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
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,
The Graco TurboBooster has been a mainstay of the booster seat world for quite a while now. Many a CSFTL child has ridden in a TurboBooster — some of those kiddos are now adults themselves. But the booster seat’s staying power lies in the fact that it’s easy to setup and use correctly and lasts
The day has arrived, Chicco has entered the rotating car seat chat! The number of rotating car seats on the market seems to do nothing but grow. At this point, most of the major manufacturers have at least one offering in this category. We’ve found a lot of similarities but an equal number of different
Safety 1st offers many multimode and convertible car seats already. This family of products continues to grow as different retailers request different features or price points. The latest addition to an already large family the TriMate/TriFit multimode car seat. Come along as we put this seat through the paces. CSFTL Quick Stats Rear facing weight
