Our friends at KidsEmbrace make some really fun forward facing harnessed car seats and booster seats. They have one basic design for each type of seat — the forward facing combination seat, high back booster seat, and the backless booster seat. The magic happens when they add some exciting licensed characters to the seats. We
The Graco Tranzitions isn’t the newest seat on the market but it is among the most narrow. We’ve been fans of this seat since its debut because it’s a nice option for tight three across situations but there is a caveat — the installation, especially the vehicle seat belt install, can be quite challenging, so
The original Nuna PIPA rear facing only car seat has been around, serving families with ease of use and an easy installation, since the earliest days of CSFTL. You could say that we’ve grown up along with Nuna’s product line! The PIPA and PIPA Lite are a solid, popular seat that we see routinely at
Admittedly, one of the most daunting things about installing a car seat can be installing a car seat. The Cybex Sirona S adds a feature that we’ve seen in just a handful of other car seats over the years — it swivels on an attached base. That means (in theory) it can be installed once
All in one is a moniker that’s associated with a few car seats on the market today. This category of car seat does a few things — rear faces, forward faces, and converts to a booster seat. Many of these seats are marketed as long-lasting, some even claim to last a child for all of
We first reviewed the Graco 4Ever multimode car seat when it was released. Since then, the 4Ever has stood the test of time and remained a fan favorite with the CSFTL team. So much so that our original 4Ever has spent time with a number of CSFTL families and become a bit worn over the
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I co-teach a short introductory car seat course on a regular basis. We explain why car seats are important, discuss best practices, and then take the expectant parents out to their cars to install their car seats. We demonstrate installations in the classroom using our test bench. I mention all of this because we’ve found
Recalls are an inevitable part of life for people who own products. That’s pretty much all of us. We’ve talked about what car seat recalls are and why they’re important. We also work diligently to crank out articles about each car seat recall along with instructions on how to resolve the issue as soon we
The Liing offers some nice installation and ease of use features — beautiful baseless belt guides, Euro routing, rigid lower anchors, and a belt tensioning plate. All of these features add up to a fairly high price point for a seat that might be outgrown fairly quickly, but they do make for a simple installation.
