Convertible Carseat for Grandma

Re: Convertible Carseat for Grandma

• LolaBelle515 member

  January 2013

  The carseat installer at my safety inspection spoke highly if the inexpensive Costco carseat. No frills, but very safe.

   
  

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• OUKatie member

  January 2013

  I believe the Cosco Scenera is generally recommend for this use. You can find them for $40-60 normally.

  

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• penguingrrl member

  January 2013

  Definitely the cosco scenera. It's no frills, but has a reasonably tall shell and high RF weight limits.
  

  

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• drpayne member

  January 2013

  Just FYI. The Cosco scenera is great unless you have a big kid. Even as a spare seat, you want some thing that will say rearfacing for a long time. We had to replace ours at 20 months. DS already weighed 35 lbs. Also, the FF limit is only 40 lbs so she'll need something else eventually.

  

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• abell77 member

  January 2013

  Baby Bargains recommends Cosco Scenera.

  

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• JenK1108

  January 2013

  We bought one from Costco - it's a Safety 1st and was $90 - in comparison to our Britax, this was a steal!

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• penguingrrl member

  January 2013

  drpayne:

  Just FYI. The Cosco scenera is great unless you have a big kid. Even as a spare seat, you want some thing that will say rearfacing for a long time. We had to replace ours at 20 months. DS already weighed 35 lbs. Also, the FF limit is only 40 lbs so she'll need something else eventually.

  This is true, but of the low-price options it still is  the best bet as far as shell height and RF weight limits. Also, I may be wrong but I think current models actually RF to 40 lbs and head even with the top of the shell instead of 1". ***this is something that someone buying it needs to check in the owner's manual, but I recall reading it on car-seat.org at some point***
  

  

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