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Hello Winter, Goodbye Coats!

Keep kids safe and warm in the vehicle this winter by saying goodbye to those winter coats!

Non-Regulated Products for Car Seats

Keep kiddos safe by steering clear of non-regulated products in their car seats!

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Rear Facing Car Seat Myths Busted

Here are eight commonly repeated myths about rear facing -- busted!

Nuna PIPA rx + RELX Base Review

Posted on June 9, 2020
Nuna PIPA rx installed without the base

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

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Cybex Sirona S Convertible Car Seat Review

Posted on May 27, 2020
Cybex Sirona S 3 year old rear facing

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

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Car Seat Basics: Display Seats, Bargain or Bust?

Posted on May 13, 2020
Convertible car seats don't go in rear facing only bases!

When the CSFTL team goes strolling through the aisles at the local baby store, we are often sidetracked by the car seat aisle.  That should come as no surprise since car seats are what we do! The seats on display do a terrific job of showing the car seat’s features, giving caregivers a chance to

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Diono Monterey 4DXT Booster Seat Review

Posted on May 11, 2020
Diono Monterey 4 DXT in smallest settings

Diono first released their Monterey high back booster seat in 2008.   It was immediately a hit with families and CPSTs because it provided an extendable back to accommodate their growing widths, and a tall back that allowed bigger kids to ride in a supportive high back booster seat. Some of our oldest CSFTL models

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Evenflo EveryFit Multimode Car Seat Review

Posted on March 31, 2020
Evenflo EveryFit forward facing 3 years old

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

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hifold fit and fold High Back Booster Seat Review

Posted on March 11, 2020
hifold fully extended

Carfoldio’s first product was the mifold travel booster seat, which hit the market in 2017.  They’ve now released their high back foldable booster seat to the United States and EU markets with the hifold fit-and-fold booster. We’re intrigued by this transformer-esque booster seat, so let’s take a look at what it has to offer. CSFTL

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EUROPEAN RECALL: BeSafe iZi Go X1

Posted on March 9, 2020

BeSafe has issued a recall for their BeSafe iZi Go X1 infant seat when used in conjunction with the ISOFIX base. The seat is safe if used with a baseless vehicle seat belt installation. Affected Seats iZi Go X1 infant seats with serial numbers between ZG0247548 and ZG(0)270529 are affected. The ISOFIX base itself is

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Cosco Pronto/Safety 1st Crossover Booster Seat Review

Posted on February 21, 2020
Pronto/Crossover lowest headrest position

The Cosco Pronto high back booster seat has been on the market since 2014 and has consistently been an excellent, low-budget booster seat option for tall kids who need the support of a high back booster (as long as the vehicle they are riding in has a headrest in their seating position). Dorel has released

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Chicco Fit4 Review

Posted on February 13, 2020
Chicco Fit4 Stage 1 FitKit

Chicco’s product line already includes some solid choices — the Key Fit and Fit2 rear facing only car seats, the NextFit convertible car seat, the MyFit combination, plus some well-liked booster seats.  The Fit4 joins that lineup to add a multimode seat that rear faces, forward faces, then converts to a fairly tall booster seat!

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Best Practice — it’s why we’re here

Posted on February 12, 2020
Chicco OneFit 3 years old

When it comes to child passenger safety, best practice means making the safest choice, even when it’s the least convenient option.  That translates to riding rear facing for as long as possible — ideally until the child is around 4 years old — then riding forward facing in a harnessed car seat until the child

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