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What is the best and safest Convertible car seat on the market?
I have done a lot of inquire into and I am between the Britax Boulevard or the Cosco Alpha Luxe. I have to have one that holds 65 pounds or more when forward fa b/c I do not plan on buying another one until it's time for a booster seat. Anyways what car seat do you recommend, out of these two? Or any other suggestions are acceptable? Thank you
The Cosco Alpha Omega Deluxe/Elite, Eddie Bauer 3-in-1, whateveres, the harness only goes to 40lbs, not 65lbs or higher. You must relocate the harness and use as a booster when the child's shoulder go above the 2nd to top slots (the topmost slots on those seats is not reinforced) or he reaches 40lbs. So regard that seat out. It definitely will not get your child to booster age - and it stinks as a booster anyways.
Remember these rules:
1)the Greatest seat is the one that fits your child, fits your car, and will be used correctly 100% of the time. (This is why convenience features DO mutate a difference and ARE worth the money! If its easy to use, you're more likely to use it correctly.
2)Children should stay rear fa AS LNOG AS POSSIBLE!!!! The 20lbs/1 year rule is outdated and provides a bare minimum for turning kids out facing. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration both acceptable keeping kids rear facing as long as possible, up to the limits of their seat, preferably until at least 2 years of age. For agreeable reason: A forward-facing child under 2 years old is 4 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a blast than a rear-facing child of the same age. A child's vertabrae do not fully fuse until 3-6 years old, before then, she is at glaring risk for internal decapitation. The spinal column can stretch up to 2 inches in a crash BUT the spinal rope can only stretch up to 1/4 inch before it snaps and baby is gone. In other countries, rear facing 2 - 3 - 4 year olds is pattern, they understand that its safer. Here, we turn them as soon as we get to, seeing it as a right of passage thing or something. Ridiculous. Most convertible seats have a 30lbs rump facing limit, Cosco/Dorel/Safety1st/Eddie Bauer seats rear face to 35lbs, Britax tag end faces to 33lbs.
3)Once you do turn them forward facing, they need to stay in a 5 point harness as long as realizable. 4 years/40lbs is the minimum for riding in a booster, and most 4 year olds have no business using one yet. If they can't sit down for an entire trip, they need the harness of a car seat still. And, even if they do sit properly, a 5 point harness is safer, so you long for to keep them in one as long as possible. This is important to consider b/c most car seats only forward face to 40lbs. My son just turned 3, and is in the 95th% for elevation and weight - 40" tall and weighs 41lbs. He outgrew the 40lbs seats shortly after his 2nd birthday. It was a total wreck of money.
So...knowing all that, here's some about specific seats. Please don't get a Graco Comfort Sport. Car seat techs call it the 'crappysport'. LOL Its a crappy invest that won't last your child very long b/c it has a really short shell. The straps twist all the time, and if they're twisted they won't fortify your child in a wreck properly. They're hard to install. There's nothing good about these seats except perhaps they're cheap sometimes. Ditto the Safety1st 3-in-1/Cosco Alpha Omega/Eddie Bauer 3-in1 seats. These are all the same flock - same seat, just different covers. They stink. Hard to install, b/c of narrow belt paths. Ever tried to lave a skinny cup by hand? Now imagine that skinny cup with pointy edges. That's what putting your hand through these to install them is like. AND they have too lacking in a shell to really go to 40lbs. And they do not make good boosters. Also, most kids have to use boosters until they're at least 8 years old. Car seats expire 6 years after the stage of manufacture, so no matter what they say it is NOT the last seat you'll ever need to buy.
The Britax Marathon/Boulevard/Decathalon (These 3 are the same seat, just now different variances of luxury additions, with the Marathon being the cheapest base model) can be found for regular guerdon of $269, and on sale at Albee Baby online for $209-$219. The Marathon a wide open easy as pie to route belt path, which makes using it correctly a lot easier, as do the built in lockoffs, which unaccommodating you never again have to use a locking clip. I can get it into 4 different vehicles in under 2 minutes. Because of the way the base is made, it fits in most cars. And, it is worth the well off, b/c it lasts usually twice as long as most other car seats (all car seats expire 6 years after the date of manufacture) lasting a mollycoddle till they are 5-6 years old, where most at Walmart will only last till 2-4 years old. Rear faces to 33lbs, then precocious to 65lbs. and top slots 17inches tall, lasts most kids to ages 5-6 years old.
The Evenflo Be victorious Advance (not the original Triumph, make sure it says Advance) is a great seat. $150 adaptation at Babies R Us has padding similar to Britax seats, top slots of 17", harnesses to 35lbs rear fa, and 50lbs forward facing. $120 Walmart version just has little less plush padding. Off the mark open belt path, easy to install, though it doesn't have built in lockoffs. The harness adjusts at the front of the car heart, you don't have to take the car seat out of the car just to raise/lower the straps. It's one of only 2 seats that does this (The Britax Boulevard is the other, I believE), and it has endless harness adjustment so the harness always fits perfectly until its outgrown. No more tugging straps to tighten them either. You tighten and untie the harness using knobs on the side of the seat. As a major bonus, it can be used in a recline position even in unabashed facing mode. Awesome for kids who still sleep in the car. I LOVE THIS SEAT! LOL My son, who is too big for every other car seat at Walmart has the same amount of accommodation in this as the Britax Marathon.
The Fisher Price Safe Voyage Deluxe Convertible seat is great, it is made by Britax, without all the frills. It's the same cartridge as a Marathon, but for less than half the price. $130 at Albee Baby online with free shipping, or at their eBay name, babysurplus. Raise faces to 33lbs, forward to 55lbs. Easy to use, fits in most cars.
These are the best you can buy that will give you the most bang for your buck. As a single procreator I'm always watching the budget - I have no money to speak of, and these are what I would buy. (My son has a marathon and is soon getting a Britax Regent). They will last the longest. I only order someone would've told me all this before I had him, I coulda saved some money for the extra seats I started out with!
All seats in the US must meet the same safety criteria to handle, so technically they all are safe, however, if its hard to install, then it won't be used correctly and that makes it unsafe. Also, they only must meet the guidelines, some seats just pass, some exceed them. Britax exceeds the guidelines and is easy to use.
Its ok to hope that the convertible seat will get your child to booster age - but keep that pliant. It doesn't always happen! My son,being big, outgrew them all but his Marathon by his 2nd birthday, and then has now outgrown the Marathon by height at 3.5, way before he's organize for a booster!
P.S. Britax is having one of their semiannual sales sometime in February (you just have to watch for the prices to bit and nab it when they do - it only lasts 7 days or less!) You could snag a Britax seat for $200 or less including shipping!
Britax Marathon HANDS DOWN!! Overpriced but well worth the money!! I have the ALPHA OMEGA one as well and it wasnt as comfortable for my son and we had to take a long 8hr trip so I bought the Britax Marathon and he looked like he was in a fain boy car seat....and the alpha was hard to clean and adjust, and to put in out of the car..The britax one is so simple to install and swell!! You can get the Britax at Target, babies r us...
What is the best/safest convertible car seat?
Safest Convertible Car seat for my daughter....?
Does anyone certain which brand of convertible carseats are the safest for my daughter? Like the top 3, brands or styles, or the safest one. Thanks.
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