Carrot 3000 Car Seat
The Medifab Carrot 3000 car seat is a comprehensive special needs booster system with various accessories and multi-adjustable features to allow longer use during the child or teen’s life. The Carrot 3000 caters for safety and the importance of keeping the child in a supported posture for travel. It has been designed and built to provide optimal positioning and safety for children with insufficient head, trunk, and pelvic stability.
The Carrot 3000’s ‘body contouring’ design holds the child in a centred and secure position to ensure optimum support and safety during transport. The ergonomic head support provides added positioning and security.
Safety is also at the forefront of the Carrot 3000’s design. In the event of a collision, side-impact and centrifugal forces are reduced by the ergonomic wrap-shape head support and extendable Shoulder Protector Wings (an optional safety device for a child with seating height more than 65 cm), holding the body to protect child from side impacts or centrifugal forces. Shock absorbing F1-comfort pads on the shoulder straps add superior support and comfort.
The Carrot 3000 is equipped with ISOFIX Latch Connectors. This is the safest way to secure the Carrot 3000 to your vehicle seat; however the latch installation is only possible if your car is equipped with latch anchors. Consult your car manual and ask your distributor for proper ISOFIX Latch installation.
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Benefits
Superior postural support
Have piece of mind knowing that your child is supported in the best possible way when travelling. Add a tray table for body and forearm support, footplates to support the feet and a tilt wedge to assist with head control.
Grows with your child
Various growth extension accessories and multi-adjustable features are available on the Carrot 3000, to ensure that a wide spectrum of needs are accommodated.
ISOfix latch connectors for secure installation
Know that your child is seated safely and securely during travel, with secure installation utilising the ISOfix latch connectors.
Configure for behavioural support
Worried about the risk of your child escaping the seat and jeopardising safety when travelling? Add an anti-escape or pen-popper buckle upgrade to prevent accidental removal of the Carrot’s harness.
Crash-tested
The Carrot 3000 is crash-tested and complies to the ECE R44/04 Universal standard.Need to travel on a plane?
The Carrot 3000 can make your air travel that little bit easier. It now comes with an Airplane Fixing Strap, which makes taking the Carrot Car Seat onto your flights this summer a breeze. It’s approved for use by Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand and Qantas (some seat restrictions do apply so do have a chat to your airline).
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Is your child too large for the Carrot 3000?
The Carrot XL car seat accommodates larger users whose measurements fall outside the Carrot 3000’s specifications.
Understanding car seat standards in Australia
Getting to grips with the regulations regarding child restraint systems in Australia can be difficult. We hope the information below helps in some way, and we recommend a visit to the Mobility and Accessibility for Children in Australia Ltd (MACA) website for more details. MACA is a not-for-profit registered charity dedicated to advancing the rights of children with disabilities and medical conditions to safe and accessible transport, and the information below is generously made available by MACA.
Australian vs international standards
Australian and overseas standards/regulations provide requirements to support the design, safety and use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles. However, these standards/regulations differ, particularly for child restraint systems designed for children with disabilities and medical conditions.
Child restraints sold through shopfronts in Australia (Australian standard car seats) are designed for children without additional needs and comply with the Australian standard, whereas special purpose car seats comply with overseas standards/regulations. This is because, unlike the Australian standard for child restraints, overseas standards and regulations provide safety and performance requirements for special purpose car seats. Overseas standards and regulations provide requirements for special purpose car seats, which means all products available in Australia comply with overseas standards or regulations, such as the ECE R44/04.
Key differences between standards
There are many differences in the requirements of each standard and regulation in Australian and overseas standards. This impacts on how they are installed and used in motor vehicles.The Australian standard has more dynamic testing requirements, including frontal, side, rear (for some restraints), and inverted for baby restraints to test for occupant ejection. It also tests to a greater force than overseas standards. Side impact protection is a key feature of Australian standard car seats and until recently Australia had the only standard in the world requiring side impact testing. However it has recently been introduced in the European Standard and has been proposed for the US and Canadian standards. This means we are likely to see improved side impact protection features for some special purpose car seats in the future.
US and Canadian child restraints generally have a 6 year life, whereas Australian Standard restraints have about 10 years, due to the mandatory use of UV and thermal stabilisers.
Australian standard car seats use shoulder height markers and approximate age to guide use, similar to the European standard ECE r129. Whereas the European standard ECE r44 only uses occupant weight (up to 36 kg). In contrast, the US and Canadian have no weight requirements, therefore special purpose car seats from these locations permit higher occupant weight.
Tether straps
All Australian standard rearward and forward facing car seats and booster seats that weigh more than 2kg are required to have a top tether. This includes car and booster seats sold by shopfronts designed for children without additional needs.
This is different to overseas standards. For example, the ECE r129 requires the use of ISOFIX attachments only for installation (no option for using the vehicle seatbelt like Australian standard car seats) – in combination with either a foot prop or top tether.
For many families who require a special purpose car seat, the swivel base is important as it makes transferring your child to and from the car seat so much easier and safer. There is often the incorrect perception that you need to use a top tether strap with all car seats in Australia due to the Australian standards, which impacts on the usefulness of the swivel base. This is incorrect, as special purpose car seats with a swivel base do not have to conform to Australian standards at present as they meet overseas standards and regulations.
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Technical specifications
| User age range | 3-15 years |
| User weight range | 13.6kg - 49kg |
| Minimum seat depth | 25cm (or 28cm) |
| Maximum seat depth | 40cm |
| Seat width | 31cm |
| Shoulder height (without shoulder wing support) | 30cm - 52cm |
| Shoulder height (with shoulder wing support) | 45cm - 67cm |
| Footplate height | Small: 25cm - 30cm Medium: 30cm - 40cm Large: 40cm - 50cm |
| Weight | 8.7kg |
| Weight of swivel base | 10kg |
Settings shown without shoulder protector wings fitted
Settings shown with shoulder protector wings fitted
Warranty Information
The Carrot 3000 is guaranteed against faulty materials and faulty workmanship for a period of one year.
Product Compliance with Relevant Standards
The Carrot 3000 has been tested to and complies with the following standards:
- ECE R44/04
ARTG Certificate: 151343
