Baby Jogger City GO Canada Review

Baby Jogger City GO Canada

Until now, Baby Jogger was mostly known in Canada for making some pretty nice strollers. That all changed when they entered the Canadian car seat market with their City GO rear facing only car seat along with the City View multimode car seat. The City GO offers some plush fabrics and solid ease of use features, join us as we spend some time with the City GO.

Baby Jogger City GO base at most upright setting

The Baby Jogger City GO is a very user friendly seat when it comes to installation. It features 6 recline positions in the base. and the bubble level indicator has weight-based recline levels for babies between 4-20 pounds (more reclined) and 20-35 pounds (a much larger range).

Baby Jogger City GO base at most reclined setting

To adjust the angle of the base, simple turn the knob at the front of the base counter-clockwise to increase the recline angle (and clockwise to reduce the recline angle). Each turn of the knob moves the base up/down about a half inch.

Baby Jogger City GO’s base features a bubble level indicator

If the most reclined setting is not reclined enough per the bubble indicator, a tightly rolled towel or pool noodle is permitted to achieve a more reclined angle.

Baby Jogger City GO installed with base in a 2013 Mazda CX-5

When installing the City GO more upright for old babies with good head and neck control, I found that the angle sometimes causes the seat to wedge itself between the base and vehicle seat back, which makes removing the seat from the base almost impossible. I had to uninstall the base (and was quite thankful for the premium UAS) to remove the seat from my 2007 Honda Odyssey captain’s chair

Baby Jogger City GO’s lockoff in the open position

To install with vehicle seat belt (both lap/shoulder and lap only), open the lockoff, route the vehicle seat belt through the base’s belt guides and under the lockoff and buckle the vehicle seat belt.

Baby Jogger City GO’s lockoff in the closed position

Check that the bubble is within the allowable recline range for the child’s weight (adjust the recline foot if necessary), press down on the base, and close the lockoff.Always check that there is less than 1 inch of movement in any direction to ensure the installation is tight enough.

Baby Jogger City GO installed baseless in a 2007 Honda Odyssey

To install the Baby Jogger City GO without the base, route the lap portion of the vehicle seat belt through the belt guides on both sides of the carrier, and ensure that the red level line on the side of the shell is level to the ground. Engage the vehicle seat belt’s locking mechanism (or use a locking clip if your vehicle doesn’t have locking seat belts), press down on the centre of the carrier with one hand, and tighten the vehicle belt with the other.

Baby Jogger City GO installed baseless with euro routing in a 2007 Honda Odyssey

The City Go can also be installed using Euro routing. To install the seat without the base using Euro routing, route the lap portion of the vehicle seat belt through the carrier’s belt guides, then wrap the shoulder portion of the seat belt around the rear of the carrier and under the “Taxi Safe Belt Guide”.

Baby Jogger City GO’s “Taxi Safe” belt guide for euro routing

Then engage the vehicle seat belt’s locking mechanism and remove any slack from the seat belt if there’s any slack left. In many cases, there isn’t any extra slack in the seat belt once it’s routed around the entire carrier. Always check that there is less than 1 inch of movement in any direction to ensure the installation is tight enough.

Baby Jogger City GO features a single level line for baseless installation

When installing baseless with Euro routing, the Taxi Safe Belt Path’s internal lip catches the shoulder belt and actually makes uninstalling the seat more difficult than the traditional baseless installation. This is something to consider when choosing which baseless installation method to use

Baby Jogger City GO’s harness adjustment

The no rethread harness adjusts by squeezing the head support height adjustment at the back of the seat. The manual gives instructions to only do this without the child being in the car seat.

Preemie Huggable Images doll in the Baby Jogger City GO

I don’t often have the opportunity to use my Huggable Images preemie doll in seat reviews, so I was excited to see how it fit in the Baby Jogger City GO. This doll is 17 inches tall and is designed to represent a 4 pound preemie baby in terms of torso size and weight.

The City GO fits the preemie doll beautifully. We removed the strap covers and crotch strap cover and added a crotch roll to fill the gap between the baby and the crotch buckle strap. The headrest is in the lowest position, which positions the straps just below the doll’s shoulders.

The body cushion helps prevent potential head slump by filling the back of the seat so that the adjustable headrest and doll’s head are in line. We find this to be a great fit.

1 week old, 7 pounds, 19 inches in Baby Jogger City GO

I was so thankful to have a fresh newborn available to test out the Baby Jogger City GO. We find that there can be a difference in fit between the Huggable Images dolls and real babies because real babies can be quite a bit squishier and more sassy than our training dolls.

This little guy is one week old, 7 pounds and 19 inches. He didn’t quite fit the City GO without the body cushion (straps were slightly above his shoulders), but with the cushion in use, he had a great fit in this seat. We left all the padding in for this little guy, and were very impressed that none of it seemed to interfere with the way the harness fit him. He settled into the seat beautifully.

Newborn Huggable Images doll in Baby Jogger City GO

With the newborn Huggable Images doll, I would have guessed that the strap covers may have needed to be removed for a newborn baby, but as we can see with the newborn above, the fit with the strap covers was great!

17 months, 25 pounds and 30 inches in Baby Jogger City GO

This little guy is 17 months old. He weighs 25 pounds and is 30 inches tall. The headrest of the City GO is adjusted about halfway up the shell, and he has TONS of growing room.

17 month old, 30 inches in the Baby Jogger City GO

He had zero complaints, and his mom raved about how easy the seat was to adjust, and how light it is compared to his primary car seat.

The tall shell height of the Baby Jogger City GO is a great feature even though this model has outgrown the seat by height!

We try very hard not to show misuse in our reviews. Readers tend to think that when we include a child who doesn’t fit properly in a seat, we’re somehow giving permission for families to use the car seat that way. We definitely aren’t.

We struggled with including this model but we wanted our readers to realize what a 21 inch seated height on a rear facing only seat translates into in the real world.

Baby Jogger City GO’s canpoy

The other small annoyance was that the canopy seems a touch too wide for the seat’s handle to pass over without catching on the fabric, so if you’re in the habit of pushing the seat’s handle all the way back to load/unload baby, you’ll notice that the handle “catches” on the canopy.
The canopy has a UV rating of 50+ to protect baby from the sun.

Baby Jogger City GO NSM

National Safety Mark: the NSM label that shows airlines that the seat is approved for use on an airplane is located on the side of the seat.

Baby Jogger City GO’s date of manufacture label

Date of Manufacture label: the date of manufacture label is located under the carrier portion of the seat

Baby Jogger City GO’s expiration is stamped on the back of the seat’s shell

Expiration date: the expiration date is stamped on the bottom of the carrier’s shell.

Baby Jogger City GO manual storage on bottom of base

Manual storage: is located on the bottom of the base. If you think you’ll need to access the manual while the seat is installed in your vehicle, we’d suggest storing it somewhere else or downloading an electronic copy.