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Houdini Stop Chest Strap

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Description

Houdini Stop Chest StrapThe Houdini Stop Chest Strap is a safety device designed to prevent children from taking their arms out of their car seat, highchair, or stroller harness straps. Here are some key points about the Houdini Stop Chest Strap: Design: It consists of two clips joined by a length of non toxic red silicone. These clips attach to the harness straps of the car seat, highchair, or stroller to hold them closer together, preventing the child from wriggling out.

The Houdini Stop Chest Strap is a safety device designed to prevent children from taking their arms out of their car seat, highchair, or stroller harness straps. Here are some key points about the Houdini Stop Chest Strap:

  1. Design: It consists of two clips joined by a length of non-toxic red silicone. These clips attach to the harness straps of the car seat, highchair, or stroller to hold them closer together, preventing the child from wriggling out.

  2. Size Compatibility: The Houdini Stop is designed to fit over any single-layer harness that is up to 38mm wide.

  3. Safety: The product has been crash-tested to meet AS/NZS standard 8005:2013 in both forward and rear-facing car seat situations. It has been proven safe in these tests. It's important to note that there may be cheaper copies of the Houdini Stop on the market that have not undergone these rigorous safety tests. 

    The red silicon strap is non-toxic. It remains sturdy and does not stretch, even in the heat of cars, ensuring consistent performance. While it can withstand the wear and tear of regular use, it is designed to be childproof and cannot be snapped by little hands. However, in case of emergencies, adults can easily break the strap to ensure quick access and safety. 

NOTE:  Please contact the team at Houdini Solutions Limited if you need any further safety information. The Houdini Stop is a legal aftermarket accessory. It is not illegal to add this to your car seat harness.  It has been crash tested at an official crash testing facility, proven to be safe in an accident situation. The testing found the Houdini Stop product to comply with the AS/NZS Standard 8005:2013.  

Suitable for mainly 12 - 36 month old children. Fits most harnesses up to 38mm wide.

Rear Facing:

The Houdini Stop has now been officially crash tested in both forward facing and rear facing situations, using Type B, A1, A2 and A4 seats. It meet the AS/NZS Standard 8005:2013 in all the test situations.

A Houdini Stop is not a restraint:

It is actually the car seat harnesses that is the restraint. The Houdini Stop merely is a product you can add to the harness to ensure your child does not pull the harness straps aside and remove their arms. Once your child has stopped doing this dangerous practice, please stop using the Houdini Stop

If you child is removing their arms and you are not happy to use a Houdini Stop for a short while as a deterrent, you will have to look at replacing your car seat as it is very important that the car seat keeps your child fully restrained. Especially if you are in an accident

Please look into your options and speak with a Car Seat technician to discuss your options ASAP as not having your child fully restrained is dangerous.

  1. Legality: The Houdini Stop has been officially crash-tested and reviewed by ACRI (Australasian Crashworthy Research Centre). It is legally allowed to be purchased as an accessory and used on a wide range of harnesses. It is considered an aftermarket product, and parents or caregivers can decide whether or not to use it with their child.

  2. Replacement for Chest Clip: Yes, it can be used in place of an existing chest clip. However, it should not be used in conjunction with an existing chest clip. The old chest clip should be fully removed before using the Houdini Stop.

  3. Effectiveness: The Houdini Stop has a high success rate, with more than a 95% effectiveness in preventing children from escaping their harness straps. Most children are not dexterous or strong enough to manipulate the release mechanism. It's worth noting that it cannot be made 100% inescapable, as it needs to be easily released by an adult in an emergency situation. Some children may actually prefer having the Houdini Stop in place.

Don't wait until it's too late. Ensure your child's safety during every journey with the Houdini Stop Chest Strap. Get yours today and enjoy peace of mind knowing your little one is securely fastened.

 

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robert ferrell
Lake Worth, US
★★★★★ 5
Good
Color: Black, Size: 6 Panel
Love it , just what so needed , easy to put together (some what ) …
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Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2026
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Crimm
New York, US
★★★★★ 3
Decent for the price. Instructions suck but most people should be able to figure it out. More below.
Color: Black, Size: 6 Panel, Color: Black, Size: 6 Panel
SUMMARY: 3 stars from me because it's firmly average. It's fine for the price. Assembly and materials are alright but I can see some caveats depending on your circumstances. Assembly instructions do a subpar job of pointing out some details. ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS: Maybe it's because I'm autistic and/or building model kits and assembling stuff is my jam, but I honestly thought people were exaggerating when they were complaining about the instructions and I'd be able to flex my ~superior assembly skills.~ I was wrong! These instructions genuinely suck, and whoever is responsible for making them should be ashamed. The instructions do a poor job of calling out some details regarding orientation of parts, and some of the images do not actually match the physical parts. For example, it does not really outline the assembly of the end panels clearly, and I can see someone accidentally using the wrong poles. I've drawn over a photo to show what you should do to try and make it clearer. Additionally, the manual shows a flathead screw for bolting the feet into position, but the actual screw is not a flathead. It also does not point out the counterbore, so if you aren't paying attention you may put the foot pads onto the wrong side of the foot. It's also missing the fact that you need to use another one of the plastic pieces when you finish assembling a panel. ACTUAL ASSEMBLY & MATERIALS: To their credit, all of my bags were clearly labeled. The assembly process wasn't difficult. It's mostly just tedious and requires a fair amount of space. I was able to assemble it by myself without any real difficulty. However, the way it's assembled means two things. One, the fabric parts aren't removable without disassembly. So if you want to use this in an environment where they would require cleaning, I would seriously recommend looking for another option. Or, you could buy this just to use the frame pieces and then somehow buy or make your own fabric pieces designed to be removable with velcro or something. Two, because of the materials I really don't have a lot of faith in this thing surviving disassembly and reassembly. Like a lot of sorta-cheap-but-convenient furniture, it uses those spring-button connections and plastic inserts with self-tapping screws. Those things are not really meant to be disassembled and rethreaded. It also relies a lot on the tension of the poles and the fabric to keep everything rigid and squared, which I think puts a lot of pressure on the aforementioned buttons, plastic inserts, and the hollow metal rods. So I feel like that will also cause issues with disassembly and reassembly. Basically once this thing is assembled, it's not really meant to be disassembled. The best you can do is spot-clean the fabric if you need to. Speaking of the fabric, I didn't see any labels on them or anything in the manual that says what they are, but they feel like some kind of polyester. They generate static electricity pretty easily, and pet hair and debris sticks easily. So that's another downside of them not being easily removable. For the most part it does seem pretty stable. The poles seem to be pretty uniform in length so they're all making contact with my floor. Obviously this isn't structural so it shouldn't be supporting anything, but the two main feet seem to be doing fine with keeping this thing upright. CLOSING THOUGHTS: Really, it's fine for what it is, but it could be better in a lot of little ways and the substandard quality of the instructions just seems unprofessional to me, which is why I'm being so harsh with my rating. Depending on your needs and environment you may want to consider a different option. Preferably one that is made to be disassembled with better materials, and/or one with fabric pieces made to be removed easily.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2023
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Barb
Natrona Heights, US
★★★★★ 1
Not as it seems
Color: Black, Size: 6 Panel
these are awful... Each individual panel is fine, but when you put it together it can barely stand up, and the clips that hold it together keep popping off. Steer clear of this item.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2026
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Timothy Beckner
Pawtucket, US
★★★★★ 5
As described
Color: White, Size: 6 Panel
Works great in my clinic
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Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2026
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Debbie Flynn
Charlottesville, US
★★★★★ 5
Love it it was perfect for what I needed it for. Good quality!
Size: 4 Panel, Color: Black
It like a very dark chocolate brown/black. What I liked most about it is that you just pull it out of the box take the long plastic film off of it and it's ready to go. It has protective feet on the bottom. It's very attractive and it was so easy. It's so nice when you have a product you don't have to assemble.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2026

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