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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Moms: would you...
use a hand-me-down convertible car seat past it's expiration date?
If it makes any difference: it's a Britax Marathon & has a manufacture date about a year before it was used the first time
I'm torn.
Re: Moms: would you...
I would use a hand me down if it came from someone I know and I knew where it had been (which was the case with T's infant seat).
I would NOT use a seat beyond the expiration date regardless of it was hand me down, free, or what not.
Each person needs to do what is right for their family but I would rather spend $100 (or even $50 on a cheap seat that is brand new) on a decent seat then. You can get an Alpha Omega Elite at Sam's Club for $97. The AOE isn't the best of the best, but we have one and we like it.
Ditto all of this! We have two Britax seats, but we also have a Cosco seat from Target that was $40 and works just fine. I would rather use that than one past the expiration date. Although I bet those dates are very conservative.
No. Not past the expiration date. Cut the straps and throw it in the trash/recycling. The expiration dates are there for safety reasons -- plastic breaks down over time. After the expiration date, the seat is not as safe as it could and should be. You would never forgive youself if your child was hurt because you used an expired seat.
If money is an issue, buy a Cosco Scenera seat. You can get one for less than $50. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles as the expensive ones but it passes all the same safety tests.
No I would not use a seat past it's experation date.