastic into which the victim is strapped, which is likely to offer better protection in an "off".

Victim?