CARES Child Aviation Restraint System

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 2 x 6 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0012E4FV8
• UPC: 094922875709
• Item model number: 4102533
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 291 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
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Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Now there is an easier, better way to fly safe with kids. Just carry a CARES in your pocket or purse, install it on the airplane seat in one minute, and turn any airplane seat into a safe airplane seat for your child. CARES (child aviation restraint system) is the first and only FAA approved harness type child safety device. CARES is an innovative restraint for kids 22-44 pounds that attaches directly to the back of the airplane seat and augments the regular seat belt. CARES weighs 1 pound, fits in a 6" stuff sack and is FAA certified for all phases of flight – taxiing, take off, turbulence and landing. CARES fits all size airplane seats and takes one minute to install. CARES takes the hassle out of flying with kids and keeps them as safe as a car seat.
CARES Kids Fly Safe aviation restraint is designed specifically for aviation use for children age 1 and older who weigh between 22 and 44 pounds. These youngsters are old enough to be in their own seats, but are too small for the seat belt alone to protect them. Their bodies cannot withstand the jolts that are common in routine transportation, much less emergency situations, and they flail forward or slide beneath the seat belt if they are not held securely in place. Each year more and more young children fly. But until CARES Kids Fly Safe aviation restraint came along, what was missing was a convenient, hassle-free way to keep young flyers safe. Here's what makes CARES such an invaluable travel solution: CARES Kids Fly Safe aviation restraint is the first and only aviation Child Safety Device to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an alternative to a car seat. CARES Kids Fly Safe aviation restraint is an elegantly designed belt-and-buckle device that works in conjunction with the regular airplane seat belt and provides young travelers the same level of safety as a car seat. CARES Kids Fly Safe aviation restraint weighs just one pound and fits into a 6" stuff sack! It is easily portable, simple to install, adjustable to nearly every size airplane seat, and usable on any seat in the airplane, except in the emergency exit rows. Need your car seat on the other end of the trip? Just check it through as luggage and carry CARES Kids Fly Safe aviation restraint on board in your pocket! CARES is manufactured exclusively by AmSafe Aviation, the foremost manufacturer of aviation seatbelts and pilot restraints in the world. (Turn over your airplane seat belt buckle. Chances are it says AmSafe.) CARES is made of the same industrial-strength webbing as your own seat belt and is engineered to the highest aviation-safety standards. INCLUDES: Restraint, instruction card, instruction video on DVD, and travel bag.

 

CARES Child Aviation Restraint System

 

Product Features

• Safety harness designed specifically for aviation travel
• Compact - fits into 6" stuff sack - weighs just 1 pound
• Easy to install takes less than 1 minute
• Adjusts to fit almost every size airplane seat
• Designed for children 1 year and older weighing 22-44 pounds and up to 40" tall

Customer Evaluations

We just bought the CARES restraint for our flight from Washington to Texas final month. We have the heaviest automobile seat ever created, I feel, and I just wanted to check it, not struggle with it on the plane. The restraint did keep him in his seat, but I had two complaints.
Initially, I was disappointed that there was no strap between his legs to keep him from sliding down in his seat. I can see how a single mother was concerned about strangulation, though I suspect if left to his own devices, my 2-year-old could have just lastly managed to wriggle out of it altogether. In our case, I was frequently boosting him back up in his seat and had to keep a hand on him to keep him from wriggling back down through his fussiest moments. Now that I'm familiar with the difficulty, I might possibly be in a position to rig a resolution just before we use it once more.
My second concern was that the strap does go around the back of the child's seat, which indicates either you have to open the tray of the passenger behind you to install the strap, then close the tray back up, or in some circumstances (according to the instructions,) install the strap around the tray of the passenger behind you, rendering their tray useless and producing it impossible to use the strap during the flight when that passenger would need to have their tray. Because I have this innate fear of annoying people today, that would have honestly bothered me, but fortunately, because we are a loved ones of 5, we took up two rows anyway and I was able to make certain the infant was in front of one particular of us.
I would possibly use it once more for a 4-hour flight like that 1 to avoid the hassle of maneuvering that automobile seat by means of the narrow aisles of a plane, but for longer flights I will in all probability stick with the car seat both for his sleeping comfort and my peace of thoughts.
Edited 11-12-ten to add: I under no circumstances did use it again. I found it considerably much less stressful to just decide to buy the lightest, simplest-to-carry vehicle seat I could find for traveling. We chose the 12.five lb Cosco Scenera Convertible Vehicle Seat from Target for below $50, and it really is been fine - it just demands some extra head help for napping.

I purchased two of these for my twin daughters (just turned 3) for a flight to Jamaica. They undoubtedly are less difficult to carry through an airport than a car seat, and simple and easy to install, but the way the straps are situated, if you kid falls asleep (as mine did) the strap/leading buckle hit correct around the neck if your child slides down or slumps at all, producing the device really hazardous. Our child actually had an indentation on her neck from this device. Quite a few consumers sitting about us commented how harmful the device could be to a sleeping youngster, like the flight attendant. (And yes, the device was properly installed.)
If you decide on to use the CARES harness, I would suggest only employing it for take-off and landings, and use the common lap belt throughout the flight.

 

CARES Child Aviation Restraint System