Naperville and Chicago Area Child Safety Seat Inspection Station, Carseat Installation, Instruction Courses and Child Passenger Safety Education Services
For more information about Seatcheck’s installation service, please see why Seatcheck is the best choice for you, the safest choice for your baby and also about what to expect from my service! You also can read about me and below you can find Seatcheck’s new, simpler rates effective October 1st, 2011, starting at $40 for a course that takes about an hour for one typical carseat:
- Each child safety seat installed/inspected: $40
- No added travel fee when you visit our fitting station in Naperville! For professional service to your home or office, please ADD a travel fee below and call to confirm service in your area.
- Home Service travel to a Naperville or Lisle address: please add $20
- Home Service anywhere else inside DuPage County, Aurora or Bolingbrook: add $40
- Home Service to most of Chicago, Cook, Kane and Will County: usually add $60
- Please note that home service outside of Naperville and surrounding communites may be limited to available morning and noon appointments, from Monday to Friday, subject to inclement weather.
- To make an appointment or to contact me, please email Seatcheck or call Darren at 630 708-SAFE between the hours of 8am and 6pm central time.
- Other services include: In-person carseat shopping and vehicle shopping, where I will help you select and purchase safe models and make sure everything installs correctly. I also do demonstrations, parties and consulting. Please contact me for rates and details!
- I prefer cash at the time of service. Money Orders from USPS and major USA banks also accepted.
- To pay with Visa, Mastercard, AMEX and Discover, please pre-pay in advance using PayPal Cart below
- Inspections are performed by appointment ONLY
- Includes expert fitting, recall check and instruction on installation and proper use
- Certified since 2001 and fully insured. All installations done personally by me!
- Your appointment will last about an hour, depending on the number of seats
- Please bring your children and owners’ manuals if at all possible
- Services are not performed on behalf of SAFE KIDS or any other organization
Please note: APPOINTMENTS ARE VERY LIMITED December 22th to January 2, 2012. I apologize, but winter home travel service is highly subject to weather conditions. I generally will not be able to schedule curbside, parking lot or other outdoor inspections when rain, snow or below freezing temperatures are forecast. Home travel service to customers with a garage or enclosed parking may be subject to inclement weather advisories and traffic conditions.
The American Academy of Pediatrics advises parents to keep their toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age 2, or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat. Seatcheck strongly endorses this policy.
Effective January 1, 2011: Illinois State Law states that motorists who are ticketed for first time violations of Section 4 of the Child Passenger Protection Act shall not be convicted if they possess an approved child restraint system and also complete an instructional course with a certified technician. Completion of this course prior to their mandatory court appearance date noted on the citation will also allow for the fine to be waived on a first offense. As a fully NHTSA certified technician, my service and rates above also qualify as the mandatory instructional course required by the court as per section 6a of the new law. Motorists must provide me a copy of the citation and bring an appropriate child safety seat with their vehicle. Upon completion of the course (usually about an hour), I will provide the required IDOT form stating that you have voluntarily participated in the course and received instruction on proper use of your child restraint system. If approved by the judge and officer of the court, this should allow for a first conviction to be dropped and the $75 fine waived. No coupons accepted for this service, sorry. No refunds in the event the court does not honor the form for any reason.
To make an appointment or to contact me, please email Seatcheck or call Darren (between 8am and 6pm central time) for more information:
Or dial 630-708-SAFE (630-708-7233) between 8am and 6pm.
Thank you Darren for helping us out with a last minute baby carrier install at the hospital! Baby arrived before we got round to taking care of the baby seat and I also appreciate the suggestions for models that best fit a smaller infant! I will be telling all my friends about Seatcheck since the Naperville police department does not offer this service.
Sue D
Darren was very helpful explaining everything from how to buckle baby into the carseat to showing us step by step how to install it in our car and also with a seatbelt for taxi use! Thank you so much for coming to us on such a cold day! I highly recommend Seatcheck to all expecting moms well before you bring your baby home!
Thank you Darren and Seatcheck for the home service visit in Chicago we really appreciate the peace of mind in having our carseat installed correctly before baby arrived and thank you so much for spending all the time answering all of our questions too.
Thank you for the great service and for meeting my husband at his office. Our hospital required us to have our car seat checked and I could not find anywhere else to do it in time.
This is such a great service! With new twins and a toddler I wasn’t looking forward to a hot day waiting in line to get my seats checked and Im so glad I found someone to do house calls in the northwest suburbs. Thank you Darren for going over everything and answering all my neurotic questions and getting in all three carseats across the back of my SUV. I can’t recommend you enough to my friends and social groups!
It turned out our infant carseat was installed perfectly but it was worth it to make sure just for the peace of mind! It was actually our other carseat that had not been adjusted in a while that was the problem and had come uninstalled somehow since we had it checked at an event last year. Thank you Darren so much for all the extra time you spent reminding us how to use the infant seat and also for coming to our condo downtown thank you thank you thank you!
Darren was extremely thorough and certainly put our minds at ease. At the time of our appointment, we were expecting newborn twins, and we already have a 3 year old, so we needed seats that could fit three-across the back seat of our car. From seat selection to installation, his knowledge is unmatched. He steered us away from seats that might have been a poor fit, and helped us focus on the key details for the ones that would be a good fit. He showed us which seats are best for preemies, and it turned out that our twins were premature and needed car seats that were appropriate for 4 pound babies. He even offered to order the seats for us (we were expecting twins) and have them waiting at his residence for date of installation. He is a true expert and we would recommend him highly to anyone that wants to have one less thing to worry about after your newborn(s) arrive!