In this episode of Gear Daddy, Daddy Troy travels to the ABC Baby Expo for an overview of the latest infant car seat from Britax, the Britax Chaperone. These car seats are designed with a number of baby safety features including an anti-rebound bar and an innovative headrest design. When used as a baby carrier, the infant seat has an ergonomic design making it easier for parents to carry their child. These carseats also attach easily to the Britax Chaperone stroller which has a unique braking system and folds easily for storage. Check out more Gear Daddy videos for reviews of other products from Britax. DadLabs Ep. 573 is brought to you by BabyBjorn.

Daddy Troy: Welcome back to DadLabs, I'm Daddy Troy. Today I'm with Sebastian. We're at the ABC Baby Show in Las Vegas and he represents Britax. And they have some of the safest car seats on the market. They've got a new one you want to hear about. It's called the Chaperone. Stick around til after the break.

Sebastian: When people first look at the Chaperone carrier, what they first normally see is this large bar here. What this does, is it's called a anti-rebound bar. And rebound, what that is, is basically the force that happens after a frontal impact. Now in a frontal impact, which is the most common type of impact, that rebound is pretty dramatic and what happens is without a bar like this, the infant carrier can actually rotate all the way and the back of it can strike the back of a vehicle's seat.

Daddy Troy: Even when it's put in pretty well, it still can do that. So this one wont do that. It has this rebound bar.

Sebastian: Correct.

Daddy Troy: Another thing I see on this one, it's got this really wide handle across the top. Is that unique to you guys?

Sebastian: Yes, what we did is we engineered the handle to be very ergonomically correct. So what it does is, you'll notice there are flat spots, it gets wider, it gets thinner, it spreads the surface area out over the forearm. And if you notice inside here, you see a headrest system. The headrest design has been proven to really help in terms of side impact protection. And what this does is this adjusts the shoulder harness height.

Daddy Troy: So you don't have to take the harness out in order to adjust it. Because I've had one before, with a different brand, where you actually had to remove those things and it's such a pain. You have to take the whole thing out, rethread it back through, and if you ever had to go through that, it really is a pain.

Sebastian: You'll notice on the side we have little bubble vials on both sides of the carrier. That'll help you maintain the proper angle of recline. And then if you look at the design of the seat itself, it's got kind of a scallop shape. What this does is it allows us to get a very easy installation so you just need to. You don't have to line it up exactly. You can get it anywhere in the vicinity and it'll drop in.

Daddy Troy: And it finds its own place. Let's talk about how this actually attached to the stroller.

Sebastian: Okay, so once you're in infant carrier mode, you can stay in this mode for as long as you're using it with the carrier. You just drop the carrier inside the stroller. It locks into place and that's all you need to do. So now you've got a super strong connection. It's not gonna rotate. It's not gonna fall out. It's got a neat, kind of a one-handed push feature here where this is molded to be able to push with one hand.

Daddy Troy: And also for dads, who tend to be taller statistically, this handle will rise a little higher and go lower for dads who might be shorter.

Sebastian: The braking system on the Chaperone stroller is unique. It's kind of attached to this hub here which also houses the suspension. What this does is with one single step, you lock both rear wheels.

Daddy Troy: You lock both sides just with that one step?

Sebastian: Correct. And the unique part is that normally with a stroller you need to lift up to turn the breaks off.

Daddy Troy: Which scuffs your shoes.

Sebastian: So what you do is you step down again to unlock, so it's very simple to use. Unlocks both rear wheels. One of the unique features about the stroller is its folding mechanism. Step 1 is that you just raise the tray. And Step 2 is you just pull on this handle. No need to jerk it really hard. Just pull on it, it folds up to you, it locks in place, and it's standing there. To unfold the stroller, what we do is we just depress the chassis lock button, and just lift the stroller. And you're gonna go ahead and make sure that you put the child tray down. And then when you want to board a child, you can just tilt the tray on either side to board your child. And the stroller's ready to go.

Daddy Troy: Hey Sebastian thanks so much for showing us this whole travel collection. And remember we have a lot of other Britax reviews over at DadLabs.com. You should check them out. We'll see you next time on DadLabs.com.