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i-Size or ECE-R129 is the most up to date European safety standard for car seats. These car seats must be fitted in your vehicle using the ISOFix connectors. This reduces the risk of incorrect fitting. Another safety bonus is the addition of a side impact crash test in the approval process. R129 car seats have something for everyone, including 360° seats, adjustable headrests, extra deep padding, side impact protection and more. APEX i-Size (ECE-R129) seat comes in three different size appropriate groupings: 40-87cm – Rear-facing to approximately 15 months 76-105cm – Forward-facing to approximately 4 years 100-150cm – Booster seat to approximately 12 years Designed and manufactured to meet the stringent i-Size (ECE-R129) safety standards, the car seat offers maximum comfort and in-car protection for your most precious baby/child. With a special focus on both head and neck area reinforcement, the i-Size car seat includes world-class side-impact protection (SIP) for maximum safeguard in the event of a collision. What makes i-Size (ECE-R129) different from R44 regulation? The R44 standard is based on the weight of your child. By contrast, i-Size (R129) is length-based. FEATURES: • 360 Swivel: Easily transfer between rearward-facing and forward-facing, the rotational system also makes the car seat easy to get baby in and out at 90°. • Convertible: Offers a better fit for newborn baby with the removable inlay and use all the way up to 12 years old. • Adjustable Headrest: Adjustable headrest positions allow the car seat to fit your growing child. • Adjustable Recline Angle: Adjustable recline positions provides maximum comfort for kids. • Easy installation: ISOFIX anchorages provides the safest, easiest and quickest way to install a car seat. • Tether Belt: Top Tether belt is used along with the ISOFIX connectors to secure the seat. • Removable and Washable: The fabric cover is easily removable and can be washed for simple maintenance. Why has i-Size/R129 been created? The old R44 regulation has been in place since the 1980s. Child car seats – and cars – have come a long way since then in terms of the safety they offer children. The new i-Size tests are more up to date. For a long time there has been pressure on the industry to improve their car seats by carrying out tests that are far more stringent than the old standard. The new i-Size test has incorporated side-impact testing. The new tests also use more technologically advanced dummies, known as the Q-series, which behave far more like real people in a crash scenario, and have more sensors in them than the previous crash test dummies used. What is i-Size (ECE-R129)? i-Size is the new European car seat regulation which aims to make car seats safer. It’s designed to keep children rear-facing for longer, provide better side impact protection and make car seats easier to fit correctly. So what are the new i-Size changes? 1. Children will be rear-facing for longer i-Size requires children to sit rear-facing until they’re at least 15 months old. This is longer than the earlier regulations, which advise children to sit rear-facing until they weigh 9kg. Why? Because studies show it’s safer. Swedish research found that rear-facing car seats can offer up to 75% more protection if your young child is involved in a car accident. Up to the age of 15 months, your child’s neck is not yet developed enough to withstand the forces of an average head-on collision. The excessive pressure on the neck of your baby might lead to serious neck injury. Rearward-facing seats can help to spread the forces of a head-on collision over a greater area of your child’s body, leading to less pressure on your child's head and neck. 2. Regulated side impact protection Under the older regulations, car seats only have to be tested for protection against accidents where the front or back of the car is hit. They don’t have to offer side impact protection (although many do), even though around 25% of car accidents involve a car being hit on the side. i-Size now legally requires car seats to ensure side impact protection. 3. Car seat suitability will be done by height rather than age or weight i-Size aims to reduce the confusion around car seat suitability. Currently they're categorized by weight - but we often don't know the weight of our toddler or child. However, we do know their age, and so we end up matching weight with age. However, one 9-month-old baby may have a very different weight to another. i-Size is now being categorized by height. So the best thing to do is to measure your child's height regularly – although the likelihood is, we’ll be matching height with age. The one age categorization in i-Size that is important is 15 months. i-Size requires children to be in a rear-facing seat until they're at least 15 months old. 4. i-Size requires ISOFIX fitting i-Size currently requires the use of ISOFIX (with support leg or top tether only) to fit your car seat – not seat belts. Why? ISOFIX can reduce the risk of incorrectly installing your seat. This is the biggest safety problem around car seat use – as evidence suggests that up to 75% of car seats are not fitted correctly. According to car seat data, safety tests found 94% of parents use ISOFIX correctly, while only 20% parents install car seats correctly when using a seat belt. Which is a sobering statistic. 5. New child test dummies have been used A new type of more innovative crash test dummy is being used to test i-Size car seats (they’re called Q rather than P dummies). The new version has more sensors, higher sensitivity and better reflects how a child’s body would react in an accident. 6. How do I know if a car seat is i-Size? Firstly, they have this logo (pictured above). It is similar to the ISOFIX logo, but it has an i on the side. 7. i-Size Car seat sizing and fitting i-Size seats come in three different sizes, each of which has a rough equivalent within the weight-based sizing system: 40-87cm (approximately G0+ in weight-based R44 system) – rear-facing baby carrier or baby seat using a harness 40-105cm (approximately G0/1/2 in weight based R44 system) – rear-facing baby seat until your child is at least 76cm, then forward-facing 100-150cm (approximately
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i-Size or ECE-R129 is the most up to date European safety standard for car seats. These car seats must be fitted in your vehicle using the ISOFix connectors. This reduces the risk of incorrect fitting. Another safety bonus is the addition of a side impact crash test in the approval process. R129 car seats have something for everyone, including 360° seats, adjustable headrests, extra deep padding, side impact protection and more. APEX i-Size (ECE-R129) seat comes in three different size appropriate groupings: 40-87cm – Rear-facing to approximately 15 months 76-105cm – Forward-facing to approximately 4 years 100-150cm – Booster seat to approximately 12 years Designed and manufactured to meet the stringent i-Size (ECE-R129) safety standards, the car seat offers maximum comfort and in-car protection for your most precious baby/child. With a special focus on both head and neck area reinforcement, the i-Size car seat includes world-class side-impact protection (SIP) for maximum safeguard in the event of a collision. What makes i-Size (ECE-R129) different from R44 regulation? The R44 standard is based on the weight of your child. By contrast, i-Size (R129) is length-based. FEATURES: • 360 Swivel: Easily transfer between rearward-facing and forward-facing, the rotational system also makes the car seat easy to get baby in and out at 90°. • Convertible: Offers a better fit for newborn baby with the removable inlay and use all the way up to 12 years old. • Adjustable Headrest: Adjustable headrest positions allow the car seat to fit your growing child. • Adjustable Recline Angle: Adjustable recline positions provides maximum comfort for kids. • Easy installation: ISOFIX anchorages provides the safest, easiest and quickest way to install a car seat. • Tether Belt: Top Tether belt is used along with the ISOFIX connectors to secure the seat. • Removable and Washable: The fabric cover is easily removable and can be washed for simple maintenance. Why has i-Size/R129 been created? The old R44 regulation has been in place since the 1980s. Child car seats – and cars – have come a long way since then in terms of the safety they offer children. The new i-Size tests are more up to date. For a long time there has been pressure on the industry to improve their car seats by carrying out tests that are far more stringent than the old standard. The new i-Size test has incorporated side-impact testing. The new tests also use more technologically advanced dummies, known as the Q-series, which behave far more like real people in a crash scenario, and have more sensors in them than the previous crash test dummies used. What is i-Size (ECE-R129)? i-Size is the new European car seat regulation which aims to make car seats safer. It’s designed to keep children rear-facing for longer, provide better side impact protection and make car seats easier to fit correctly. So what are the new i-Size changes? 1. Children will be rear-facing for longer i-Size requires children to sit rear-facing until they’re at least 15 months old. This is longer than the earlier regulations, which advise children to sit rear-facing until they weigh 9kg. Why? Because studies show it’s safer. Swedish research found that rear-facing car seats can offer up to 75% more protection if your young child is involved in a car accident. Up to the age of 15 months, your child’s neck is not yet developed enough to withstand the forces of an average head-on collision. The excessive pressure on the neck of your baby might lead to serious neck injury. Rearward-facing seats can help to spread the forces of a head-on collision over a greater area of your child’s body, leading to less pressure on your child's head and neck. 2. Regulated side impact protection Under the older regulations, car seats only have to be tested for protection against accidents where the front or back of the car is hit. They don’t have to offer side impact protection (although many do), even though around 25% of car accidents involve a car being hit on the side. i-Size now legally requires car seats to ensure side impact protection. 3. Car seat suitability will be done by height rather than age or weight i-Size aims to reduce the confusion around car seat suitability. Currently they're categorized by weight - but we often don't know the weight of our toddler or child. However, we do know their age, and so we end up matching weight with age. However, one 9-month-old baby may have a very different weight to another. i-Size is now being categorized by height. So the best thing to do is to measure your child's height regularly – although the likelihood is, we’ll be matching height with age. The one age categorization in i-Size that is important is 15 months. i-Size requires children to be in a rear-facing seat until they're at least 15 months old. 4. i-Size requires ISOFIX fitting i-Size currently requires the use of ISOFIX (with support leg or top tether only) to fit your car seat – not seat belts. Why? ISOFIX can reduce the risk of incorrectly installing your seat. This is the biggest safety problem around car seat use – as evidence suggests that up to 75% of car seats are not fitted correctly. According to car seat data, safety tests found 94% of parents use ISOFIX correctly, while only 20% parents install car seats correctly when using a seat belt. Which is a sobering statistic. 5. New child test dummies have been used A new type of more innovative crash test dummy is being used to test i-Size car seats (they’re called Q rather than P dummies). The new version has more sensors, higher sensitivity and better reflects how a child’s body would react in an accident. 6. How do I know if a car seat is i-Size? Firstly, they have this logo (pictured above). It is similar to the ISOFIX logo, but it has an i on the side. 7. i-Size Car seat sizing and fitting i-Size seats come in three different sizes, each of which has a rough equivalent within the weight-based sizing system: 40-87cm (approximately G0+ in weight-based R44 system) – rear-facing baby carrier or baby seat using a harness 40-105cm (approximately G0/1/2 in weight based R44 system) – rear-facing baby seat until your child is at least 76cm, then forward-facing 100-150cm (approximately