Top Rated Infant Car Seats

A quality infant car seat travel car seat is a safety requirement, but not all car seats are made to be the same. The top seats come with features that improve crash test performance. For example, load legs — shock absorbing parts that are affixed to the seat or base and reduce movement in an accident.

Chicco KeyFit is a favorite of CPST instructors. It comes with an rear-facing weight, a height limit that is high and a bubble-level indicator and a spring loaded foot that can recline to make it easy to put in.

Graco Mesa Max

The Graco Mesa Max ranks as one of the easiest infant car seats to use. It has great fabrics and a simple design and a handy feature for attaching the harness of a child to the headrest to make it easier to tighten. It also comes with a huge canopy which makes it easy to keep your baby shaded during travel. The only downside is that it’s slightly heavier than the average and could be an issue if you plan to lug it around or if you want to pair it with your UPPAbaby stroller, which is a winner.

The Mesa Max’s impressive crash test results reflect its commitment to top-quality safety. It scored a high mark in the frontal test, and a top score in the side impact test, which means your baby is safe from both sides in the event of a collision.

Another noteworthy safety feature is the Graco’s anti-rebound panel, which reduces the force of rebound during the event of a crash, and also safeguards your child’s head. This feature is unique among rotating infant car seat car seats and makes the Mesa Max standout among its rivals.

Graco Mesa Max can easily and securely be fitted into your vehicle using LATCH when it is used in conjunction with the base. The load leg, recline angle adjustment, and tightness indicator all help to ensure a quick, precise installation. The base weighs 12.6 lbs, which is slightly heavier than an average car seat for infants, but not enough to cause an issue.

The UPPAbaby Mesa V2 uses the same double-knit fabric that was used in its predecessor. It is free of harmful chemicals that are fire-proof. It also comes with an infinitely adjustable headrest and an infant insert that enhances the body’s fit and positioning for babies weighing between 4 and 11 pounds. The fabric is GREENGUARD Gold Certified, which tests for low VOCs and chemical emissions.

The Mesa Max from UPPAbaby is more expensive than other models, but it has top features and modern safety technology to ensure a safe travel experience. The base included and a variety of fashionable colors add value to the. Its thoughtful design and robust features provide peace of for parents on their every trip.

Britax Boulevard ClickTight

The Britax Boulevard ClickTight is a great option for those looking for a car seat that will expand with their child. Its rear-facing weight limit is 40 pounds which is more than most infant car seats. It can be used forward-facing up to the point that your child is 65 pounds.

Its main selling point is the ClickTight Installation System, which is the most secure and user-friendly to use available. It lets you tighten the seat belt by pushing the red release button and pulling on the harness strap and not having to loosen it, then re-thread. This decreases the risk of not tightening correctly the seat belt which is the most common cause of failures in car seats.

Another safety feature is the EZ-Buckle Pad, which holds the buckle away from the way when you’re putting your child in the car seat. This feature together with beltpath cutouts on both sides of the seat makes it easy to get your child in and out of the car.

All three ClickTight convertible seats (Boulevard, Marathon CT, and Advocate CT) have the same features. These include the ClickTight Installation System with an impact-absorbing base, with seven recline positions as well as a rip-stitch energy absorbing harness pad, a tether that is HUGS and a steel-reinforced frame and EPP energy-absorbing foam.

The seat is quite heavy, however, so you may want to think about a lighter option if you plan to use it for frequent car swaps. The seat is large, so it might not be suitable for smaller vehicles.

If you’re looking for a affordable option that is comparable to look into the 4Ever DLX from Graco. It has lower crash test scores than the Boulevard, but it’s still a great seat for your little one.

The Graco has also connectors with push-on connectors for LATCH which makes it easier to take off the seat. Boulevard’s LATCH connectors use a different release mechanism that requires you to pull the webbing and then press an orange button. It isn’t easy to do this if your webbing has a tight fit. However, this seat does come with a handy storage cubby to store the belt straps when they are not in use.

Clek Liing

If you’re looking for a baby car seat that offers it all -safety, style as well as convenience and luxuryyou’ll love the Clek Liing. This rear-facing car seat can be easy to install, comes with an excellent crash test rating and a wide range of features.

The Liing is designed to protect babies with features that meet or surpass both US and Canadian safety standards. It’s designed to be simple and secure installation – at any seating position – and is loaded with advanced safety features like an energy-absorbing metal load leg and two-piece shells lined with EPP foam for enhanced side-impact protection. The base features seven recline positions, as well as an indicator bubble that lets you know when the seat is at just the right angle for your baby.

The Liing is modern, sleek stroller that parents love. It has innovative safety features like rigid lower anchors which are easier to attach than hook-and loop connectors. The Liing comes with a single-handed release, making it simple to remove the base and use with strollers compatible with it. With less than 17 inches in width it’s just narrow enough for 3-across in the majority of vehicles. It also can easily fit into convertible car seats as a travel booster.

The Liing infant car seats cheap seat is rated first for its unique rigid-LATCH system of installation. The Liing’s lower anchors snap into the lower seat belt slots of the vehicle and the top tether strap snaps onto the headrest of the vehicle. This creates a tight, secure fit which will eliminate the possibility that the child could be thrown around in an accident.

The seat is lightweight, with the base weighing 9 pounds and the carrier itself coming in at a manageable 10.5 lbs. Other rear-facing seats are heavier, but the difference isn’t significant if you plan to carry the car seat and base around. ).

Parents love the Liing’s integrated canopy and 100+spf of protection from the sun’s rays by the mesh peekaboo. Caregivers love the merino-covered cover that keeps baby warm, and they also like the handle’s ability to pivot away from the canopy which makes it easier for them to grab whenever they need.

Graco Trio Grow SnugLock LX

The Graco Trio SnugLock LX is a 3-in-1 car seat that can be used from rear-facing infant, to forward-facing harness, and then to highback booster. It comes with the SnugLock system which allows for an easy and smooth installation using either lower anchors or vehicle seat belts. It has the option of using the top tether in booster mode. (We recommend always using the lower anchors for extra security.)

This seat is ideal for children of all different ages. It has an infant insert for smaller infants that can support their necks and backs. This insert can be removed once the child is older and the seat can be used as a standard car seat for toddlers. It is one of the only car seats that allow the top tether to be used in booster mode. We highly recommend it.

Its base is fairly compact from front to rear, so it shouldn’t be difficult to locate a place for it in the majority of cars. It does require the headrest to be raised however, to give you an open route for the lower anchor webbing. Fortunately, there’s a headrest adjustment knob that allows you to accomplish this, and you can observe the position of the headrest in the display window.

The SnugLock system is among the coolest features about this seat. It’s a bar that’s in the belt path. Installing this car seat with lower anchors is simple, and almost as simple as installing the car’s seat belt.

The manual provides a fantastic illustration of how to run the lower anchor connectors in a correct manner through the belt path, which can initially be confusing. Keep them from the chest clip as well as the crotch loop to prevent interference with the buckle system.

The Graco Trio Grow belongs to the Protect Plus Engineered Family, which means that it has been put through some of the most rigorous testing in the industry. This includes side, rear and rollover crashes, as well in frontal impact tests.