Marten from the car scare away – 100% instruction [2020] new

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Scaring martens away from the car. Twice in the space of a year, I’ve had the misfortune of being bitten by a marten in my car. The pine marten went on a rampage in the engine compartment and caused four-figure damage.

but which means for marten defense in the engine compartment should i use?

finally after a lot of trial and error, i found an effective combination for marten repellent.

Since then I never had problems with marten attacks on my car again. I will tell you how I did it in this article. Let’s go!

Scare the marten away from the car.

Scare martens from the car – are there remedies that help?

Yes, there are means with which you can scare away martens from the car. In the process, you should apply the defenses in combination to enhance the deterrent and defensive effect.

In the following section, I have compiled for you the 5 best means with which every marten will leave your car in peace.

The 5 best ways to scare martens out of the car!

1.) wash the engine

After a marten damage in the car you should definitely perform an engine wash. You have to banish the scent of the marten from the engine compartment.

Without an engine cleaning you will not succeed in the long run. The resident marten is triggered again and again by the scent of the alien marten. Another marten bite is the costly consequence.

To get the scent of the marten safely out of the engine compartment, special cleaning agents for the engine such as SONAX 543200 engine cleaning spray* should be used.

2.) use of a wildlife camera against martens

If the car is parked in a fenced area or garage, a wildlife camera can be placed near the car.

With the help of the camera, you can find out whether you are dealing with a single marten or several animals. For this you should choose a camera with night vision function.

If you discover different martens on the pictures, it is possible that you live in a border zone between two marten territories. In this case you should look for a new parking place.

I use the SECACAM homevista full HD profi outdoor wildlife camera* with night vision function. It has a release time of 0.4 seconds and will incl. SD card and batteries supplied. The camera has over 2000 positive reviews on amazon.

At regular intervals I check whether my measures to scare away martens are still effective!

3.) neem oil and marten repellent spray against martens in the car

Neem oil is very effective against martens. The smell of the neem oil irritates the fine smell organs of the marten. Neem oil is a herbal repellent obtained from the seeds of the neem tree.

neem oil is a pure vegetable oil and has no negative impact on the environment. Pre-mixed neem oil mixtures* can be sprayed in the engine compartment and around the car with special pressure sprayers*.

You should spray neem oil in the engine compartment at regular intervals. In my car I had renewed the neem oil every 5 days.

Marten repellent spray

If you don’t want to use neem oil, you can also use commercial repellent sprays for the car. DFNT marten repellent spray* should be renewed every 2-4 weeks to ensure effective protection.

4.) ultrasonic repellent for the engine compartment

I have installed in the engine compartment of my car a so-called "marderschreck". This is connected to the battery of the car and emits ultrasonic waves at regular intervals.

Martens hate these sound waves inaudible to humans. The installation of the device is feasible for everyone, even with little technical knowledge.

When you consider what garages charge to install these devices, the 26 euros is a real bargain. I have chosen the gardigo marten-free car repeller* and I am very satisfied with the device.

5.) marten grid

Every day in the evening hours I put two layers of rabbit wire (bent in different ways) under the engine compartment.

the amount of work is minimal and i increase the marten protection (i live in a rural area with a very high marten population).

A peculiarity of the stone martens is that they do not like it from not to climb off solid surfaces. Through the rabbit wire the marten paws do not find a stable hold and the stone marten is prevented from climbing into the engine compartment.

I have built my own marten guard out of rabbit wire.

If you want you can also buy prefabricated marten grids*. The marten grid is placed under the engine compartment. Ready!

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The maxi cosi tobi in the test: innovation. This means going new ways for maxi-cosi. Developing innovations to guarantee children comfort and safety all in one.

With the maxi cosi tobi group 1 child car seat, maxi-cosi offers a perfect example of this. A specially developed base integrated into the seat makes the seat one of the absolute showpieces of the brand.

At first glance, the model appears extremely unconventional. The integrated base makes the seat look very powerful and robust. The height adjustability makes the child seat look more like a normal car seat.

We put the tobi to the test and summarize the existing test reports for you and present the advantages and disadvantages of this seat.

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Maxi cosi tobi: easy care, heavy weight

The tobi belongs to the child seat group 1 of maxi-cosi. It is suitable for children from the age of 9 months and up to the age of 4 years. The weight of your child should be between 9 and 18 kilograms at the time of installation.

The material is a mixture of mostly polyester, some polyurethane and polyamide. The cover of the seat is washable up to 30 degrees (gentle wash). The seat has a very good padding, as well as an excellent leg support.

The installation of the seat in the vehicle takes place without ISOFIX instead of. This is due to the fact that the actual seat frame of the tobi is mounted on a special base station.

Base and seat are inseparable. They form a unit and are firmly mounted together. The base station cannot be anchored to the standard ISOFIX frame. Your car does not have to be equipped with ISOFIX.

Instead, the child car seat is installed in the car with a standard three-point belt. The installation takes place in the direction of travel. The seat weighs a whopping 11 kilograms itself. Compared to other maxi-cosi seats, this is a very high value.

Transporting the seat by hand can therefore be an effort, even without the child. Somewhat older versions (before 2010) are still a little lighter (8.9 kilograms).

However, the new and current variants from maxi-cosi have not only increased safety but also weight. The topic of muscle strength will also be taken up again later on.

The child car seat impresses with top values in all crash tests, uncomplicated buckling of the child, easy operation and physically harmonious seating positions that promise full comfort for your child.

Instructions: easy and quick installation – even without ISOFIX!

How to fix such a heavy child seat without ISOFIX? This question initially raises justifiable doubts about the safety of the child car seat. But don’t judge the seat too quickly! Because the tobi knows how to mitigate this flaw with clever belt routing.

At the upper end of the seat, the seat has a belt locking device. this extra includes an additional belt tensioner, which makes it much easier to install the seat with the standard three-point belt.

The belt lock ensures that the belt wraps as tightly as possible around the body of the seat.

So you have the permanent assurance that the child seat is rock solid in your vehicle.

High comfort and a view like a big one

Color variant "digital rain

But it’s not just the additional belt tensioner that scores points for the seat. The seat is designed to give your child a comfortable and relaxed car ride. This is where the base station comes into play! The fixed combination of seat and base gives the seat a height of 75.6 centimeters.

Your child sits at about the same height as an average-sized adult during the ride can perceive the view from the window.

your child will not miss anything from the outside world and will see much more during the ride than in other child seats and baby carriers. And while your child enjoys the view, you can concentrate on driving all the time.

But that’s not all. If your child wants to close its eyes and sleep in spite of the view, the impressions from the outside could be a hindrance. Dermaxi cosi tobi child seat has five comfortable positions. From the conventional sitting position to the resting position, where your little darling can slumber in pleasure.

The five seating and resting positions are adjusted by means of a spring-loaded actuator. So it is very easy to switch back and forth between the different positions. You can easily adjust your child to the different comfort positions, even if he or she is already sleeping or napping.

( + ) easy installation (3-point belt) due to practical belt guide
( + ) built-in base station allows good external visibility
( + ) very good crash-test scores

( – ) no ISOFIX
( – ) very heavy seat due to integrated base station
( – ) quick wear and tear possible

Easy to understand operation thanks to colored display

This ease of use is also guaranteed when the child is buckled and unbuckled. The maxi cosi tobi’s "easy out" harness system means your child is buckled into the seat in seconds and can be removed from the seat just as quickly.

The belt system remains open after unbuckling, so that it is not annoyingly in the way when buckling up and also minimizes the loss of time. You save valuable time when buckling and unbuckling and reduce the stress on your nerves.

This child car seat also has a very low risk of misuse. a visual indicator shows you whether your child is correctly secured in the child seat. This colored signal lights up green as soon as the belts around your child are properly tightened and have reached optimum tension.

The tobi is still a seat that grows with the size of the child. The headrest is adjustable from the front, as is the harness system. The different size settings can be easily adjusted, as there is no need to unthread the straps. A high and stable back support also helps here.

Highest safety level

the maxi cosi tobi also knows how to convince in the area of safety. Like all maxi-cosi seats, the seat also fulfills the following requirements the requirements of the approval label ECE R 44/04.

all child car seats approved in the european union have this orange label on the bottom of the seat. It confirms that the seat meets the requirements of the EU safety regulation and is approved for use in road traffic.

But maxi-cosi is not stopping there with this child seat. In addition to the obligatory safety aspects, the child car seat scores points with the side protection system (SPS) specially developed by maxi cosi side-protection-system (SPS).

The SPS is an optimized protection concept for a side impact. Two additional protective pads around the hip and neck area absorb the forces of the impact and distribute them better. This safety is also certified by the ADAC and the Austrian Motorists’ Association (oAMTC).

the ADAC gives the child seat the mark in the crash test good, while the oAMTC rated the seat as highly recommended rating. The responsible production of the child seat is also confirmed by the predicate made in europe guaranteed.

Maxi-cosi offers the seat in almost any color scheme. Black raven, robin red, river blue, etc… the seat can be purchased in all the classics of the color palette. The range of accessories is also available to match the seat. With a cup holder, a summer cover or a sunshade, the appearance and functionality can be individually designed.

Operating instructions and possible colors

Side view of the child seat

The operating instructions / instructions for use can be found on the manufacturer’s website.

The child seat is currently available in a wide range of colors. We present a selection here:

Black crystal
Earth brown
Robin red
Black
Concrete grey
Confetti
Mosaic blue
Grey
River blue
Black raven
Dress blue
Digital rain

Disadvantages?

If there are any shortcomings at all, then only in terms of durability. Since the seat is only firmly secured in the vehicle with the belts, these belts exert a lot of pressure on the material of the seat.

With constant use and continuous storage in the car with the belts under tension, signs of wear can quickly appear on the material. In the "workmanship" category, the ADAC also gave the child seat a rating of just satisfactory.

Customer experience has shown that the seat occasionally needs to be repaired after only a short period of use. The belts can also be affected and may wear out.

It should also be mentioned that a certain amount of muscular strength is required to tighten the belts. The lack of ISOFIX fastening is compensated for by the tight belt guide.

Accordingly, a certain belt length is necessary. If this is not available, you can quickly encounter resistance when fitting the seat.

Conclusion about the maxi cosi tobi

Nevertheless, the tobi can be fully recommended for purchase! Not for nothing the ADAC comes to the conclusion that the seat is one of the best seats with standard three-point belt installation.

safety, operation and comfort are the three main arguments in favor of a purchase

the top scores in various crash tests guarantee full safety, easy seat installation and uncomplicated buckling of the child prove the easy operation and the physically harmonious seat positions promise full comfort for your child.

The high seating position makes the tobi a pleasant exception to conventional child car seats and infant carriers.

While you concentrate on the ride, your child can look out of the window with pleasure.

The child seat is therefore a must, especially for those who either do not swear by ISOFIX or do not have an ISOFIX anchorage in the car. in this case the tobi must be on your interest list. There is hardly a better seat on the market for fastening in the vehicle with a standard three-point belt.

If the maxi cosi tobi is not your first choice, you will find a variety of child seats in our best list. Or you can use our interactive guide to find the right seat for your child and your vehicle. You can find both in the upper navigation bar.

My baby always cries in the car - what can I do??

Every now and then, readers write us e-mails or messages on facebook and ask short questions that are particularly burning under their nails. We would like to answer the most frequently asked questions here in more detail.

What helps when my baby hates driving and cries all the time??

There are children who hate driving abysmal. as soon as you put them in the car, they start screaming and often don’t stop until you take them out of the car. Some people start screaming at the mere sight of the baby car seat. If you have children who hate driving, you will leave your car as often as possible anyway – but sometimes there are simply no alternatives.

There can be many different reasons for crying, but unfortunately babies are still very limited in their ability to express themselves, so you often have to use the principle of elimination to find the cause. Sometimes surprisingly small changes lead to resounding success. But sometimes unfortunately not.

Reducing centrifugal forces in the infant carrier

Do you know this? You’re lying in bed at night, gently dozing off, and then suddenly your whole body jerks up. Often you had the uncomfortable feeling of falling before. There is a theory that the brain receives the current position of the body not only through the equilibrium organ in the ear, but also through feedback from the muscles. During the process of falling asleep, the muscles gradually slacken and the brain goes into sleep mode. If the muscles fall asleep exceptionally, while the part of the brain that is responsible for balance control is still awake, it perceives: "help!! Loss of control! Falling!" the twitching is supposed to restore the (supposedly missing) equilibrium, that is, to animate the muscles to work.

In the first weeks and months of life, a similar twitching can often be observed in babies. As soon as they feel they are out of balance or are falling, they immediately raise their arms upwards. this so-called moro reflex is an ancient remnant of evolution – in the past, it made a human baby immediately cling to its mother’s fur when it felt it was going to fall. This is an emergency reaction that puts the body on alert.

Now, when a car brakes, a baby is always pressed against the backrest in the rear-facing car seat. Some children are extremely uncomfortable because they have the feeling that they are falling. So if in city traffic every two minutes (and that completely incalculable for the baby) this unpleasant feeling arises, it is understandable if the car driving is hated. This may also explain why the screaming often improves abruptly with the change to a forward-facing child seat.

You can tell that this is the child’s problem because he or she cries, especially when braking. However, babies very quickly associate driving in general with the feeling and then cry all the time and no longer only when braking, so that the braking process cannot be clearly identified as the cause of the discomfort.

The situation can be improved by positioning the baby’s seat more flat in the car. If, for example. A towel folded several times under the front part, can one influence thereby the inclination. The flatter the baby lies, the less force is exerted when starting and braking. However, this procedure is strongly recommended only for test purposes, because the baby car seats should stand in the intended inclination for safety reasons. Maybe try another baby car seat (from friends or acquaintances) – the models from Romer are generally a little steeper than those from maxicosi. Some children are also bothered by the fact that their head keeps falling forward (especially when they are sleeping) if the isofix is too steep.

Some isofix systems offer the possibility to adjust the inclination (e.g., the seat can be tilted). B. Familyfix by maxi-cosi, romer offers a tilt adapter that can be ordered for free). There are also infant carriers that allow a very flat lying position, such as the cybex cloud Q or kiddy evo lunafix or evolutiuon pro.

Lack of body contact or lack of visual contact

Especially infants often have problems being separated from mom or dad in the car. children who spend a lot of time in carriers or carriers are this way used to transport. They have no understanding whatsoever when they suddenly have to lie alone in an uncomfortable plastic shell. It is simply not clear to them why something that is otherwise always readily provided – love, closeness, warmth and physical contact – is suddenly so vehemently denied. It is not surprising that the car is quickly rejected as a matter of principle. Unfortunately, this is a problem for which there is no real solution.

It is important to know that small children in particular do not yet have object permanence. H. They know they simply do not know that someone they cannot see can still be in the immediate vicinity. So they lie in the back of the car in their seat, stare at the backrest, can’t see much else and therefore feel alone even when mom or dad talk to them. Although the seat behind the driver is the safest place for the infant carrier, if the baby is constantly crying there, the driver is stressed and distracted, increasing the risk of an accident. Therefore, it is worth trying to put the baby in the passenger seat. Some children simply feel much better when they can at least see one of their parents.

If the child rides in the front, please never forget: the airbag must be switched off. It is also very important not to be distracted. If the child is in the field of vision, one is naturally inclined to look there more often. This is also at the expense of attention in road traffic. Therefore, if the child is crying in the front, stop the car and do not try to soothe it while driving.

If the child has to ride in the back: maybe mom’s pajamas, which smell like her and are so cuddly, will alleviate the cravings a bit. There are also special rear view mirrors for the car, which are actually designed to see children in reboarder. These can be used to allow the baby to see the parents from the car seat.

Too much or too little movement

Some children have a problem with the fact that they have to lie in the car seat permanently in a fixed position and can hardly move. Unlike us, of course, they do not realize that the seat belt is essential for safety. Here, too, babies simply do not understand why they are allowed to move freely all day and here quasi "tied up" become.

It may be that a larger baby seat could temporarily provide a little more comfort. In my experience, the child seats from romer offer much more space than the models from maxicosi. Maybe you know someone with a larger baby car seat who will let your child test drive it.

Look at the straps – they should come out of the back exactly at the shoulder level – not higher and not lower. An incorrect adjustment can be very uncomfortable and cause nagging (and also have a detrimental effect on safety).

Removing the cushion from the newborn insert/seat reducer has also led to a significant improvement in crying behavior for some people. If your baby is old enough, try taking out the wedge pillow.

Other children have the problem of becoming increasingly fussy because there is no one to comfort them during the ride. Rowing with their arms makes them more and more angry. On such children pucksacks can have an enormously calming effect. This keeps the arms close to the body and prevents flailing. The baby feels secure because of the closeness (because it reminds him of the mother’s womb). There are models that have special slots for car seatbelts, such as the one in the. B. My favorite swaddleme backpack.

Overtiredness

You often hear the tip to put the child in the car as tired as possible and thus use the sleep phase for a more relaxed drive. This works very well with many children – but others will not close their eyes in the car. If you have for example. If you have a stomach sleeper, it is especially uncomfortable for the baby to sit tired in the car seat because he or she cannot turn into the preferred position. It does not find its way to sleep, the overstimulation causes it to scream even more and of course it does not find its way to sleep.It can be useful to try out whether the baby cries less in the car after a good night’s sleep.

White noise

For many children, a white noise has an extraordinarily calming effect. Many parents instinctively make the "shhhhhhhh" sound, to reassure their children. Quite a few babies spend the first few weeks of their lives near hairdryers, extractor fans or vacuum cleaners because the noise is so soporific. this white noise is available as an audio file for the cell phone – just try out the effect on your baby. It is important that there is really according to rustles. If it works, then you can consider buying a baby-shower, which allows you to place the sound relatively close to the baby. If the noise does not bother you, you can also simply turn up the car radio loudly on a frequency in whose vicinity there is no transmitter.

The wrong temperature

It may be that the baby is too warm or too cold. Neither of these can yet express it adequately, so it may be worth experimenting a bit. The covers of the child seats are usually made of synthetic fibers. This can cause children to sweat unpleasantly. Cotton covers for the seat can help somewhat. But even a simple cotton diaper can make for a more pleasant sitting environment.

Maybe the child is too cold. especially small children can’t keep their temperature very well and freeze faster than we think – besides they have to lie there mostly motionless. Therefore, it is worth trying to cover the child with a blanket. In winter, this is necessary anyway, because children should not be strapped into the car seat with a thick winter jacket, otherwise the belts will not be tight enough. There are special covers for the baby car seat that have suitable slots and cannot slip out of place.

Missing or "too much visibility

Some children are bothered by not being able to look outside. The baby seats are too flat to see out the back, and they often can’t see out the side because the sun canopy gets in the way. Just try to remove the sun canopy of the child seat during the ride – in some cases this was a resounding success. But please: ONLY remove the sun sail, do not fold down the carrying handle. This must always be folded up while driving, because it serves as a roll bar!

Sometimes the opposite is true – the baby sees too much and quickly becomes overstimulated. When looking out of the window, it tries to catch the objects rushing by, often in vain because the car is going so fast. The rapid eye movements and the overstimulation caused by the sensory impressions flying by can make children very restless. Some children cry much less in the car when the windows (e.g., the car window) are closed. With a muslin diaper) are covered with toys.

If the child cries a long time after the ride: nausea?

Driving a car can irritate a child’s sense of balance. Nature has not designed people to move in any other way than walking (or riding at best). Normally, we orient ourselves in a room by what we see and what our sense of balance tells us. It can put the brain in a massive imbalance if what children see (in the car seat, in doubt, almost nothing) and feel (I move away, it wobbles, the body feels centrifugal forces in a curve) do not match up.

The body can react with discomfort, dizziness and nausea due to the conflicting impressions. Babies are not yet able to express this discomfort sufficiently, but they very quickly associate this unpleasant feeling with the car, so that many of them already scream as soon as you want to put them in the car seat. Possible travel sickness can be recognized by paleness, increased salivation, sweating and increased yawning. With my daughter, the surest sign that we should stop immediately was that she suddenly took her pacifier out of her mouth of her own free will.

Normally, travel sickness develops around the age of two to three years, but it is not completely impossible for babies to suffer from it. Sometimes a (forward facing) child seat can help, but for safety reasons children should ride backwards for as long as possible. We had no choice but to administer suppositories/tablets against travel sickness on longer journeys (45 minutes or more).

If you suspect that nausea could be the problem, you should make sure that the child is distracted as little as possible (e.g., in the car). Of toys) and looks out of the window as much as possible.

If you have any other tips that have helped you to make driving a little more comfortable, I would be happy to hear from you!