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CARES Child Aviation Restraint System | 
 enlarge | Brand: CARES
Category: Baby Product
List Price: $74.99
Buy New: $68.54
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Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 137
Age: 1 - 4 years
Maximum Weight Recommendation (lbs): 44
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 2 x 6
MPN: KFSCARES
Model: 4102533
UPC: 094922875709
EAN: 0094922875709
ASIN: B0012E4FV8
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| 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 |
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Product Description
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.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 75
 Well worth the money! April 16, 2008
J. Henry
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
My husband and I recently flew to Florida with our 3 year old daughter. The CARES airplane harness was a lifesaver and saved us from toting a carseat through the airport. We were able to carry the harness, which folded up neatly, in our carry-on bag and it was very easy to install. I would recommend this harness to anyone traveling with small children!
Great, Easy & Safe September 13, 2009
ALF
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was so happy to have found this product. We were travelling out of country with our 2 year old for the first time, and were told we needed to properly restrain her in case of turbulence. Luckily we had 3 weeks to go before travel when I came across the CARES system. The delivery was speedy, and the DVD demo was easy to understand. We traveled via Delta and there were doubts about whether we could use it or not, but we gave the stewardess the enclose info sheet, she made a call and gave us the go ahead. She was surprised that more people travelling with toddlers don't use the CARES restraint. It was easy to install and did not bother the travellers behind us. There was a review regarding how inappropriate it was for a smaller toddler...and I almost did not get it, cause my little one is 22lbs. But we got it and it fit great, she felt all grown up that she was buckled in as everyone else was. We traveled with her sleep pillow so the straps were not a problem for her. We also reclined the seat and she slept well. The seats were leather, but surprisingly she did not slip down as some other reviewer found. I would highly recommend this product..I mean wee secure everything else, why not our precious little one. It is light weight and the little drawstring bag kept everything together.
I would strongly recommend travelling with the paperwork that's included just in case you meet airline personnel who are unfamiliar with CARES!
Loved it! January 7, 2009
Michelle R. (Southern CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This harness was awesome for my 19th month old who weighs 22 lbs. Very easy to install and soooo nice not to have to lug around a car seat. I travelled with 2 small children by myself and this made things so much easier for me not to mention safe for my child. Would highly recommend this restraint system. I flew Delta Airlines and had no problems slipping the belt behind the tray table behind my child's seat. You just open the tray table, slip the belt over the seat and then close the tray once the belt is tight. Easy and the person behind you can still use their tray table. Everyone including the flight attendents were amazed with this product! Me too!
SUPERB product - so glad we bought it. November 17, 2009
Jayne Lock
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After reading reviews we were in two minds whether or not to bother with this - I'm SO glad we did! It worked exactly as we hoped it would.
We have just returned from a visit to UK with our 16-month old son and this worked perfectly for us. J is at the point where he will make short shrift of wriggling right out of my arms if he doesn't want to sit on my lap so we were not looking forward to taking our 'lap child' on an internal flight followed by a transatlantic flight with a long car drive at each end.
A few plus points:
1) J was traveling as a lap child so we did not want to haul his car seat with us only on the off chance of him even having a seat - the CARES harness slipped easily into our hand luggage. (As it happened we talked with the check-in attendant and on both journeys managed to get a whole row of 4 seats all to ourselves - for anyone who doesn't already do this, it's ALWAYS worth a lengthy chat about where they're trying to seat you both at check-in, at the gate and even once you're seated if the plane is clearly not full!).
2) The harness fitted easily and securely over the seat as per the instruction. Passengers behind us were not in the least bit bothered about the few seconds it took to slip it over the chair back and under their table.
3) We strapped J into it without him even batting an eye - I think he thought he was just being strapped in like he would be in his car seat and was very content to sit still.
4) It took only a minute or so to make sure the harness was properly adjusted and J seemed very comfy and content in it. On the long flights He happily remained in it all the way through taxiing and takeoff and the first drinks and meal service. However, since each time we had 2 empty seats between myself and my husband when it was 'bed/nap time' we lay J in between us in his long sleep sack (so I could sit on one end of it for extra security!) and with the normal lap belt wrapped around his middle. He was very happy to go back into the harness once he was up again and for the landing and taxiing.
5) J stayed in the harness for the whole of the last flight from Philly to Detroit and was more content than if he was being made to sit on my lap. We did go through some heavy turbulence and I was very glad to have him so securely strapped in. He barely moved.
No negatives as such but a few points of caution...
1) Despite the stated height and weight range children are supposed to be at least 2 years old to use this item. Since J is tall and heavy for his age we were happy to use it, and thankfully so were North West and US Airways.
2) Check with your airline to make sure they will allow you to use it, esp. if traveling outside the USA. In our experience with it on this one trip, North West were totally fine with it, US Airways were fine but did remind us he was supposed to be 2 even though they were happy for us to do what we preferred (their alternative is holding your child on the lap with no seat belt at all!), Lufthansa did not allow us to use it during taxiing, takeoff or landing (they insisted I hold him and we use an additional lap strap instead) but were okay with it's use during the flight.
3) Like any car seat or restraint, don't presume your child will be comfy enough to sleep whilst using it... more an issue of sitting upright than the harness itself. That said, if they sleep well enough in a car seat I can't see why they wouldn't with this.
4) Even if properly fitted the large adjusters/buckles on the front vertical straps may be uncomfortable for a child depending on how the harness fits them. I preempted this by taking the cosy covers off our stroller straps (JJ Cole velcro fastening ones) and placing them over the buckles. Jack was fine and may even have been fine without these but I felt it was nicer around his shoulder/neck/chin area to have the extra cushiness.
5) We did have to hitch J up a few times in his seat but this was nothing major and certainly no worse than if he was just using the lap belt.
All in all I would highly recommend this product to anyone flying with young children.
Great product January 6, 2009
E. Lande (Boston, MA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It worked perfectly. I was on 11 hour flight with 1 year old. She usually can't stay at one spot for more then 10 min. The Restraint System helped keep her on her sit and she even fell asleep. Everybody on the plane commented how smart and easy to use the system is. Don't bother taking a bulky car seat, this system is a perfect substitution.
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