Firefighter who helped teach us proper car seat installation said he NEVER recommends anything on the windows - in an accident, they become projectiles. Do you want a missile pointed at your child in the event of an accident?
They say this, but IMO you need to consider the actual potential damage of the potential projectile in question (2 ounces? How much damage will it do? And the flat stick on ones, no-rolling, weigh nothing so can't hurt) ... this advice also presupposes you have no other crap floating around in your car which might become a projectile in a crash. I know in the ideal world you wouldn't - but in reality, people with kids are going to have crap in their cars. I consider myself to have above average intelligence when it comes to child safety seats but my car will never be pristine and free of any and all potential projectiles. Maybe when the kids are grown.
Not saying this is OK, just saying the "it could become a projectile" advice about sun shades seems sound but doesn't play out well in the real world. If you want to play it safe the flat stick on ones are safe but also are either on, or laying on the floor out of reach, gathering dust and losing stickiness.
We just got the EX-L with the shades in the middle row and of course my 2 girls who sit in the back row are annoyed that they don't have them. I don't feel like the glass of the Honda blocks the sun as well as the glass of my old Sienna so I would like to come up with a fix. A fix other than sunglasses which, unless I tie them to the car, will be left at home and complained about, loudly, 60 miles from home.
Has anyone tried to actually pop those back row things out, where a roll-up shade would be if you sprung for the touring?
I have a few ideas brewing for a fairly cheap and attractive retrofit that is easy for kids to use - kids who are old enough to understand the point vs. rip it off and then yell about it while you're driving down the freeway and can't do anything about it. Wondering if I could make something that may not retract but at least slides in and out out of sight. I don't want to go mutilating the car, though. Anyone try to pop those babies out?
Also - I know this is an old thread but no one can tell me to use the search function this way.
