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Top Rated Infant Car Seats

Not all baby car seats are created in the same way. The top seats come with features that improve crash test performance. For instance, load legs are shock absorbing parts which are attached to the base or seat and help to reduce movement during a collision.

Chicco KeyFit is a favorite of CPST instructors. It comes with a rear-facing weight and height limit that is high as well as a bubble-level indicator and a spring-loaded foot that can recline to make it simple to set up.

Graco Mesa Max

The Graco Mesa Max is one of the top infant car seats for user-friendliness. It is made of great materials with a simple design and a handy feature for attaching a child's harness to the headrest, making it easier to tighten. It comes with a large canopy that can be put away to keep your child shaded while traveling. The only issue is that it is a bit heavier than normal, which might be an issue if you intend to carry it around or want it to pair with your award-winning UPPAbaby stroller.

Mesa Max's impressive performance in crash tests show its commitment to safety. It scored high in both the frontal and side impact tests, meaning that your child will be safe from both sides of a collision.

The anti-rebound panel is another notable safety feature. It helps to reduce the force of a crash's rebound, and protects the child's head. This feature is unique among infant car seats and makes the Mesa Max standout among its peers.

Graco Mesa Max can easily and securely be mounted in your vehicle with LATCH when it is used in conjunction with the base. The load leg as well as recline angle adjustment and tightness indicator to ensure a quick, precise installation. The base weighs 12.6 pounds which is slightly heavier than the average car seat for infants, but not enough to cause an issue.

Similar to its predecessor, the UPPAbaby Mesa V2, the Mesa Max uses dual-knit fabric that's free of fire-retardant chemicals. It also features an adjustable headrest that can be adjusted infinitely and a robust infant insert that improves the body's fit and positioning for babies approximately 4-11 lbs. The fabric is GREENGUARD Gold Certified, which tests for low VOCs and chemical emissions.

The UPPAbaby UPPAmax Mesa Maxi may be slightly more expensive than other options, but offers premium features and the latest technology to ensure an enjoyable and safe journey. The included base and a range of stylish colorways enhance the value proposition. Its thoughtful features and robust design give parents peace of mind during every journey.

Britax Boulevard ClickTight

The Britax Boulevard ClickTight is a great choice for anyone who wants an automobile seat that can grow with their child. Its rear-facing capacity is 40 pounds, which is more than the majority of infant car seats, and it can be used as a forward-facing child seat until your child is 65 pounds.

The ClickTight Installation System is its most popular selling point. It is the most secure, easiest and most secure system on the market. It lets you tighten the seat belt by pushing the red release button and pulling on the harness strap and not having to loosen it and re-thread it. This decreases the risk of not tightening correctly the belt, which is the most common cause of failures in car seats.

Another safety feature is the EZBuckle Pad, which holds the buckle in place when you're putting your child in the car seat. This feature, as well as beltpath cutouts along the sides of the seat, make it easy to get them into and out of the vehicle.

The three ClickTight convertible seats (Boulevard, Marathon CT, and Advocate CT) have the identical features. These include the ClickTight Installation System, an impact-absorbing base with 7 recline positions, a rip-stitch energy-absorbing harness pad, a HUGS tether as well as a steel reinforced frame and EPP energy-absorbing foam.

The seat is fairly heavy, though, so you may want to think about an alternative that is lighter if you intend to use it for frequent car swaps. Additionally, the seat is large, which means it might not fit well in smaller vehicles, especially in the case of on the rear.

If you want a more budget-friendly option with similar quality look into the Graco 4Ever DLX. This seat has lower scores in crash test analysis than the Boulevard but it's a great seat for your child.

The Graco also has push-on connectors for LATCH, which makes it easier to remove the seat. Boulevard's LATCH connectors have a different release mechanism that requires you to pull on the webbing and press the gray button. This isn't easy if the webbing is tight. This seat has a convenient compartment to store the belt straps.

Clek Liing

If you're in search of a child car seat that has all of it -- style, safety, convenience and luxury -you'll be delighted with the Clek Liing. This rear-facing only car seat comes with a great crash test score, an impressive range of features and is easy to install on most vehicles.

The Liing is designed to safeguard babies with features that meet or surpass both US and Canadian safety standards. It was designed for easy, secure installation in any seating position. It also has advanced safety features like an energy-absorbing metal foot and a two piece shell that is lined with EPP to provide enhanced side impact protection. The base features 7 recline positions as well as a reliable bubble indicator to let you know when the seat is at the proper angle for your newborn.

The Liing is modern and sleek stroller that parents love. It comes with innovative safety features like strong lower anchors that are more convenient to connect than hook-and-loop connectors. The Liing features a one-handed release, making it easy to remove the base and use with strollers compatible with it. It's also small enough to fit three-across in several automobiles, and it fits well into many convertible car seats as a travel boost.

This cheap infant car seats seat is first place for ease of installation thanks to its unique rigid-LATCH system. The lower anchors of the Liing snap into the seat belt slots of the vehicle and the top tether strap snaps on to the headrest of the vehicle. This creates a tight snug, secure fit that will eliminate the possibility that the child could be thrown around in an accident.

The base weighs 9 lbs and the seat weighs 10.5 lbs. Some other rear-facing only seats are heavier in weight however, if you plan on schlepping this car seat and its base around the slight difference will not be noticeable (especially when you add a lightweight baby car seat into the mix! ).

Parents love the Liing's built-in canopy and 100+spf sun-protection with an open mesh window. Parents love the merino cover that keeps baby warm, and they also like the ability of the handle to pivot away from the canopy, making it easier for them to grab whenever they need.

Graco Trio Grow SnugLock LX

The Graco Trio GROW SnugLock is an all-in-one seat that converts from a rear-facing infant car seat travel into a forward-facing harness, and later to the highback booster. It has the SnugLock system that allows for a simple and smooth installation with either lower anchors or car seat belts. It also allows you to use the top tether when in booster mode (although we recommend using the lower anchors at all times to ensure security).

This seat is ideal for children of all age groups. It comes with an good infant car seats insert for smaller babies that supports their necks and backs. As they grow older this insert can be removed and the seat is used as a regular car seat for toddlers. This car seat is one of the few that allows you to use the top tether when in booster mode, which is what we recommend.

Its base is pretty compact from front to rear and it shouldn't be hard to find a space for it in the majority of cars. It requires the headrest to be raised however, to give you an easy route to the lower anchor webbing. Luckily, there's a headrest adjustment knob to easily do this, and you'll be able to observe the position of the headrest in the display window.

One of the coolest things about this seat is the SnugLock installation system that is a bar that is located within the belt path. This makes fitting this car seat with the lower anchors an easy task, and it's nearly as simple as using the car seat belt.

The manual has a great illustration of how to guide the lower anchor connectors properly through the new belt path which at first can be confusing. Keep them clear of the chest clip and crotch loop in order to avoid interfering with the buckle system.

The Graco Trio Grow is part of the Protect Plus Engineered family, which means it's been tested to some of the most rigorous crash testing in the industry. This includes rear, side and rollover crashes, as well in frontal impact tests.