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We had ours checked by the CA Highway Patrol in our area. They made some minor adjustments for us.

@autumnlove: Same! They installed both car seats twice. We installed it ourselves and they made minor adjustments.

I would definitely recommend doing this. It was so easy and it only took around 30 minutes.

We had ours installed and inspected by the car seat technician on the police dept my husband works for. It was great because he showed us a lot of little tips and tricks, and then uninstalled it and made us re-install it ourselves. I definitely feel more confident about it because of him!

We get all our car seats installed by a professional. They can get the infant seat so much more secure than we can and they were better at getting the right angle on our convertible seat. I love the peace of mind it gives me.

Yes, I went to a clinic at the hospital. They had RNs who were state certified in car seat installation do it. My husband wouldn't go, so my dad came with me (to drive my DH's car)... he thought it was silly too at first, but actually felt like it was worthwhile when all was said and done.

Here's a link directly to the site to find a technician in your area-https://ssl13.cyzap.net/dzapps/dbzap.bin/apps/assess/webmembers/tool?pToolCode=TAB9&pCategory1=TAB9_CERTSEARCH&Webid=SAFEKIDSCERTSQL

Wow, I didn't know you could get your car seat inspected by a technician!! A search on that safekids.org site told me my local police station could do it. Do you set up an appointment?? Or just show up?

@MrsLilybugg: Our local police stations have schedules - some do it every other Sat, etc. We just called to make sure they were able to accommodate us.

Our infant seat was checked by someone at the hospital, but we have not had the convertible carseat checked. My husband is pretty crazy about making sure it's secure, though, so I think we're ok.

We had ours checked at the police station. In my county there's one voice mail number to call for the whole county. Then you wait to hear back from your local FD or PD. It took about two weeks of phone calls and emails to get an appointment -- argh to budget cuts. The local AAA has inspections monthly.

We were told we had to bring the car seat manual and car manual but the officer didn't look at them.

We rented our infant capsule from the Ambulance Service in our [Australian] state, so they installed it when we picked it up. Infant capsules only go up to six months max (hence renting for $75 as opposed to buying for $250+) so we bought a convertible when LO was five months old but have not had that checked. We meant to but the wait list was about three months so we just said forget it.

We installed both our infant and convertible seats wrong, but had them checked at the fire department.

They fixed it for us both times. I'm so glad we made the appointments, well worth the 15 minutes out of my day to know our little guy is as safe as possible.