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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Car seat expirations are basically (but not entirely) scams. There is some truth to the idea that materials degrade over time, but car seats expire very quickly and there no real evidence to back up the claim that old car seats are less safe. Does this mean there is clearly no safety difference between new and old car seats? No. But there is nothing magical about the random cutoff they choose and frankly it seems very conservative to me. I would personally be comfortable using an expired seat.

https://www.mother.ly/parenting/safety/car-seat-safety/do-car-seats-really-expire/[/quote]

What’s your definition of “quickly”?! Most expire within 5-7 years. [/quote]

Garfield Telephones have been washing ashore in France for like 30 years now. A shipping container that had them in it fell off a boat (they think) and I guess cracked open. And the tides have been bringing garfield phones to the shores of France ever since. Plastic phones kicking around the ocean are washing up after sitting in corrosive seawater for THIRTY YEARS.

Now, would I want a carseat made out of garfield phones that had been sitting in the ocean for 30 years? No. But I think it tells you something about just how long/how fast plastic actually degrades. And salt water is one of the most corrosive substances on the planet!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-have-garfield-phones-been-washing-ashore-france-30-years-180971835/[/quote]

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