Because I've been shopping for a car seat (or two or three) for a couple of weeks now, I figured this was a good place to put all my thoughts down so I can review them any time I want. Could I use a document and save it to my desk top? Yeah, but where's the fun in that?! I also felt like a lot of lists I was finding online were out dated or incomplete. I hear about the same handful of seats over and over, and I wanted to know all my options and not feel limited to only a few choices.
So here is a lovely list of car seats and options, in case you need to go shopping.
***I've included every brand I could think of, but I'm sure there are some missing. If you see one missing, let me know.
***I've included what specs I could find on the seats, like height limits and top slot harness heights, but didn't check manuals or anything so I'm not 100% certain on some of them. If you see something incorrect please let me know so I can correct it. Thanks!
***I've divided the seats into categories:
Rear facing infant carriers
Convertible Seats
A section for all the seats that rear face to 40 pounds or more
Seats that harness for more than 40 pounds
Booster Seats
***I did not include seats that only forward face from 20-40 pounds, because I find them silly.
***Some seats will show up in more than one category (lots of convertibles have extended length harnesses), with the applicable specs listed for that section.
***Prices may vary. Many of the prices listed are direct quotes from the website, but the seats can OFTEN be found much cheaper. So if it's a little above your budget, shop around and you may find you can afford it. For instance, the Graco Nautilus is listed at $180, but I paid $140 for mine, and I've seen them even lower. I have put the seats in order by listed price though, to make it a little easier to choose that way.
*** Yes, I did spend five hours on this, and yes, you better appreciate it. =)
Infant Bucket Seats
(the ones that detach from the base so you can carry them around)(seats are ordered by price, lowest to highest)
Evenflo Enbrace (22 pounds and 29in) - $55Evenflo Discovery 5 (22 pounds and 29in) - $60
Safety 1st Comfy Carry Elite Plus (22 pounds and 29in) - $90
Evenflo Serenade (35 pounds and 32in) - $100
Graco Snugride (22 pounds and 29in) - $120
Graco Snugride 30 (30 pounds and 30in) - $130
Safety 1st onBoard 35 (35 pounds and 32in) - $140
Graco SnugRide 32 (32 pounds and 32in) - $150
Combi Shuttle (33 pounds and 33in) - $150
The First Years Via Infant Seat 1470 (35 pounds and 30in) - $160
Grago Snugride 35 (35 pounds and 32in) - $160
Evenflo Secure Ride 35 (35 pounds and 32in) - $170
Safety 1st onBoard 35 Air (35 pounds and 32in) - $170
Chicco KeyFit (22 pounds) - $170
Chicco KeyFit 30 (30 pounds) - $180
Britax B-safe (30 pounds and 32in) - $180
Safety 1st onBoard Air SE (35 pounds and 32in) - $190
Peg-Perego Primo Viaggo (30 pounds and 30in) - $220
Britax Chaperone (30 pounds and 32in) - $230
Convertibles
(Rear face and forward face)(seats are ordered by price, lowest to highest)
Evenflo Tribute Sport (RF to 35 pounds and 36in, FF to 40 pounds and 40in)(shoulder height 14.75in) - $50
Cosco Scenera (RF to 35-40 pounds and 36in, FF to 40 pounds and 40in)(shoulder height 14.75in) - $50
Safety 1st onSide air (RF to 40p and 40in, FF to 40 pounds and 43in)(shoulder height 15in) - $80
Evenflo Titan Sport (RF to 35p and 36in, FF to 50 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 15in) - $80
Evenflo Tribute Deluxe (RF to 35 pounds and 36in, FF to 40 pounds and 40in) - $85
Graco ComfortSport (RF to 30 pounds, FF to 40 pounds and 40in)(shoulder height 13.5in) - $100
Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite (RF to 35 pounds, FF to 50 pounds) - $100
Evenflo Titan Elite (RF to 35p and 36in, FF to 50 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 15in) - $100
Evenflo Triumph 65 (RF to 40 pounds, FF to 65 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 17in)- $130
Evenflo Triumph Advance LX (RF to 35p and 36in, FF to 50p and 47in)(shoulder height 17in) - $150
Evenflo Momentum (RF to 40 pounds, FF to 65 pounds and 50in) - $150
Safety 1st All-in-One (RF to 35 pounds and 36in, FF to 50 pounds and 40in) - $150
Graco MyRide 65 (RF to 40 pounds, FF to 65 pounds and 49in)(shoulder height 17in) - $150
Combi Coccoro (RF to 33 pounds, FF to 40 pounds and 40in)(shoulder height 15in) - $180
Safety 1st Complete Air 65 (RF to 40 pounds and 40in, FF to 65 pounds and 52in) - $190
Safety 1st Complete Air (50 pounds)- $190
Britax Roundabout 55 (RF to 40p, FF to 55 pounds and 46in)(shoulder height 15.75in) - $200
The First Years True Fit (RF to 35 pounds, FF to 65 pounds and 50in)(shoulder height 17.5in) - $200
Safety 1st Complete Air 65 LX (RF to 40 pounds and FF to 65 pounds and 52in) - $210
Evenflo SymphonyE3 (RF to 40p and 36in, FF to 65 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 16in) - $230
Sunshine Kids Radian65SL (RF to 40, FF to 65 pounds and 53in)(shoulder height 17in) - $230
Recaro ProRide (RF to 35 pounds, FF to 70 pounds and 50in) - $230
Safety 1st Complete Air 65SE (RF to 35, FF to 65 pounds and 52in)(shoulder height 17in) - $240
Combi Zeus 360 (RF to 33 pounds and 36in, FF to 40 pounds and 40in) - $260-$400
Sunshine Kids Radian80SL (RF to 45, FF to 80 pounds and 53in)(shoulder height 17in) - $270
Britax Marathon 70 (RF to 40 pounds ,FF to 70 pounds and 49in)(shoulder height 16.75in) - $290
Peg-Perego Primo Viaggio SIP (RF to 35 pounds, FF to 70 pounds and 49in) - $300
Sunshine Kids RadianXTSL (RF to 45, FF to 80 pounds and 53in)(shoulder height 17in) - $300
Britax Boulevard 70 (RF to 40 pounds, FF to 70 pounds, and 49in)(shoulder height 16.75in) - $320
Britax Boulevard 70 CS (RF to 40, FF to 70 pounds and 49in)(shoulder height 16.75in) - $340
Britax Advocate 70 CS (RF to 40, FF to 70 pounds and 49in)(shoulder height 17.65in) - $380
Seats that Rear Face to 40 pounds
(These will typically last the longest, assuming your child isn't exceptionally tall, and rear facing is always safer, so the longer the better)(Seats are ordered by height of shell, from smallest to largest)
Cosco Scenera (shell height of 23in)
Safety 1st onSide Air (shell height of 23in)
Graco My Ride 65 (shell height of 23in)
Evenflo Triumph 65 (shell height of 23.5in)
Britax Roundabout 55 (shell height of 23.5in)
Britax marathon 70 (shell height of 24in)
Britax Boulevard 70 (shell height of 24in)
Britax Advocate 70 CS (shell height of 24in)
Evenflo Momentum (shell height of 24.5in)
Sunshine Kids RadianXTSL (45 pounds)(shell height of 24.5in)
Sunshine Kids Radian65SL (shell height of 25in)
Sunshine Kids Radian80SL (45 pounds)(shell height of 25in)
Britax Boulevard 70 CS (shell height of 25in)
Evenflo Symphony e3 (shell height of 26in)
Safety 1st Complete Air 65 LX (shell height of 27.5in)
Safety 1st Complete Air (shell height of 27.5in)
Safety 1st Complete Air 65 (shell height of 27.5)
Extended Harnessing
(Kids should stay harnessed until they can safely be boostered, and sometimes that means they won't be ready at 40 pounds.)(seats in order by height of top harness slot, when known, from lowest to highest)
Evenflo Titan Sport (50 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 15in) - $80Evenflo Generations (65 pounds and 43in)(shoulder height 15in) - $100
Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite (50 pounds) (shoulder height 15in) - $100
Evenflo Titan Elite (50 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 15in)- $100
Safety 1st All-in-One (50 pounds)(shoulder height 15in) - $150
Britax Roundabout 55 (55 pounds and 46in)(shoulder height 15.75in) - $200
Britax Marathon (65 pounds and 49in)(shoulder height 16in) - $200
Evenflo Symphony 65 DLX (65 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 16in) - $200
Evenflo Symphony 65 e3 - (65 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 16in) - $230
Britax Roundabout 50 (50 pounds and 49in)(shoulder height 16.25in) - $160
Britax Marathon 70 (70 pounds and 49in)(shoulder height 16.75in) - $290
Britax Boulevard 70 (70 pounds, and 49in)(shoulder height 16.75in) - $320
Britax Boulevard 70 CS (70 pounds and 49in)(shoulder height 16.75in) - $340
Evenflo Triumph 65 (65 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 17in)- $130
Graco MyRide 65 (65 pounds and 49in)(shoulder height 17in) - $150
Evenflo Momentum 65 (65 pounds and 50in)(shoulder height 17in) - $150
Evenflo Triumph Advance LX (50 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 17in)- $150
Safety 1st Complete Air 65 (65 pounds and 52in)(shoulder height 17in) - $190
Safety 1st Complete Air 65 LX (65 pounds and 52in)(shoulder height 17in) - $210
Safety 1st Complete Air 65 SE (65 pounds and 52in)(shoulder height 17in) - $240
Safety 1st Complete Air (50 pounds and 45in)(shoulder height 17in) - $190
Sunshine Kids RadianXTSL (80 pounds and 53in)(shoulder height 17in) - $300
The First Years True Fit (65 pounds and 50in)(shoulder height 17.5in) - $200
Sunshine Kids Radian65SL (65 pounds and 53in)(shoulder height 17in) - $230
Sunshine Kids Radian80SL (80 pounds and 53in)(shoulder height 17in) - $270
Britax Adcovate 70 CS (70 pounds and 49in)(shoulder height 17.5in) - $380
Evenflo Maestro (50 pounds and 47in)(shoulder height 18in) - $85
Recaro ProSport (90 pounds and 57in)(shoulder height 18in) - $200-$300
Graco Nautilus (65 pounds)(shoulder height 18.5in) - $180
Britax Frontier 85 (85 pounds and 57in)(shoulder height 20in) - $300
Britax Frontier 85 SICT (85 pounds and 57in)(shoulder height 20in) - $340
Safety 1st Apex 65 (65 pounds and 57in) - $130
Safety 1st Essential Air (65 pounds) - $180
Safety 1st Go Hybrid (65 pounds) - $200
Peg-Perego Primo Viaggio SIP (70 pounds and 49in) - $220
Recaro ProRide (70 pounds and 50in) - $230
Booster Options
(a booster seat lacks a harness and requires the car's safety belt. For info on when to transition to a booster seat see my post called Harness Good; Booster Bad)(seats ordered by price, lowest to highest)
Cosco Pronto (30-100 pounds and 34-57in) - $35Graco Highback Turbo Booster (30-100 pounds) - $50
Evenflo Big Kid Deluxe (40-100 pounds) - $50
Cosco HBB (30-80 pounds) - $55
Safety 1st Boost Air (30-100 pounds)- $66
Graco Highback Turbobooster Elite (30-100 pounds) - $70
The First Years Compass B505 (30-100 pounds and 38-57in) - $70
Sunshine Kids Santa Fe NBB (30-120 pounds) - $70
Evenflo Maestro (40-100 pounds) - $80
Safety 1st Vantage HBB - $90
Eddie Bauer HBB (40-100 pounds) - $90
Evenflo Generations (40-100 pounds) - $100
Safety 1st Summit Deluxe HBB - $110
Britax Parkway SG (40-120 pounds and 38-63in)(shoulder height 21.5in) - $120
Safety 1st Apex 65 (40-100 pounds)- $135
Britax Parkway SGL (40-120 pounds and 38-63in)(shoulder height 21.5in) - $150
Sunshine Kids Monteray HBB (30-120 pounds and 63in) - $150
Chicco KeyFit Strada Booster (33-100 pounds and 38-57in) - $170
Safety 1st Essential Air (40-100 pounds and 57in)- $180
Graco Nautilus (30-100 pounds) - $180
Safety 1stt Go Hybrid - $200
Recaro ProSport (up to 100 pounds) - $200-$300
Evenflo Symphony 65 e3 (40-100 pounds) - $230
Britax Frontier 85 (40-120 pounds and 42-65in)(shoulder height 24.5in) - $300
Britax Frontier 85 SICT (40-120 pounds and 42-65in)(shoulder height 24.5in) - $340
The First Years Compass B830 (30-100 pounds and 57in) - ?
Recaro Vivo HBB (30-100 pounds) - $90
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