Chicco is Italy's national maternal and baby products brand, belonging to the Artsana Group, and Gucci, PRADA, BVLGARI, one of the top ten well-known Italian brands, and the only officially designated baby products sponsor of the 2015 Milan World Expo, all products are designed by Italian designers.
There are many authoritative evaluation institutions in the field of child safety seats, among which ADAC (All-German Automobile Club) and STIFTUNG WARENTEST (German Commodity Testing Foundation) can be said to be the most golden, 90% of German people will refer to STIFTUNG WARENTEST test report when buying goods, which is very influential. The ADAC uses a speed of 70 km/h for crash testing, which is higher than the European standard ECE's 50 km/h. The U.S. Consumer Reports and China's C-NCAP adopt crash requirements of 56km/h and 52km/h respectively, which are also fully referenced.
In the evaluation of the American "Consumer Reports", the top two infant safety seats are all from Chicco, which are Keyfit with 86 points and Keyfit 30 with 84 points, of which Keyfit 30 also won the Cribsie Award for Best Basket Car Seat in 2016 and 2017, which is a very recommended product from Chicco, priced at about $200. Chicco's Nextfit range also finished second in the Consumer Reports Infant and Toddler Car Seat category with a score of 82, with three Britax models tied for first place with 85 points. It received the highest "Best" rating in the crash protection category and was sold for $300. Unfortunately, these Chicco models are not popular in China, and they need to be purchased or purchased on behalf of others.
The infant group is suitable for infants aged 0-15 months and weighs between 0-13kg, while the infant group is generally suitable for children aged 0-4 years old and weighing 0-18kg (the infant group safety seat evaluated by Consumer Reports in the United States can be suitable for children aged 0-30kg). In addition, considering that the neck and spinal muscles of infants and children are not yet fully developed, the infant group is designed as a carrying basket type, which needs to be installed in the reverse direction in the car. The European standard i-Size (ECE R129) standard also stipulates the rear-facing riding time of infants, requiring infants to ride backwards in the car until 15 months, and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends extending the rear-facing riding time for children to 2 years old.
Basket seats are generally restrained by seat belts and car seats, but major brands have also introduced bases with support feet, most of which are equipped with ISOFIX interfaces, which are not only very easy to operate, but also greatly enhance the stability of installation and forward and lateral protection in the event of an impact. Compared with infant and toddler products, the carrycot type is also highly expandable and can be installed on aircraft seats and the brand's strollers. It is worth mentioning that the price of the base is close to the price of the safety carrycot.
Since the infant group spans children aged 0-4 years, the "two-way installation" has become its main feature. When the baby is under 15 months, it can be installed in the car in rear-giving. When the child is too old to ride in the rear, it can also be replaced with a forward mount. Compared with the basket type, the two-way installation type is more cost-effective, but it loses the flexibility and expandability of the safety basket.
Chicco's domestic sales of styles mainly include Gro-up123, Oasys and Eletta, the Oalysys series is the most recommended series, in the STIFTUNG WARENTEST evaluation, the Oasys 1 with ISOFIX interface received a "GUT (good)" evaluation with a score of 2.0, it is suitable for children aged 1-4 years, and the price is 2688 yuan; Oasys 2-3 is for children aged 3-12 years, with the Oasys 2-3 Fixplus with ISOFIX interface receiving a "GUT" recommendation of 2.2 and an "BEFRIEDIGEND" rating of 3.2 for Oasys 2-3 without ISOFIX. Gro-up123 is for children aged 0-12 years and has a score of 3.4 points, which is at the level of "BEFRIEDIGEND". Eletta's sales volume is large, and the price of 1999 yuan is not high, but the evaluation score is not outstanding, and it only gets a score of 3.8 "AUSREICHEND (acceptable)".
