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  "title": "Car seats with a steel or sturdy frame",
  "question": "Which child car seats are described as having a steel frame or a sturdy frame?",
  "answer": "Britax Poplar S Convertible Car Seat: Carbon steel frame and belt paths provide strength and stability.\nBaby Jogger City Turn: Compared with a Graco Extend2Fit, it is heavier at 28 lb due to the steel frame, looks sleeker, has nicer material and more padding, and has one cupholder instead of two.\nBritax Marathon ClickTight: SafeCell Impact Protection combines a steel frame, an energy-absorbing base, and a patented V-shaped tether.\nClek Oobr: Clek describes Oobr as a high-back booster with a rigid metal base subframe and Rigid-LATCH system. The seat has a high-impact copolymer frame that Clek says helps contain the torso in a side impact and protects against vehicle intrusion.",
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      "product": "Britax Marathon ClickTight",
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      "value": "ClickTight installs by opening the front, routing the vehicle seat belt through the marked path, buckling the belt, and clicking the seat shut.",
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      "product": "Britax Marathon ClickTight",
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      "value": "Consumer Reports gives the Marathon ClickTight an overall score of 84, with 4/5 for ease of use and 5/5 for rear- and forward-facing fit to vehicle; it notes the score may be based on earlier methods because the model is not in active testing.",
      "stated_as": "Consumer Reports gives the Marathon ClickTight an overall score of 84, with 4/5 for ease of use and 5/5 for rear- and forward-facing fit to vehicle; it notes the score may be based on earlier methods because the model is not in active testing.",
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      "product": "Baby Jogger City Turn",
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