is the baby trend snap and go compatible with the britax convertable car seat ?
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I’m totally with you on this one – I despise what infant carriers have become in our society and won’t ever buy one again. However, those universal car seat carrier strollers (snap ‘n go) are only for infant car seat carriers. Convertible car seats are made to stay in the car at all times. The more often you move a convertible car seat around, the more likely it will get installed incorrectly. That said, since you’ve decided to forgo the infant seat, the Marathon actually does not fit newborns very well. be careful about the convertible car seat you choose, b/c not all will fit newborns well. You want it to have low bottom slots.
Perfect options:
The Evenflo Triumph Advance (not the original Triumph, make sure it says Advance) is a great seat. $150 version at Babies R Us has padding similar to Britax seats, top slots of 17", harnesses to 35lbs rear facing, and 50lbs forward facing. $120 Walmart version just has little less plush padding. Wide open belt path, easy to install, though it doesn’t have built in lockoffs. The harness adjusts at the front of the car seat, you don’t have to take the car seat out of the car just to raise/lower the straps. It’s one of only 2 seats that does this (The Britax Boulevard is the other, I believE), and it has infinite harness adjustment so the harness always fits perfectly until its outgrown. No more tugging straps to tighten them either. You tighten and loosen the harness using knobs on the side of the seat. As a major bonus, it can be used in a recline position even in forward facing mode. Awesome for kids who still sleep in the car. I LOVE THIS SEAT! LOL My son, who is too big for every other car seat at Walmart has the same amount of room in this as the Britax Marathon.
Cosco Scenera – $50 at Walmart/Kmart/Target. Great seat for the price. Goes up to 35lbs rear facing, 40lbs forward facing. Great rear facing seat, but is outgrown very quickly forward facing b/c of short top slots and short shell. You’ll still get you’re $50 worth out of it, though, as it will last most kids to at least 2 years, quadruple the amount of time of an infant seat!
As you’re shopping, remember these rules about seats:
1)the BEST seat is the one that fits your child, fits your car, and will be used correctly 100% of the time. (This is why convenience features DO make a difference and ARE worth the money! If its easy to use, you’re more likely to use it correctly.
2)Children should stay rear facing AS LNOG AS POSSIBLE!!!! The 20lbs/1 year rule is outdated and provides a bare minimum for turning kids forward facing. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration both recommend keeping kids rear facing as long as possible, up to the limits of their seat, preferably until at least 2 years of age. For good reason: A forward-facing child under 2 years old is 4 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a crash than a rear-facing child of the same age. A child’s vertabrae do not fully fuse until 3-6 years old, before then, she is at great risk for internal decapitation. The spinal column can stretch up to 2 inches in a crash BUT the spinal cord can only stretch up to 1/4 inch before it snaps and baby is gone. In other countries, rear facing 2 – 3 – 4 year olds is standard, they understand that its safer. Here, we turn them as soon as we get to, seeing it as a right of passage thing or something. Ridiculous. Most convertible seats have a 30lbs rear facing limit, Cosco/Dorel/Safety1st/Eddie Bauer seats rear face to 35lbs, Britax rear faces to 33lbs.
3)Once you do turn them forward facing, they need to stay in a 5 point harness as long as possible. 4 years/40lbs is the minimum for riding in a booster, and most 4 year olds have no business using one yet. If they can’t sit upright for an entire trip, they need the harness of a car seat still. And, even if they do sit properly, a 5 point harness is safer, so you want to keep them in one as long as possible. This is important to consider b/c most car seats only forward face to 40lbs. My son just turned 3, and is in the 95th% for height and weight – 40" tall and weighs 41lbs. He outgrew the 40lbs seats shortly after his 2nd birthday. It was a total waste of money. He now has a Britax Marathon, which goes to 65lbs, and will be able to fit it for some time yet. If I’d have bought it when he was born, I could have had one car seat this whole time instead of the 3 I wasted money on. They are more expensive for many reasons, this is one.
You could always get a Marathon later, if you need a seat for another vehicle. Babies fit it better once they’re a few months old.
I would go ahead and buy an infant carrier. Think about it, when you go to walmart, what are you going to do? With an infant carrier, you can carry the baby in it and place in shopping cart. I know some stores have the built in carriers, but do u really want your baby in the same seat that no telling how many other babies have been in? I know it seems like it would save money, but I bought a carrier and then a convertible seat. Trust me, even if you don’t buy one to begin with, I think you will change your mind and go buy one after the birth. By the way Baby Trend is the brand carrier I bought. It has very high crash test ratings. I also bought a Britax convertible. They are top of the line in crash tests.
i honestly don’t think a snap n go will be able to attach to a "convertible" car seats. I think only infant car seats do.
go to babytrend.com and look for more info.
I would have to say it’s worth getting an infant carrier.
You can use them for up to a year old.
infants tend to fall asleep in cars alot, what happens when you get to your destination? are you going to wake your baby up? or would you rather be able to take the whole carseat with you, snap it to a shopping cart and vuala still a sleeping baby. and you wont have to carry her or put her in the gross shopping cart baby things, she will have her own.
If your worried about cost, buy a secondhand one and use it for a couple months, it will be worth it.