Shopping CartBritax B-Safe Infant Car Seat, Red
date : December 3rd, 2011Britax Roundabout 50
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- Side impact protection distributes crash forces, shields from vehicle intrusion and contains the head and body
- Tangle free, five-point harness distributes crash forces across the strongest parts of the body and provides a secure fit
- Energy-absorbing foam liner absorbs and distributes crash forces
- Stroller compatible design-integrated click and go adapter system works with Britax “B” series strollers
- Lightweight and engineered for vehicle and stroller compatibility
Lightweight and travel friendly, the Britax B-Safe Infant Car Seat is designed and engineered to the high safety standards for which Britax is known. Featuring Side Impact Protection, and an energy-absorbing foam liner, the Britax B-Safe Infant Car Seat provides industry leading front, rear and side impact protection. Removable comfort pad, harness pads, and an extra large canopy keep children comfortable and safe throughout their first year of life. Premium, push-button LATCH connectors, a buil
Britax B-Safe vs Chicco KeyFit 30,
This is a review of the Britax B-Safe infant car seat. I am a mom with two small children and have owned and/or tested over 30 car seats in the past 5 years. Overall, the Britax B-Safe is a wonderful infant seat that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to friends and family. It is very similar in features and price to the Chicco Keyfit 30 Car Seat, so I’ll give a basic comparison to help parents decide between the two.
First of all, if you want to use a Britax stroller, such as the Britax B-Agile Stroller or the Britax B-Scene Stroller, choosing the B-Safe car seat totally makes sense. The click-n-go adapters that come with the car seat (already attached) and the receivers on the strollers (easy to attach, takes under 30 seconds) make it seamless to convert those Britax strollers into fantastic travel systems. If you want to use a non-Britax stroller, check with that stroller’s manufacturer to see if they make a car seat adaptor that’s compatible with Britax infant seats. It does take practice to line up the connectors when you’re dropping in the car seat, but it does get easier with time.
Moving beyond travel system usage, let’s take a look at the car seats themselves.
Fit: The Britax B-Safe and the Chicco KeyFit 30 both have a 30lb weight limit. The B-Safe has a stated height limit of 32″, vs the KeyFit’s 30″ limit. In reality, both seats are outgrown when your child’s head is 1″ from the top of the shell, and in reality, the Britax shell is no taller than the Chicco. So don’t let that stated limit trick you into preferring the B-Safe.
Both the B-Safe and the KeyFit 30 fit tiny babies really well, thanks to the infant padding provided by each manufacturer. Both of these seats fit small babies FAR better than the Graco Snugride 35 Infant Car Seat. The B-Safe’s head and body pad is removable for older babies at the discretion of the parent, whereas the infant body padding in the KeyFit must be removed after baby weighs 11lbs, though the head pad removal is at the parent’s discretion in that seat. Both seats also fit older infants well, with plenty of harness positions (a major downfall of the Graco Snugride 22 Infant Car Seat, which only has two harness heights). I give a slight edge to the Britax because it has two crotch strap positions. I’d recommend that parents buy an infant seat with a 30 or 35lb weight limit rather than the 22lb limit any day — avoid the SnugRide 22!
The Britax B-Safe has one drawback on the “fit” side of things: the straps can be somewhat “twisty”, e.g. they can get twisted in the buckles and can be a pain to untangle. This is because the straps are the thinner, more slippery webbing. The Chicco straps are slightly thicker and do not twist easily in the buckles, which is a big win in my book (my husband twists the straps in the B-Safe buckles every time he takes our daughter out of the car…it’s a talent, really!).
Note: After outgrowing either of these seats, you’ll want to move your child into a rear-facing convertible car seat and keep them rear-facing to the limits of that seat, NOT into a forward facing seat. Check the AAP recommendations on this — they recommend keeping your child rear-facing to age 2 or the limits of your car seat, which is usually 35-40lbs and way past age two. Your child is 500% safer rear-facing!
Installation: Both seats come with one base, which you install in the car and leave there even when removing the infant car seat. Both bases have an adjustable “boot” that helps you to achieve the appropriate angle of recline, and both have a level indicator on the base. The Chicco base wins for ease of installation, with its pull-strap mechanism for LATCH and easy seat belt lockoffs. The Britax base is easy enough to use, but the tightening mechanism isn’t as smooth, and the belt lockoff requires a TON of force to open and close, making the parent feel like they’re going to break it! For installing without a base, the Chicco KeyFit also wins, since the seatbelt guides are exposed already, whereas with the Britax seatbelt guides are under the cover, so you have to futz with elastic…
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|Very high quality, nice colors, feels safe!,
Very nice seat, detachable carrier from the base means that you can install the base onto your car (or preferably, have a spouse or family member pre-install it while the mother-to-be is waiting for the kid to be born!) and then it’s all a matter of snapping the carrier to the base.
I personally like the darker color, it means that this will not look dirty so easily, and also means the cover blocks out sunlight better.
Sturdy handle, the only thing of note is that I’ve seen some where the handle is twisted 90°, so that a person can carry the baby carrier for a bit and not have to rotate the arm/wrist. But let’s be serious, it’s not like Britax is intending the parent to be carrying around a kid for long, that’s what strollers are for! Therefore, no minus points for that small quibble.
Overall, still highly recommended. This is the gift you hint at to get your friends and family to get for your baby shower! Of course, try to get the stroller as well, as this snaps onto it as a stroller, the same way it snaps onto the car seat base. Especially with very small babies, a lot of anxiety can be removed by not having to lift a baby in and out of a stroller/car/seat, and instead use the snap and lock system!
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|Makes a great travel system with the B-Agile!,
If you’re looking for a travel system that’s a bit more expensive but noticeably nicer than something like the Chicco KeyFit one, this is it. The B-Safe carseat is very light, easy to use, and safe. I got it with the Britax B-Agile Stroller, Black, which is also fantastic, FYI. The carseat snaps in quickly (with the provided adapters) and easily, and the canopies of the two overlap to create total shelter if you want.
The one minor issue I’ve had is the attachments for the front of the canopy come undone fairly easily, and can detach by mistake if you’re adjusting it and not being careful.
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