Shaggy Brings a New Look and Feel to Auto Interiors by Maggie Reed on Creators.com

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Shaggy Brings a New Look and Feel to Auto Interiors

Shag carpeting may be a faux pas for your home, but what about for your car? With its new shaggy line of seat covers and steering wheel covers made of microfiber, Bell Automotive Products is bringing a unique feel and functionality to a car's interior.

While decorative auto accessories like fuzzy dice or funky steering wheel covers are nothing new, Bell's microfiber shag material has a special, tactile feel that creates a new driving experience for motorists. The shaggy products resemble a high quality shag carpet material, but one touch tells you that it's not your father's car interior.

"The shaggy seat and steering wheel covers are proving to be very fun and popular additions to our product line and are bringing in many new customers," says Michelle Wood, vice president of sales for Bell Automotive Products. "The shaggy products seem to be starting a great new auto decorating trend and are already exceeding our sales expectations."

The shaggy products slip easily onto most standard steering wheels and bucket seats. In addition to the traditional black shaggy products, the items are also available in bright vibrant colors, such as pink and lime green.

The universal seat cover retails for $26, while the steering wheel cover is $14.

For more information, call 480-991-5055 or visit www.bellautomotive.com.

SNUZA

They say it's never easy to get a good night's sleep with a baby in the house. However, Pneo's Snuza Halo helps bring more comfort to parents when babies are in bed.

While the rate has been decreasing, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is still the leading cause of death for babies in their first year of life. Even with the drop, parents have been turning to conventional under-mattress movement monitors.

The Snuza Halo is a small and portable device that provides an unique way to effectively monitor a sleeping infant.

"Many of the infant monitors currently on the market are large, complicated to set up and have electrical cables or straps which babies may get tangled in," says Charlotte Wenham, a registered nurse and business manager for Pneo.

"The Snuza is tiny, yet extremely effective, and poses no danger to the infant whatsoever."

The Snuza Halo monitors the baby's movement constantly by not clipping to the crib mattress, but instead clips gently to the baby's diaper near the stomach. If no movement is sensed within a 15-second period, the Halo does what a parent would do — tries to stimulate breathing. The Halo does this by activating a pulsed vibration, which imitates a technique used by hospital neonatal care units worldwide called "cutaneous stimulation."

If movement is not sensed within a further 5 seconds of the vibration, an audible alarm is triggered to alert the parents of the problem.

The Snuza Halo's features include:

— Safely and conveniently monitors your baby's every movement.

— Clips to the waistband of your baby's diaper.

— The flexible sensor detects your baby's tummy movement.

— A built-in vibrating stimulator gently rouses the baby 15 seconds after motion ceases.

— After 20 seconds, an alarm will sound calling for your immediate action.

— Use in conjunction with a baby sound or video monitor, so it can be heard in other rooms.

— Monitors are particularly useful for co-sleeping twins and multiples, where an under-mattress device is not effective.

— The only type of movement monitor that can be used if the baby is sleeping in your bed, as it's portable and stays with the baby instead of the bed.

The Snuza Halo retails for $129. For more information, call 877-737-9177 or 877-808-5994 or visit www.snuza.com.

Maggie Reed may be reached at trocar2000@hotmail.com. To find out more about Maggie Reed and other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.