The shoulder straps should be at or above the child’s shoulders, and the chest clip should be at armpit level. The harness straps should be snug but not too tight, with no twists in the straps. The harness height should also be adjusted to fit the child’s height. A properly-fitted 5-point harness provides the best possible protection for your child.
Use a 5-point harness for your child until they meet the weight or height limits of the car seat. This harness provides more protection than a seat belt used. Use a car seat with a harness and tether until age 5, or until they reach the upper height and weight limits for the harness. When your child is at least age 5 and outgrows the harness, use a car seat with a harness and tether until they reach the upper height and weight limits.
To ensure proper harness use, fill out your child’s age, height, and weight above, and you will be provided with car seat types that fit your child. The harness should lie flat and fit snugly at the child’s shoulders and hips. The harness straps should be positioned at or above the child’s shoulders when forward facing to most effectively decrease the distance the child can travel.
A 5-point harness is easy to adjust to different height positions for peace of mind. Buckle the harness and chest clip, then put your hand behind the clip to eliminate slack in the webbing. Tighten the harness until your hand is touching your child’s head.
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What are my options when the car doesn’t have a tethering anchor? Most are also shown in a bucket seat, I need something very universal as my son gets picked up with ride share in a different vehicle daily. My grandma gets my son into and out of the car so I need something very easy and lightweight as she can’t carry his current car seat. Please help!
Just ordered one of these on Amazon, my wife and daughter are leaving for Shanghai in 3 days and we just realized they’re probably going to need a taxi quite often. She is only 2 years 9 months (I know the minimum is 3) but she is a tall girl and meets both the height and weight minimums. I decided I’d rather have her in this than to have her traveling without any kind of protection at all, especially in the wild streets of Shanghai. Glad we found this, thank you!
I am definitely considering this for my son. He has autism and car seat 5 point harnesses are becoming more and more challenging. Safety is everything to me, not only inside the vehicle but around, in our home, etc. I believe this is going to help with the difficulties that pulling the straps tight and travel, can be. I have lupus and lots of inflammation throughout my body, so this would also help with that. Cannot wait to give this a go.
I like the concept but it brings lots of safety questions for me. Is there a NHTSA crash safety report on these?How does it test in an actual accident, what is the time to get the child out of all the buckles and hooks in the event of a crash, how do you do a quick release to get the child out in a hurry? Well like I stated I like the concept but it brings more safety concerns for me and I’d prefer to use a carseat until this is updated. I would also like to see this as a stationary vest that is locked into the seat with tethering straps. I think the back of the vest should be made like a carseat with a hard back covered with a thin cushion material then have the vest flip over the head with a soft front locking to a between the legs with a seatbelt lock like a carseat would have.
The RideSafer IS a USA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213 (FMVSS 213) certified Child Restraint System and IS safe and legal to use in the United States. There are foreign “copycat” products that are marketed as “car seats” but are something VERY different (are not legal nor safe). We wrote a blog to clarify the difference, please read that here: saferide4kids.com/blog/how-ridesafer-safe-when-these/ Safe Travels!
Hi. I recently purchased a size xs from Amazon for my 2 year old son. Is the tether and crotch belt mandatory? We haven’t used the vest yet, but he fits into the vest perfectly. I had to order because I ride Uber due to vision issues. We live in Florida. Is the safety vest approved in the state of Florida?
I just ordered one of these on amazon today. We will be using it for my oldest son who will be three in March. We are expecting our third in August and our car can’t fit three car seats across. Will I have to adjust the harness every time he gets in the car or will it stay in the same position so I just have to close the buckle and position the seat belt?
i am only asked this, Please and it is very important to dont pay a fine by a policeman, do you know or all the police of all the world (and in europe too), know about this Production / or better…… about the rideSafer????? Or i need to ask it them by myself?? is there someone there, that know about it??????
I’ve seen the crash-test, how can you say that it’s safe in a crash ?? “it meets or exceeds the performance criteria of the standard”, “FMVSS213” having the federal standard does not mean that it’s safe, it mean it’s legal to use. In France we have many car seats that are legal to use but they are for the most far away from being safe in a car crash. If you really love and care for your child I can’t imagine that you let your child use that thing. For exemple, il a lateral crash, what hold the head ?? Nothing. People put your money in a carseat who is safe for your child please.