As a dad or mum, I’ve discovered most baby-centric know-how to be fairly clunky. From cumbersome child screens to unwieldy strollers, there simply is not as a lot innovation as I hoped for again once I was pregnant. Automotive seats fall into this class, too, with layers of cushions which are simply begging for juice stains and Cheerios to be misplaced in them, and ugly block colours that have been invented particularly to annoy me.
Automotive seats aren’t actually only for wanting nice, clearly. They’re for safely transporting your little one within the automotive and maintaining them secure within the case of an accident. However what I like concerning the Cybex Sirona S is that it is not solely a little bit simpler on the eyes, however it has just a few forward-thinking options, together with a sensible, Bluetooth-powered buckle on it that makes positive your little one is not left alone within the automotive.
Leaving your child in a automotive unattended can lead to a sizzling automotive loss of life. After I instructed one dad or mum about testing this type of know-how, they scoffed and talked about how uncommon these cases are, and the way mother and father ought to simply be extra cautious. Whereas it’s uncommon—Youngsters and Automotive Security reported 36 deaths within the US final yr—it simply may occur to any dad or mum, and will simply as simply be prevented with a little bit assist from know-how.
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Essentially the most spectacular factor about this automotive seat is not the seat itself, however the highly effective little buckle on it. The SensorSafe buckle is light-weight and discreet, and also you’d solely realize it was a Bluetooth system by the little light-up image on it. It might probably observe when the buckle is open or closed, how far-off your telephone is from the buckle itself, and the temperature in your automotive.
SensorSafe is a separate firm, and it companions with each Cybex and Evenflo to make automotive seats that use its buckle. Every firm then makes its personal app to pair with the system. The Cybex app could be very clear and minimalist. After plugging through which automotive seat I am utilizing and connecting it by way of Bluetooth to my telephone, the app’s predominant web page exhibits nothing however whether or not the automotive seat is on-line, the temperature within the automotive (which it may solely learn if on-line), and an inventory of my gadgets. You may add a number of Cybex gadgets into the identical app and see all of them there, or simply the one automotive seat like I had. You will even be prompted to ask members of the family as emergency contacts in case your little one is left behind within the automotive.
The app additionally has a tab for manuals. It lists the automotive seats you are utilizing, per what you have instructed the app, on the high, then manuals to some totally different generations of SensorSafe, plus manuals to different Cybex automotive seat fashions on the very backside in case you feel like looking. I examined the SensorSafe 3, which differs from previous fashions as a result of it would not want a receiver plugged into your automotive to hook up with your telephone. There’s a model with a dongle, however I examined the clip-only model. When you’ve got a dongle mannequin, learn Adrienne So’s evaluation of the Evenflo Gold, the place she talks about plugging the receiver into her automotive’s ODB-II port.
However even with out a dongle to plug into your pc, this automotive seat is a little bit of an set up mission. It’s essential face it backwards to disclose the belt path, which was simple sufficient, however my husband and I did not discover the locking system intuitive to open up on our personal with out watching a video (this one is nice). It took just a few tries to open the locking system, however afterwards it was simple to lock the seat belt in place.