Hauck is proud to announce that their Comfort Fix Car Seat was ADAC crash tested and scored very well!
Stiftung Warentest and ADAC have evaluated the Hauck Comfort Fix Set with the test result “GUT” (GOOD). The Comfort Fix Set is not only the best of the sets tested in the category “infant car seats with Isofix base”, but also the price/performance winner. Hauck is one of the few providers that offer such complete sets and that have achieved such good test results in two categories at the same time. In addition, these results confirm that – with Hauck – children are always safe during road trips, while maximum safety is guaranteed in case of a frontal or side impact.
The following stroller sets have the Comfort Fix Car Seat:
• Maxan 4 Plus Trio Set
• Maxan 3 Plus Trio Set
• Soul Plus Trio Set
• Rapid 4 Plus Trio Set
• Rapid 3 Plus Trio Set
For more information visit www.hauck.co.za/collections/stroller-sets.
What is independent crash testing?
Car seats are life saving devices, and not all car seats are created equal. But expensive seats don’t necessarily provide better protection. That’s where independent crash testing comes in.
In South Africa we follow European car seat regulations. All car seats legitimately sold here need to pass the ECE R44/04 or R129 crash testing. You will find an orange ECE sticker on your car seat to confirm that the car seat complies with the basic safety requirements as set out in the European safety standard.
Car seats have to be approved by the NRCS in order to be sold legally in South Africa. If a car seat is not on the homologated list, it may be a fake or illegal seat. The ECE results are not published and the public have no way of knowing how these car seats fare during crash testing; whether they scraped through or exceeded the testing criteria.
ADAC Car Seat Safety Test: What is ADAC?
ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club) is an automobile club in Germany that selects car seats for independent crash testing. Car seat manufacturers do not pay for the testing nor do they volunteer for the testing.
ADAC assesses car seats on 5 points:
• Safety
• Service/usability
• Pollutants
• Comfort
• Processing/use
The Swedish Plus Test (Stiftung Warentest):
• This test is carried out with a speed of 56.5 km/h.
• Neck load is carefully assessed by measuring the crash forces applied to the dummies neck with sensors
• Very short braking distance, which makes the impact on the car seat is brutal. The shorter the braking distance, the more violent the forces become.
Source: Precious Cargo.