In a world of increasingly priced rear facing only car seats, we’re pretty excited to see a small trend back towards more budget-friendly seats. The Joie Rue joins that illustrious and growing group. The first Joie seat we spent any real time with is the mint latch baseless carrier. We liked that seat quite a
Transport Canada Recall – 2024718 – DIONO Transport Canada has issued a recall on certain manufacture dates for the Diono Radian 3QX multimode car seat. This recall does not impact versions of this seat that were made for use in the United States. The Issue Certain child seats may not meet the requirements of the
NHTSA Recall ID Number : 22C002 The Issue A few models of the Britax One4Life Slim, model numbers E1D197A, E1D197B, E1D197F, and E1D17G, include a label that lists an incorrect rear facing weight limit of 40 pounds when the seat is installed with lower anchors. The correct weight limit is 35 pounds. If your child
The Graco Nautilus isn’t a new name in the car seat world, in some ways it kind of grew up along with my kids, the first ones arrived on the market right around the time my oldest kiddo began riding forward facing. She’s an adult now so it’s probably good that the Nautilus continues to
Graco has a lengthy line up of multimode car seats. The original Graco 4Ever is a well-loved, tried and true car seat that really does go from birth to booster seat, so we were excited to see what this new version of the 4Ever had to offer. The best bonus for us? The 4Ever DLX
There’s a small trend towards rear facing only car seats that don’t include the base. The families who use them seem to enjoy the convenience of not having a base. We do want to remind everyone that most rear facing only car seats can already be used without the base (see the “Installation: Without the
Diono is a name most of us know by now, it’s been around for quite some time. Both my college student and my high schooler rode in Diono’s Radian multimode car seat when they were young — we even traveled with our Radians! I know it seems a little unusual to start a review by
Rotating convertible and multimode car seats are taking up an increasing percentage of store shelves. Families seem to like the convenience of loading their child as the child faces them, then rotating the seat into the proper direction. The Maxi-Cosi Peri 180 joins a very small number of rear facing only car seats that also
UPPAbaby’s Mesa rear facing only car seat is a mainstay in our world — in real life, I see so many of these seats during car seat checks. Since the Mesa was introduced, UPPAbaby has gone on to add the Mesa Max and the Mesa V2 to the lineup (I see a lot of those,
It’s such a thrill to announce that the ABC Kids Expo has returned to much of its pre-pandemic glory. The Mandalay Bay Convention Center was mostly full of vendors touting their wares. Everything from innovations in potty seats to pre-production models of gadgets that may never see the inside of a store shelf is there,
