Comments on: Fire Safety: Angel Safe Emergency Child Carrier

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:42:34 +0000

i gotta say….. this is a waste of money. I have many many different baby carriers at my house, all of which i am intimately familiar with using. It takes me maybe 30 seconds to strap my baby into my mei tai, AND i can use it with my 36 lb daughter. This only goes up to 26lbs. What about babies over that weight limit?? and what about if you NEVER have used it before, it will take you more time than you have to get it open, read the instructions, get baby in, and find the exit. Use a carrier you are familiar with, practice with it until you are quick putting it on, and store by your escape ladder.

By: carrie Livengood

carrie Livengood — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:31:52 +0000

get a real carrier that takes 30 seconds to put on like a beco, or ergo.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:15:47 +0000

@Rob:

ha. Well, we used a $30 dollar carrier, which is much less of a hardship for spare-buyin'. ;)

By: Marybeth

Marybeth — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:28:52 +0000

That’s pretty crazy! It literally takes me at least five minutes to get the BabyBjorn on and get baby into it. I think that time might be better spent, um, getting out of the house!

By: RobMonroe

RobMonroe — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:22:10 +0000

I love our carrier more than 98% of the other child-related tools that we have. That being said, I would not put out the extra $100 to have a "spare" just in case.

I can not find a price for this, but imagine that we would not have use for it. Even if I have to run through fire to get out, I'm getting out and my child will be safe.

Our bedrooms are on the main floor, though, and we live in a very highly populated area. If a fire breaks out in our house, people will know quickly. Maybe the niche market for this product would be more suited for others.

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:18:39 +0000

I don't think the concept is a bad one. Provided the contraption is easy and fast to slip on (and the baby is easy to slip in and tighten). You could toss a blanket over the kid's head to protect a bit from the heat, and I'm sure it would make stumbling around in smoke easier with both hands free. Furthermore, if you had to escape out the window via a ladder (or even without a ladder) having baby strapped in would make things a lot easier, I'll bet.

I would think if you were used to using a specific kind of carrier, you could just buy another one and keep it under the crib. Then you wouldn't fumble so much in the dark with an unfamiliar contraption.

By: David

David — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:10:32 +0000

This is insane, I expected it to be some kind of hard fireproof pod backpack like a Megalopolis Aero Hard Shell that you could put a child in with an hour of canned air. Now that would actually protect a child as you tried to make an escape. This on the other hand is a colossal waste of time, I’m sure I could be out of my house with my child under my arm long before I could get him strapped into a carrier. I’ve got to know how much they paid to get the US Fire Administration to make that suggestion. However, now that I’m thinking about it maybe I should buy a firefighter suit 1 size too big and keep it by the bed so that I can pull it on, zip my boy inside and skip through the flames.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:49:13 +0000

Our local school district has an early childhood center we visited routinely for enrichment- and on Thursday they had a fire truck and the fire fighters to do fire safety. Re. your comment that the kids are scared by the fire gear- they talked the whole group through how they put it on and asked them all to come up and touch it. Amazing how many kids (ages birth- 5 years) were afraid- but watching the process and other kids touching seemed to get most of them involved and more comfortable with the fire gear. My son was most interested in the SCBA tank- it figures…