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Why do infant car seats expire?
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:23 pm
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:23 pm
Is this a racket playing on the “you would put your newborn child in an EXPIRED CARSEAT!!?1!1??1!!??” Karen instinct?
If it’s been involved in an accident, I understand, but I don’t see how a hunk of hard plastic and metal “expires” after 6 years.
Methinks this is just the car seat manufacturers trying to get husbands pressured by their neurotic wives into buying new ones for new kids…
If it’s been involved in an accident, I understand, but I don’t see how a hunk of hard plastic and metal “expires” after 6 years.
Methinks this is just the car seat manufacturers trying to get husbands pressured by their neurotic wives into buying new ones for new kids…
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Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:23 pm to PenguinNinja
Racket
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:24 pm to PenguinNinja
It’s all a scam. I’ve buckled my 1 year old in the front seat all his life without any problems.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:25 pm to PenguinNinja
I dunno, but seat belts never expire. You'dd think someone would be smart enough to make a car seat out of seat belt fabric.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:25 pm to PenguinNinja
UV rays break down plastics. To what degree, I have no idea.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:25 pm to PenguinNinja
Racket.
It's a way to get people to buy new ones, not hand down, etc.
And I would imagine it limits liability if you do get in a wreck and something happens with an "expired" car seat.
It's a way to get people to buy new ones, not hand down, etc.
And I would imagine it limits liability if you do get in a wreck and something happens with an "expired" car seat.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:26 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Ha. Well played
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:26 pm to PenguinNinja
Mr. Cheapskate, go big and put your toddler in a crib that has lead paint while you’re at it.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:27 pm to ducktale
Yeah, and then they should make planes out of the material they make the black box out of.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:27 pm to PenguinNinja
I’ve had this argument with my wife numerous times! Lol
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:27 pm to ducktale
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dunno, but seat belts never expire. You'dd think someone would be smart enough to make a car seat out of seat belt fabric.
racing harnesses do
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:28 pm to WITNESS23
A LOT of expiration dates is related to exactly that.
Six years is probably the threshold of loss of integrity if the seat is kept in the worst possible conditions.
Not that a well kept seat can’t last longer.
Six years is probably the threshold of loss of integrity if the seat is kept in the worst possible conditions.
Not that a well kept seat can’t last longer.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:28 pm to PenguinNinja
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but I don’t see how a hunk of hard plastic and metal “expires” after 6 years.
A lot of the cushion under that hard plastic is plain old molded styrofoam...which I imagine degrades after a few years in a hot car...
ETA - "cushion" might be the wrong word...more like energy absorbers...
This post was edited on 10/18/21 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:28 pm to PenguinNinja
My wife was just rear ended ( 
) and State Farm is cutting us a check for $900 to buy new car seats. 3 of them
) and State Farm is cutting us a check for $900 to buy new car seats. 3 of them Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:28 pm to WITNESS23
Nah, its probably legit with a factor of safety too. Plastics get brittle and weathered.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:32 pm to PenguinNinja
I'm assuming it's light. Bullet proof windows expire too.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:34 pm to Eightballjacket
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Mr. Cheapskate, go big and put your toddler in a crib that has lead paint while you’re at it.
oh wow look, my wife posts here
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:34 pm to METAL
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Nah, its probably legit with a factor of safety too. Plastics get brittle and weathered.
Lots of sheeple shilling for Big Car Seat in this thread.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:36 pm to PenguinNinja
Heh. Pretty sure my parents didn’t even put us in car seats in the 70s and 80s
Posted on 10/18/21 at 7:38 pm to PenguinNinja
So infants don’t expire
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