| CARES: Child Aviation Restraint System |  | Brand: Kids Fly Safe
Buy New: $67.00
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Seller: CLASSICAL MEDIA & FITNESS
Rating:  14 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.3 x 2.2
MPN: KF001
UPC: 852411001899
EAN: 0852411001899
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| Features:
| • | No more lugging bulky car seats onto planes, simply check it and bring your CARES | | • | CARES weighs only 1 pound, comes in a handy 6" carrying sack, and takes only one minute to install | | • | Fits most economy or domestic first class airline seats | | • | Enhanced safety for your child during take off, landing, and turbulence | | • | The only alternative to a car seat |
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Product Description
Keeping children safe during flight has long been a concern of parents worldwide. The Child Aviation Restraint System -CARES is the world's first passenger restraint system specifically designed for children. It is the first such device approved by the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA). The system is certified for children who weigh between 22 to 44 pounds occupying their own seat. This supplemental restraint interfaces with the existing standard seatbelt producing a low-cost, easy and effective solution for child safety.
For air travel only. May not be used in exit or emergency rows. For forward facing seats only.
* Winner of the following Awards:National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, iParenting Media Award Winner, Good Housekeeping Award, National Parenting Publications Gold Award, Crystal Cabin Award, Mr. Dad Seal of Approval
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 14
If you read only one review, read this one...Product works VERY well. August 24, 2010
phx_kc (Phoenix, AZ)
Just took my 1-year old on a 1-hour flight with this. Worked out very well. I've read the other reviews...ignore them. Here's the reality:
YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE A FEW TIMES AT HOME FIRST! Get a dining room chair. Practice strapping the seat strap, adjusting the over-the-shoulder straps, and learn how to buckle both the center chest strap and pass the seatbelt through the bottom loops. (Use a surrogate for the belt - i used the belt I wear every day to stand in the place of the airline's seatbelt). Do this 5 times. Then try it with your child in place. Took me 30 seconds once I got good at it.
It works FINE on both a closed and open tray table. I tried it both ways, as I pre-boarded first, and experimented at the back of the plane with him while everyone else fought for their seats up front. Simply open the tray table behind the seat, loop the strap around, tighten until it is snug, and close the tray table. If it is a VERY recessed tray table, it takes only a little force to get it to latch...remember, these airline tray table latches aren't hardened steel...they are plastic, and have a lot of give.
My child is normal size. The seatbelt section worked easily, tightened well. Only problem was with the snugness of the over-the-shoulder straps. I got them pretty much to their max tightness, but there was some wiggle room. Nothing to worry about. He would have been angry anyway if I got them very tight. If you have a very tiny child, you might have a concerns. If your child is gigantic, this will work. It can handle the biggest of the big.
He never slid out of the bottom, even though there was no between-the-legs strap to hold him in place. The worst thing that happened was that he tended to slump to one side, which annoyed him at times. Just had to prop him back up.
Takeoff and landing was simple. He never moved, slid, etc...
Takeaway: Practice at home first. Take a seat toward the back of the plane to give you plenty of time for setup (won't be a problem, as all airlines allow families with small children to board in the first third of all passengers). Be an attentive parent during the flight. Keep your child occupied with a toy, food, whatever...Adjust the straps as necessary. Take them out a couple times during the flight, stretch them out. Common sense stuff!
Lastly, BE REALISTIC about what this is meant to do. I think it's less of a safety device, more of a "try to corral your kid in the seat" device that allows travel without the clunky, giant car seat. It allows you to have an FAA approved permission-slip to sit your child comfortably in an airline seat, and gives the airlines an out if your child is hurt somehow during turbulence. "But he was in an FAA approved child restraint...not our fault!". Everyone wins...
4 Stars - I LIKE THIS PRODUCT! I would have given it 5 stars, but for the price (it is expensive), I couldn't justify the best rating...
 Great buy!!! July 20, 2010
Matthew T. Ward
This was the beat purchase ever. Not having to lug the car seat through the airport was a dream come true. This was so easy to install and when we needed to leave the plane it came off so easy.
Great product June 4, 2010
Cynthia G. Muthyala
I really liked this product and the only reason I have it 4 stars instead of 5 is because there is no strap that goes between the kids legs so she could slide out from the bottom. It was easy to use. My recommendation is to practice using it at home with your toddler. Also, do not put it on until the last minute, i.e. just before take off. Our flight was delayed an hour and my daughter did great but by the time the flight took off, she had enough restraint. For my daughter, we pointed to the seat belt light and told her that when it was on, she had to where the seat belt. It helped because she would look for the light and when it went off, she made sure we knew it.
Amazing May 29, 2010
MzFlaivy (North Central Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product is a traveling mom's dream come true. Installation was very simple and my daughter was very excited to be able to sit in the "big girl" chair!! Two thumbs up for the product :o)
The Molock Family
Wish I had known about it sooner April 6, 2010
J. Sanchez-hicks (Denver, CO)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wonderful product! Things I did not like, that it can not be adjusted or had a different size for more weight. Small window to use it. I had to use a small pillow case to cushion where the back meets his neck as it bothered him but not much. Other then that, I LOVE IT! Much easier then car seat and safer then nothing. helps to contain them too. LOVE IT!
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