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Specification
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #8832 in Baby Product
- Size: Birth -and UP
- Color: Drift
- Brand: Clek
- Model: FO12U1-BKB
- Released on: 2012-08-18
- Fabric type: 100% Crypton Super Fabrics
- Dimensions: 23.00" h x
17.00" w x
.0" l,
34.00 pounds
Features
- Features the react safety system which reduces forces on the forward facing child in by up to 40%, Foonf is built on a steel sub-structure with energy-absorbing foam in the sides and headrest to protect in side-impact, Foonf is designed with latch system, making proper forward-facing installation effortless, Its narrow width profile of under 17" at its widest point (and 13" at the base) provides space that makes 3-across seating possible, The entire seat is 100% recyclable
Product Description
Foonf is Clek's no-compromise convertible child seat introducing revolutionary safety technology, innovative convenience features, and 100% recyclable materials. Foonf's REACT (Rapid Energy-Absorbing Crumple Technology) safety system is inspired by automotive safety technology. Like the crumple zones that protect us in the cars we drive, the crumple zone system integrated into every Foonf child seat absorbs energy from a collision preventing it from being transmitted to the child, reducing the forces on a forward-facing child in frontal collision by up to 40%. Foonf is also engineered with both advanced rear-facing and side-impact safety systems. In rear-facing mode, Foonf boasts a 45 pounds weight limit to keep children rear-facing longer and is designed with an anti-rebound bar, which improves stability and further protects the child's head. Foonf is also built on a rigid metal sub-structure with energy-absorbing foam layers in the sides and headrest to protect the child in a side-impact collision. Committed to designing convenience into car seats, Foonf is designed with Clek's signature rigid latch system, making proper forward-facing installation effortless. Rear-facing installation features a simple, click in angle-adjustment wedge with quick-access to standard latch connectors. Its narrow width profile of under 17" at its widest point (and 13" at the base) provides space that makes 3-across seating possible. The seat covers are made with crypton super fabrics, which provide permanent protection against stains, moisture and bacteria. Foonf also features side-bolster magnets to keep harnesses and buckles open while you place your child in the seat, and a recline feature for angle adjustment and comfort. After its 9-year expiration, Foonf lives on. The entire seat is 100% recyclable.
Reviews
Customer Reviews
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55 of 57 people found the following review helpful.
Highly recommended, but a few issues for early adopters
By Kristal
IN A HURRY? JUST READ THISI am very pleased with this car seat due to the strong (steel and magnesium) frame and, most importantly, the longevity of the seat for rear-facing, which is much safer in a crash than forward-facing. It was easy to install DESPITE the somewhat lacking manual and fits well in the center of our Honda Civic's backseat. I can even still see out the windows. For this price, though, I have to take off a star for some inconveniences and minor issues (e.g. difficulty in reaching harness release button, poor manual) that will hopefully be corrected in future versions. Had I not needed a convertible seat so soon, I would not have been an early adopter of the first run. I will update this over the next several months with further thoughts.Regardless of which seat you choose, I HIGHLY recommend that anyone with a car seat get your installation checked by a CPS (Child Passenger Safety) technician. Many parents do not have their car seats properly installed or are not fully securing their children. A quick visit with a tech can help you make sure you are helping the seat do its best job!REALLY INTO CAR SEATS? READ ON FOR THE LONG VERSION ...When we started shopping for car seats, we continually asked for recommendations from others on the 'best' seat, by which we meant the safest one. What we discovered is that most employees and CPS (Child Passenger Safety) technicians gave the same reply: "The right car seat or booster fits your child and your car, and is one you will use correctly every time you travel."This used to really frustrate me, especially when I considered the wide variety of features offered by different manufacturers. What I discovered is that some of the technologies used, like the side impact cushions on the Britax Advocate, sound good, but we have no way of knowing how effective they are because the United States does not currently have side impact testing standards for child safety restraints. (That was a big surprise to me, which should be your first clue that I am not a car seat tech.) I say this not to knock Britax or any other manufacturer, but merely to point out that we do not know whether some of the features they tout actually improve crash outcomes or are more for marketing purposes than anything else. However, what we do know is that rear-facing absolutely improves crash outcomes, so longer rear-facing quickly became one of my must-haves in a convertible car seat.Originally, I was still considering a Britax convertible in part because I hoped the SIP would be helpful in a crash. However, through research online I discovered that some children outgrew the Britax Advocate earlier than they would have outgrown some other available convertibles due to the size of the Britax shell. So I had to weigh something that might possibly help (Britax side impact) against what is absolutely known to help (rear-facing at least until 2, but ideally up until 4 as is practiced in Sweden), which meant that I wasn't going to take a chance on our child becoming too tall for the Advocate at an early age. We then briefly considered a Radian RXT, which is great for longer rear-facing, but my husband did not feel comfortable with such shallow sides and how open it felt should we ever need to place it outboard, so we kept looking until we found the Foonf.WHAT'S GREAT- Rear-facing up to 43" and 50 lbs, which makes it great for keeping younger, but heavier, children rear-facing. (Wondering why I keep mentioning rear-facing? Even the American Academy of Pediatrics now advises parents to keep their toddlers in Rear-Facing car seats until age 2, or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat, as it significantly reduces crash forces in children whose heads are disproportionately large and heavy.)- The seat itself is easy to install and has a narrow footprint. I think I really could get three of these in my Civic's backseat if I needed to. We did have to use a little force to install the anti-rebound bar (ARB), but it wasn't too bad.- The Dragonfly cover is very nice and soft to the touch. Having already spilled water on the seat, I was pleased to watch it bead up and then be easily wiped away. Although the seats are firm, they are not hard and do not strike me as uncomfortable.- clek has been very responsive to customers on their Facebook page, particularly about points of confusion. I wrote to them with a question and got a prompt and thorough response.- clek will recycle this car seat if you send it back to them! You do pay an upfront fee of $20, but once they receive the seat, they give you a $20 credit towards their online store. If you were planning to upgrade to one of their booster seats, this would (as of the date I am writing this, at least) give you a slightly lower price on the new seat than Amazon offers.- Crypton fabrics are Greenguard certified!WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT- The manual is very long, but I found it confusing for several reasons. First, the manual often tells you to refer to another section, but never gives the page number of the section, so you must return to the table of contents and then find the new spot. A minor inconvenience, but an unnecessary one. Next, the illustrations are small enough that they do not always readily convey the detail needed to understand the instructions. Also, the same information is repeated throughout the manual, which I found distracting. I spent a lot of time reading over duplicate info to make sure it did not contain anything new. However, I can see that this is a good tactic in order to ensure that a parent flipping only to a certain section is more likely to see critical warnings at least once, while people like me - who read everything - get it multiple times.I had many questions that the manual did not answer. For example, the sticker on the rear-facing base implies that only position three (fully reclined) can be used rear-facing. The manual does not mention anything other than the seat needs to be in position 3 to install the ARB and that the ARB must be used when rear-facing, but an alternative mode was being tested for smaller cars. This, coupled with the sticker, led me to believe that position 2 could not be used rear-facing. After clarifying with clek, however, it turns out that while the ARB must be used for the duration of rear-facing (at least at the moment, until whatever the 'alternative mode' is comes to fruition), both positions 2 and 3 are appropriate while rear-facing. Not sure why the sticker does not reflect this, but I am happy to know my child isn't stuck with a full recline.If you find yourself confused about something, do contact clek, as they seem to be very good about getting back with customers. You may also find your question posted on their Facebook page, which is regularly attended to.- I have a hard time depressing the harness-release lever. For some reason, there is not a button on the car seat for this, but an open hole above the part of the harness that you pull to tighten it. You put your finger into this hole and must feel around for the lever. At first, I continued to fiddle with a little knob-like thing, but I finally figured out the lever was below it. However, I keep accidentally sliding my hand in and getting the lever to jab me between my finger and my nail. No one else has had this happen to them, but several other family members have struggled to find the lever. I really hope clek changes this in a future version.- The headrest on my model does not go up and down smoothly. I don't know if this is true for others or if it is just a quirk of mine, but I have to struggle to move it. As an aside, please note that you need to use a special tool (tucked away somewhere on the car seat, though I forget where at the moment) to completely remove the headrest, so do not think it is broken if it does not come off on its own!- This seat is not for newborns, so you need to wait until your child is at least 14 lbs and has good head control. I believe they recommend six months.- Many more patterns are expected. I really wanted the Julius Stripe, but my immediate need for the seat outweighed that, so I made peace with my green Foonf.OTHER MINOR COMPLAINTS- I have no idea why there is a slightly less expensive 'Drift' model with a cheaper fabric. When you are paying $450 for a car seat, why would $25 extra make a big difference? As far as I can tell, there is no advantage to the 'automotive' fabric, so why not make the Drift pattern in the Crypton fabric?- The magnets for the harness are a nice idea, but too small and too weak to really make a difference. I spend as much time making sure I find the magnet and place the harness in the right spot to attach them as I normally do holding the harness out of the way, so I end up rarely using the magnets.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful.Really cool but with some issues
By K. Voss
I bought one of these and I was so excited for it to arrive. The car seat is absolutely gorgeous! It is VERY heavy. It weighs 40 lbs by itself, only a little less than my 6 year old child! So you do not want this if you have to move it around from vehicle to vehicle all the time.I installed it in my 2009 Honda CR-V. I have a very tight 3-across situation in that vehicle and was excited to try something other than the Radian that is just as narrow. Unfortunately, if I installed it in the middle it would completely block my view out the rear window and over my shoulder. It did not block my view when installed on the passenger side.The buckles and harness are very nice and easy/smooth to use and adjust. The car seat itself is extremely solid. The forward facing install with rigid latch is amazing! I actually liked it as a forward facing seat better, but couldn't justify the price for just a forward facing seat, since I was looking specifically for extended rear facing.It does give the child quite a bit of rear facing leg room which I liked. The anti-rebound bar helps with that quite a bit. I was still able to install the seat without moving the front seats forward, so they are definitely correct in that it does not take up much front to back room in the vehicle.However, the seat sits up SO HIGH, especially in rear facing mode, that it was very hard to get my 1 year old baby in and out of the car because such a small opening was left in the doorway. This is the main reason I ultimately had to return the seat, because I can't imagine stuffing her in and out of the seat as a 2 or 3 or even 4 year old. And like I said, putting it in the middle was not an option because it blocks the driver's view.I also did not like that in rear facing mode the top of the head rest was mere inches from the ceiling of my CR-V. I felt it would be unsafe in a rollover crash, which I know is not likely but still. I try to prepare for the worst case scenario, and I've been in a rollover before.I tried the seat in my 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan in the captains chair. It was very hard to lift the baby in and out of the seat because it sits up so high. I do not see an older child being able to easily climb in and out of the seat by themselves, unless installed in the middle of a bench or something where they can step into it from the vehicle seat.One more thing- the car seat is VERY narrow on the inside. My 6 year old daughter is extremely skinny, and even she looked cramped in it although she had nearly an inch to grow to get to the top harness slots (forward facing). She is 44" tall, 44 lbs, wears a size 6 shirt and size 5 slim pants. My 4 year old son would have been quite comfortable forward facing in it, but he is also very small/slim and under 25% for his height and weight. If you have a child with wide shoulders, this is definitely NOT the seat for you.The seat did not give my son any more room rear facing (height wise) than the radian, just FYI.I am very sad to return this seat. I gave it 4 stars because I do think it's an excellent seat, but I feel like the height will be an issue for many people, especially those with smaller vehicles, and it's supposed to be a selling point that it fits in smaller vehicles.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.After much deliberation!
By J. Swann
I spent hours researching car seats before purchasing the Foonf. I am a huge Britax fan, so it took a lot of persuasion to get me to buy this for our 6 month old daughter. We opted for black, only because it is for my husband's truck, and he wanted it to blend in with his interior. He also wanted something resistant to dirt and stains. I plan to buy the new Flamingo color for my vehicle. For those of you wondering about the Drift material...it's great. It's not the water repellant Crypton material, but I assure you it is very nice and sporty looking. It is much nicer than what you see in an internet picture. it is breathable and durable. The good news is that Clek just started offering an all-black option (Shadow) in the Crypton material.My first impression was "wow, this is the best looking car seat on the market!" It is sleek and sporty. It is also heavy, but that is the sign of a well-made car seat. I don't plan to take the seat in and out of the car much, so I don't mind the extra weight.Now, for the assembly. It was more complicated than any car seat we've ever owned. In spite of that, it only took 15-20 minutes after having read the manual. The instruction manual definitely has room for improvement as others have said. It has small unclear diagrams and you have to do a lot of flipping back and forth. The anti-rebound bar was the trickiest part, but if you first watch the minute long YouTube video on installing it first, you will be able to do it with little trouble. Also, it kind of feels like you are going to break something when you remove the seat cushion to access the rear-facing Latch strap/belt. Speaking of that, the Latch belt is brilliantly stored under the seat cushion in a tidy fashion.As for the fit of the seat in a car or truck, it's just perfect for my husband's truck in the center or side positions, both rear and forward facing. We also tested it in my Acura TL so that I would know if I could purchase the Foonf (vs. the Britax Marathon which is a great fit in my car).For rear-facing....First off, placing it rear facing in the center is not an option for me because i have a center hump and a wider Britax Marathon for my 3-year old son in the side seat. If i wasnt limited on width due to the other carseat, the Foonf would sit way too high on the center hump (mostly due to the extra height added by the wedge that must be used when the Foonf is rear facing). In the center, it really limited my ability to see out the rear window. Without the center hump in my car, however, even though the seat is tall with the wedge, I could get away with it, but it definitely obstructs the view out the rear window more than our Britax. Compared to the Marathon, it takes up less width, which I love. You can definitely place two Foonfs next to each other and still have room for an adult. I also need to mention that due to the higher profile caused by the wedge, side impact head rests, and placing the seat in the side position behind the front passenger, you do kind of have to maneuver your child into the seat. This is not the case with the Britax in the same position. If the Foonf was in the center position of the car, it really wouldn't be an issue since the seat wouldn't be up against the car's door frame. I should mention that the Foonf doesn't allow my 6'2" husband to put the passenger seat back as far as he needs to, but the Britax doesnt either. they are the sanMe in that regard. Bottom line for rear-facing is that the Foonf is taller due to the wedge, but I would choose it over the Britax if it was placed in the center position in a car doesn't have a hump. In one of the side positions, the Britax is a better choice and fit.Forward facing in my Acura was great. The seat is about an inch and a half deeper than the Britax, so it definitely takes up more room depth-wise even in the full upright position. The extra seat depth, however, is a good thing for child comfort. But, in addition to the seat depth, the angle and the frame of the Foonf also add some more depth. Side by side, the Britax definitely takes up less space front to back (about 2.5 inches less). That being said, the Foonf still left plenty of room for the front passenger seat to be all the way back. While we did get a stable fit using the rigid Latches, it still had slightly more play side to side than the Britax. The play was slight and perfectly acceptable. The Britax doesn't budge even a millimeter. If you opt to use your car seatbelt or the included Latch belt instead of the rigid Latch, you can get the same solid/ secure installation as the Britax. Bottom line, forward-facing, I prefer the Foonf, namely because it is narrower.So, in my car, I prefer the fit of the Britax for rear facing, but the Foonf for forward facing. In the end, however, the Foonf wins out for me for several reasons: (1) It has better side impact protection than the Britax Marathon and it provides comfortable head and neck support when your child is sleeping. (2) It just feels sturdier and has the added safety of the anti-rebound bar (rear facing only) and crumple technology. (3) while both claim to support children up to 49 inches, the Foonf obviously supports 2-3 inches more when they are side by side. My 37" inch tall 3-year old sat in both and is within 2 inches of the top of the Britax, but about 4.5 inches from the top of the Foonf. My son must carry his height in his torso, rather than his legs, because he will outgrow the Britax well before he is 49 inches tall. (4) Since both seats are the safest you can purchase, it's OK for me to admit that aesthetics are also weighing into my decision. Foonf is much better looking. Sleek, stylish, and fun!For most people, the Britax Marathon is the more reliable and cheaper bet. The Britax seems to fit more universally and really only lacks the extra side protection (which you can easily find in their other models). If width or looks are bigger concerns for you, the Foonf is for you.One last item worth mentioning before closing is that while the magnetic harness idea is innovative, it really does not work well. You have to take the time to position the buckle perfectly and it doesn't stay put as you slide your child in.
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