What Is a Good Infant Car Seat Brand?

Britax is the best, hands down.

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Oh Mrs R.! You are brave talking about car seats again today on Mamapedia! ;-)

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We have the Chicco travel system...
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3687546

I love it!!! My son is 15 mo. old and transitioning to his big boy carseat this week. I have NO complaints about the seat...

The travel system I like...the only thing I don't like about the stroller is the storage space below...especially when you put the carseat in it when they are infants...everytime I needed something from the diaper bag, I would have to take the carseat out...yes, annoying! However, the stroller pushes nice, and is well built. So you take the good! :)

I know that Chicco makes an infant seat that goes up to 30 lbs. (ours goes to 22 lbs.)...honestly, I can't imagine leaving a baby in the infant seat up to 30 lbs. Our friends have the 30 lb. but I think they had to change seats well before their daughter got to 30 lbs. because she just out grew it.

I recommend Chicco! :)

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Chicco KeyFit 30 is the best infant seat I have found. They have an excellent safety record and are SO easy to install correctly. I absolutely love mine!

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I had a graco and liked it. I haven't had the other brands. My suggestion to you is to go to babies r us and play with the seats, taking them on and off the base, adjusting them, undoing the buckles, ask if you can try them in your car. The best seat for you is one that fits your car, fits your child, and one that is easy for you to use so that it will be used correctly each and every time you use it.

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We have two Britax and LOVE them. I wouldn't get anything else for us at this point. Shop the sales (I think we got them at AlbeeBaby.com for the same amount as the others) and you can do really well!

I loved our Chicco Keyfit 30 and have passed it to my sister for her son. I'm a fan of Chicco in general.

We also have a Britax Marathon for each of our cars for my daughter. I'm very happy with them, too.

We used the Chicco Keyfit 30 with our daughter and plan to use it with our son when he arrives in 3 weeks. Love it and it's held up well!

Edited to add: I really like the material used on the Chicco Keyfit--it washes really well and still looks new after 3.5 years.

We used our Chicco Keyfit 30 with both kids and felt it was wonderful. Just recently, I found out a study was done on carseats to test toxicity. Supposedly the Keyfit is one of the best rated for LOW toxicity and the Britax (the convertible seats we use) were rated super HIGH. So, for infant seat, go Chicco and then you will already have a stroller to go with it.

We have Britax Chaperone......it is GREAT it goes to 30lb and 32".....I have a friend who's daughter tried it out the other day....she will be TWO next month and she still fits.....talking about getting your $$$ worth:) Our baby is almost 10 months and loves her car seat!!!!!!

We have a Chicco for the infant seat, and when they outgrow it we go to the Britax Marathon. I love the Chicco, so easy to use. I have used my sister in law's Graco or something, and it's unbelievable the difference in ease of use and quality. We used it for all 3 kids, and it still looks and works perfectly.