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Following on from the car seat thread does anyone know.....

24 replies

mrspink27 · 02/01/2006 21:03

the safety rating for the Jane Indy Plus Isofix Car Seat? dh would like an isofix seat but i cant find any info on the rating of this seat....

TIA

OP posts:
marz · 09/01/2006 20:26

I am now on the same mission....are there any other ISOFIX booster seats that anyone knows of please?

misdee · 09/01/2006 20:30

its too new to have been tested, but i have just got 2 of them, the are heavier than others and seem very well made, but i havet fitted them in my car yet.

LIZS · 09/01/2006 20:36

Don't know of any others similar yet and no safety reviews other than on the Jane site - here . If you click on the image you can access more detailed information and which cars it fits. What concerns me a bit is that it is marketed in UK as Group 1,2,3 but on here is only 2 and 3. dd is only about 13kg.

marz · 09/01/2006 20:37

I have just emailed which to ask them to look at mumsnet and also review the Indy car seat!
Also, can you tell me how other car seats are fixed into cars, are they just with the seat belt so it holds both car seat and child???

misdee · 09/01/2006 20:39

LIZS, that is the new style seat which is to be launched here later this month. the current ones (which i just got) in the uk have a belt clip lower down (the bottom half of the back support) which is why they are group 1,2+3, the new ones will be groups 2+3 only. HTH.

misdee · 09/01/2006 20:41

old style with 2 different clip posistions.

LIZS · 09/01/2006 20:42

marz , most in this group are as you suggest, the adult belt holds both child and seat with guides at shoudler and lap level on the more expensive ones. A few also have a "tether" to hold the back of the booster seat firmer against the seat back(like Concord) or have heavy bases to increase stability (like the Maxi Cosi Rodi).

marz · 09/01/2006 20:44

So, sorry for being an idiot, but a booster seat just raises the child so that the seat belt will fit around them properly?

LIZS · 09/01/2006 20:44

ah that explains it. Should that height adjuster thing make such a difference though, isn't it more to do with the weight of the child holding it in place. Why change it ...?

LIZS · 09/01/2006 20:46

marz , yes, but it also ensures that the belt is guidede at an appropriate level for the child so fits over the pelvis and shoulder, reducing the risk of internal injuries, and the high back gives neck support and side impact protection.

Hulababy · 09/01/2006 20:47

No test data for it that I can find. And I think it is the only booster tpye chair available as Isofix.

We have one, and another on order. It is really sturdy with good side cushioning. It comes high upt he back and has 2 seat belt positions.

When we got it is said from 9 months, but following UK guidelines it would be more likely from about age 3 years - same as most booster chairs.

We got our first one nearly a year ago now, when DD just turned 3 (or just before?) Have been really impressed with it and would (have) chose it over any other non Isofix chair. the fact that it fits using Isofix IMO means it must be safer, esp for head on/rear crashes, when a normal booster chair could be pushed forward and from underneath the child.

Non Isofix boosters fit just using the adult seat belt - it is routed from seat loops at the door side, and under the arm rest at the centre. The Jane Indy Plus has the additional security of the Isofix, anchoring the base part of the seat to the car structure. You then fit the car seat belt as before. So you have extra secuirty, not less nor not just alternative.

Sorry for blathering on - we are totally sold on Isofix!

marz · 09/01/2006 20:57

Thankyou all....we currently have 2 Isofix duo seatas and I just noticed the other day that my 4 yr old has her head level with the top of the seat...forgot that she grows! It was such a hassle getting the first lot of seats that I sat back with relief...and that seems like just yesterday!
SO, thankyou, I read the Jane website too, but I don't understand the folding thing....does it mean I can fold my child up if they fall asleep???

"As an improvement, INDY Plus can be folded, a really useful option for users that otherwise would nod when sleeping. When folding, the chair slides on a base. To make this function easier, the base must be fixed on the car. From the very beginning the design was based on ISOfix fixations to sustain the base. So they are rigid and generalized in new cars."

why are car seats such a minefield??!
Just got a reply from editor of which., I thought, gosh he must be working late when I saw it....turns out it was just an autoresponse...here is where I type 20 words as I don't know how to do the smiley face!

LIZS · 09/01/2006 20:59

I would imagine it is just a poor translation , lol, meaning recline rather than fold !

Hulababy · 09/01/2006 21:01

Yes, think the translatin might be the issue there. Think it means it reclines (folds back a bit). Which is kind of does - not that easily in my experience though. We have never bothered; never needed to - DD can sleep anyhow.

marz · 09/01/2006 21:08

Oh thankyou! I just had a good laugh about that, the vision of my child being folded up with the back of the seat ontop of her asleep....!!
Of course it became clear when you translated for me...somehow did not occur to me at all though when reading it!!

misdee · 09/01/2006 21:19

i'm trying to fix the indy in the car now, so i can go out straight from dropping dd1 at school tomorrow, and can i do it? can i heck!

Hulababy · 09/01/2006 21:30

There's a nack to it misdee.

You need to pull the seat as far forward from the base as possible to start with.

Oh, and are your isofix fittings (oon the car) hidden beneath the back seat - or on view in plastic casings ontop of the back cushion?

If the later it should be dead easy.

If the former, do you have the two plastic guiders (not sure if seat comes with them actually; we have some from the Britax Duo)? These then hook under the back cushion on to the isofix bars and makes attaching the seat much easier again.

If you don't have those it is harder. You have to do the guiding yourself - up and under. It means really pushing that back cushio up and out of the way for a bit.

Hulababy · 09/01/2006 21:35

They are called "Isofix latch guides" and are designed to protect the car seats from being pulled, but they do make fitting so much easier. Just no idea if you can get them seperately. As I saidm ours came with the Britax Duo seat - maybe e-mail them if you haven't got them and see if they are available seperately? Or e-mail Jane?

misdee · 09/01/2006 21:38

nope dont have those. going to try again i na mo. i got one arm attached but couldnt do the 2nd one.

Hulababy · 09/01/2006 21:40

It really is a case of perseverance. Andonce it is in, leave it in a few weeks - to get it right in position. Will be easier next time.

Hulababy · 09/01/2006 21:40

Oh - and it is easier in the light when you can see better!

misdee · 09/01/2006 21:52

have given up. will just let dd2 'drive' in the morning so ican get this darn seat attchaed. also gave up as the polics helicoptor is out, not good lol.

misdee · 10/01/2006 09:23

definatly easier in daylight lol.

Hulababy · 10/01/2006 20:29

You managed it then?

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