At the end of August, Britax is preparing to launch their most significant overhaul of their car seat line in… well… maybe forever.
Britax is a company that is totally obsessed with car seat safety. A few years ago, research started coming out that revealed head injury to be the leading cause of death for children [...]
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New Britax convertible car seats coming soon
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Giveaways Day 21 - Orbit Stroller Travel System G2
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you already know about the warm and fuzzy feelings I have for Orbit Baby. And sure, a lot of that is because the people behind the company are amazing, talented, kind and fun. But I don’t plug their product because they are my friends. It’s the [...]
Giveaways Day 15 - Clek Oobr Booster Seat
Thursday, July 15th, 2010When we first opened Magic Beans 6 years ago we had a 2 year old and an infant and the bulk of our expertise was in the realm of baby and toddler products. When it came to booster seats we were clueless, like many parents. At that point there was no booster seat law [...]
Giveaways Day 10 - Radian XTSL Car Seat
Saturday, July 10th, 2010The Radian XTSL is the top-of-the line convertible car seat from Sunshine Kids. The XTSL offers a weight limit of 80 pounds and advanced side-impact protection in the headrest and body. This model is an updated version of the popular Radian XT Convertible Car Seat that incorporates Sunshine Kids' SuperLATCH™ technology. These specially designed LATCH [...]
Giveaways Day 1 - Britax Frontier 85
Thursday, July 1st, 2010This past March, I got to leave Sheri and the kids for a couple of days to visit Britax at their headquarters in North Carolina. Personally, I love it when our manufacturers’ values align with ours - and I was really impressed to see firsthand how much Britax really strives to make life more convenient [...]
Mini-ABC Wrap Up
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Last week, I made a quick trip to Louisville, KY to take a look at the ABC Kids Spring Conference. This is the second year that ABC, who produces the massive juvenile industry show each Fall, has mounted this event. It’s a small show, especially compared to the behemoth in Las Vegas, but it’s only [...]
Orbit G2 available for preview and preorder
Monday, February 22nd, 2010We’re big Orbit Baby fans around here, so we were psyched when Orbit invited us to participate in the pre-launch of their new G2 Infant System and Stroller. Our Brookline and Wellesley stores are among the first stores in the whole country to have an actual G2 available for demonstrations and test-drives, and our web [...]
Vindication for Orbit Baby - almost
Thursday, October 29th, 2009NHTSA has concluded its independent review of the Orbit Baby Infant Car Seat, brought on by the Consumer Reports “Do Not Buy” rating that was released at the end of August. Their findings confirm that the Orbit Infant Car Seat is perfectly safe.
If you aren’t up to date on this story, read this first.
In order [...]
Radian gets Superlatch
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Sunshine Kids has just shipped the first updated Radian car seat models for 2010. The biggest change is the incorporation of Superlatch, a new, more robust LATCH connector that enables parents to use LATCH even after the child is over 48 pounds (the current weight limit on LATCH for all other car seats). The new [...]
Orbit goes G2
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009“Concept strollers” were all the rage at the ABC Show, with lots of manufacturers showing off interesting ideas that may or may not come to the market. But while “concept” is the label Orbit Baby is applying to their new G2 product line, I got the impression it’s more a question of “when” than “if.”
The [...]
