Comments on: Baby Product Recall List http://modernhomemodernbaby.com/baby-product-recall-list/ Cool Stuff for Cool Moms Thu, 17 May 2012 18:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://modernhomemodernbaby.com/baby-product-recall-list/comment-page-1/#comment-38 John Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:28:14 +0000 http://modernhomemodernbaby.com/?p=627#comment-38 Apparently the Orbit Baby toddler seat did not get a favorable review in Consumer Reports recently, and they reported that 2/6 units failed their safety test. The CEO of Orbiti Baby recently emailed registered users to explain the situation: "We were very surprised to recently learn that when Consumer Reports tested the Orbit Baby Infant Car Seat, two out of six units failed their safety test. Our extensive and regular car seat safety compliance testing program completely contradicts this. Our tests are conducted in the exact same lab that Consumer Reports and NHTSA (the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) uses. In all of our compliance tests, we have never seen the failures that Consumer Reports has reported. Since safety is of top priority to us, we immediately ran more tests as soon as we learned about Consumer Reports’ results. We ran multiple tests in the same laboratory that Consumer Reports used, with various testing criteria, including the exact criteria Consumer Reports used. All of these tests passed. " He goes on to state that CR apparently did not follow some of the basic installation instructions: "Our greatest concerns are that they used a harness position that was too high for the size of the dummy, and that they did not turn the Base’s knob to engage the StrongArm™ self-tightening mechanism. In addition, we are alarmed that Consumer Reports showed an incorrect installation of the Infant Car Seat without the Base in the press video that they released to the public; they have acknowledged their mistake and have since edited the video. This further suggests they had not been properly following our Infant Car Seat instructions." A full statement is here: http://www.orbitbaby.com/support/safetystatement.html Apparently the Orbit Baby toddler seat did not get a favorable review in Consumer Reports recently, and they reported that 2/6 units failed their safety test.

The CEO of Orbiti Baby recently emailed registered users to explain the situation:

“We were very surprised to recently learn that when Consumer Reports tested the Orbit Baby Infant Car Seat, two out of six units failed their safety test. Our extensive and regular car seat safety compliance testing program completely contradicts this. Our tests are conducted in the exact same lab that Consumer Reports and NHTSA (the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) uses. In all of our compliance tests, we have never seen the failures that Consumer Reports has reported.

Since safety is of top priority to us, we immediately ran more tests as soon as we learned about Consumer Reports’ results. We ran multiple tests in the same laboratory that Consumer Reports used, with various testing criteria, including the exact criteria Consumer Reports used. All of these tests passed. ”

He goes on to state that CR apparently did not follow some of the basic installation instructions:

“Our greatest concerns are that they used a harness position that was too high for the size of the dummy, and that they did not turn the Base’s knob to engage the StrongArm™ self-tightening mechanism. In addition, we are alarmed that Consumer Reports showed an incorrect installation of the Infant Car Seat without the Base in the press video that they released to the public; they have acknowledged their mistake and have since edited the video. This further suggests they had not been properly following our Infant Car Seat instructions.”

A full statement is here: http://www.orbitbaby.com/support/safetystatement.html

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