Buy Car Safety Seats : Infant, Booster, Convertible Car Seats This site provides a convinient means of purchising car safety seat for your child. Use of car safety seats is required for the protection of your child when riding in a vehicle. Car safety seat should be selected carefully. Several factors must be considered when selecting car safety seat for your child. Theses factors include the child''s age, size, and type of vehicle. To be sure your child is using the right car seat, you may read NTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) Chart on Correct Usage of Child Seats Infant Car Safety Seats and Rear-Facing Seats NTSA recommends that infants must be seated in the back seat, in rear-facing child safety seat, as long as possible up to the height and weight limit of the car seat. Infants need to be kept in rear-facing infant car safety seat until age 1 and at least 20 pouinds. Convertible Car Safety Seats, Rear-facing and Forward-facing Convertible car seats can be used in rear-facing for infants and then converted to foward-facing for older children or kids 1 year of age and at least 20 pounds. However, American Academy of Pediatics recommends that the infant child ride in the car seat in rear-facing mode for as long as possible. The use of convertible car safety seat means that your child can use the seat for a longer time. However, expect them to be bulkier than infant seats. Booster Car Safety Seat, Forward-Facing NTSA Chart on Correct Usage of Child Seats recommends that when children outgrow their infant forward-facing seats, usually around 4 years and 40 pounds, they should ride in booster seats. Booster seats are used forward-facing with a harness for children who weigh 40 to 65 pounds (based on the product model) or up to 80 to 100 pounds without the harness. Makers of Rear-Facing Infant Car Safety Seats
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Forward-facing toddler seats
| Car Seat Make and Model | Safety Harness System | Weight Limits | User Height Limits |
| Britax Regent (search) | 5-point | 22-80 pounds | 19"-53" |
Makers of Convertible Car Safety Seats
| Car Seat Make and Model | Safety Harness System | Rear-Facing Weight Limits/ Height Limits | Forward-Facing Weight Limits/ Height Limits |
| Britax Boulevard | 5-point | 5-33 pounds | 20-65 pounds / 27" - 49" |
| Britax Decathlon | 5-point | 5-33 pounds | 20-65 pounds/ 27"- 49" |
| Britax Diplomat | 5-point | 5-35 pounds | 20-40 pounds/ 27"- 40" |
| Britax Marathon | 5-point | 5-33 pounds | 20-65 pounds/ 27"- 49" |
| Britax Roundabout | 5-point | 5-33 pounds | 20-40 pounds /27"- 40" |
| Cosco Alpha-Omega Elite Convertible Car Seat | 5-point | 5-35 pounds 19"-36" | 22-40 pounds/ 34"-43" Belt-positioning booster: 40-100 pounds 43"-52" |
| Eddie Bauer Deluxe 3-in-1 Convertible Car Seat (rear-facing, forward-facing, or booster) | 5 Point harness with up-front harness adjustment | 5-35 pounds 19"-36" | Forward facing: 22-40 pounds 34"-43" Belt-positioning booster: 40-100 pounds 43"-52" |
| Maxi Cosi Priori Convertible | 5-point | 5-35 pounds 19"-36" | 22-40 pounds 34"-43" |
| Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite 3-in-1, Alpha Convertible Car Seat | 5-point | 5-35 pounds 19"-36" | Forward facing: 22-40 pounds 34"-43" Belt-positioning booster: 40-80 pounds 43"-52" |
| Sunshine Kids Radian 65 Car Seat | 5-point | 5-33 pounds | Up to 65 pounds 51" |
Makers of Booster Car Safety Seats
| Booster Car Seat Make and Model | Back Design | User Weight Limits | User Height Limits |
| Britax Monarch Booster | High back | 30-100 pounds | 38"-60" |
| Britax Parkway Booster | High back | 30-100 pounds | 38"-60" |
| Cosco Summit | High back | 22 -40 Pounds, 40 to 100 Pounds | Up to 52" |
| Eddie Bauer Auto Booster | High back | 30-100 pounds | 34"-57" |
| Evenflo Big Kid | High back | 30-100 pounds | 57" |
| Evenflo Big Kid No Back | Backless | 40-100 pounds | 57" |
| Graco TurboBooster (Turbo booster) | High back Backless | 30-100 pounds 40-100 pounds | 38"-57" 40"-57" |
| Recaro Start | High back | 30-80 pounds | 59" |
| Recaro Vivo Lite | High back | 30-100 pounds | 37"-59" |
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