RECARO is the world's first specialist manufacturer of car seats and first-class seats for aircraft. It was born in 1906 and has produced seats for Mercedes-Benz, BMW and other car brands and aircraft for many years, among which the F1 car is the most famous, and many F1 cars use RECARO seats, which is enough to see its high safety.
 
In fact, the world's first child safety seat was produced by the German STM company, which can be called a pioneer in the industry, and the 5-point child safety seat on the market is based on the world's first 4-point seat designed by STM, but due to poor management, it was subsequently acquired by RECARO, and RECARO also took this opportunity to enter the field of child safety seats. IN 2015, RECARO RANKED SECOND IN CHINA WITH A SALES SHARE OF 22.05%, SECOND ONLY TO GOODBABY.
 
When it comes to car riding, sitting in the wrong position can easily make people feel tired. With many years of experience in the production of luxury car seats, RECARO has in-depth research in the field of ergonomics, and the child safety seats produced by RECARO meet the physiological characteristics of children and have good comfort. In addition to the Young Sport Hero model produced in 2015, 12 RECARO child car seats received a "GUT" rating on ergonomics.
 
In the selection of seat materials, RECARO uses high-density polyethylene resin (HDPE) as the skeleton and molded with an integrated injection molding process, which has good hardness and tensile strength, which can not only bring good support in the event of an impact, but also slow down the force acting on the child. At present, the more reliable brands at home and abroad are selected HDPE or PP engineering plastics two raw materials, HDPE is tougher than PP, its mechanical strength is close to PP, but the surface finish is not as good as the latter.
 
For the choice of cushioning materials, RECARO also widely chooses EPP premium foam due to the positioning of luxury seats. The strength, temperature resistance and environmental performance of EPP are better than EPE and EPS, which is the future development trend of cushioning materials, but due to the high cost, it can only be seen in child safety seat products of international high-end brands. Many of RECARO's top products are also priced at more than 3,000 yuan. In order to seize more market share, RECARO also has some child safety seats made of EPS cushioning material.
 
In addition to the selection of raw materials, scientific and reasonable design is also important for child safety seats. Of the 13 RECARO child seats evaluated by ADAC, 10 received an overall score of "GUT", while the Young Sport Hero received only "befriedigend", while the Optia SmartClick Base (Isofix) and Optia (Isofix) were equipped with ISOFIX interfaces and were very easy to operate. The body of the two chairs was disconnected from the Isofix base, and the dummy was thrown forward with the seat, so the safety hazard was so huge that it was rated as "mangelhaft (defective)".
 
IN RECENT YEARS, RECARO'S EVALUATION AT THE STIFTUNG WALENTEST (GERMAN GOODS TESTING FOUNDATION) HAS ALSO BEEN DOMINATED BY "GUT (GOOD)", WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE ADAC EVALUATION DATA. The Optiafix and Zero.1 are available for children under 4 years of age and are priced at 210 euros and 550 euros respectively. Both products have a score of 2.1-2.4, which is above average, and overall, Optiafix is a good value for money.
 
Priced at 100 euros, the Privia mit Isofix-Basis, which is suitable for children aged 0-15 months, is a product launched by RECARO in 2014 and has received a "SEHR GUT (best)" rating from STIFTUNG WARENTEST with a score of 1.3.
 
The Young Sprot Hero for children aged 9 months to 12 years is RECARO's best-selling model in China, but in the STIFTUNG WARENTEST test, it only scored 3.4 points for "BEFRIEDIGEND", which is not as good as the Monza Nova IS Super Mozart with a 2.0 score for "GUT". Of course, the price of Super Mozart is also twice as high as that of Super Hornet, at 3380 yuan.
 
Many attentive users may notice that the Monza Nova IS is inconsistent with the C-NCAP test score on the STIFTUNG WARENTEST, where the Monza Nova IS has an overall score of 16.59, which is not recommended. In fact, the Monza Nova IS evaluated on STIFTUNG WARENTEST is not exactly the same as that of C-NCAP, which has an ISOFIX interface, while C-NCAP does not have an ISOFIX interface and can only be restrained by a car seat belt, so the test results are very different. Therefore, it is not recommended to buy the Monza Nova IS without an ISOFIX interface.