For infant car seats, there are obvious winners, but when your baby is ready for a toddler or convertible car seat, there are good, safe options in every price range.
It might not be so hard to choose a favorite infant car seat, but what do you do when it’s time to transition to a convertible seat? Where to start? The top 3 criteria you want to look out for are safety, comfort, and ease of use. There are some great options out there, in every price range, and with every level of added bells and whistles.
The lineup of car seats below are the most popular, beginning with the winning infant seats, and then a full selection of popular convertible car seats, priced from lowest to highest.
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Thank you to our readers who contributed to this list with their favorite picks.
We love our dionos!
We can fit 2 dionos and a doona in our 2016 Corolla!
Super surprised that not one Britax made your list. We are quite safety conscious and have owned several models. They rank quite high on safety, are fairly affordable (definitely much cheaper than the over $500!!! models on this list) and very easy to use. I believe many or most of the Britax seats have straps that do not need to be rethreaded. As far as general websites, Britax car seats are typically recommended highly.
I agree. I own a britax and Nuna love them both. Britax is super easy to install due to the click tight feature. A car seat is safe as long as you install it right. Britax makes it super easy to do it right.
I was just going say the same! We’ve bought about 10 car seats over the years, and Britax are by far our favourites. Especially the Click tight ones- installs correctly faster and easier than any other.
Love the Cosco scenera!! Most affordable by far!!
Why aren’t any car seats by graco or evenflo on this list? Please try to post more affordable / realistic options.
Agree. I have a Graco, I forgot which model maybe slimfit. and am very happy.
People who are going to buy the Clek Foonf or Nina REVV don’t need to see a post here telling them that they’re good ones. They knew about them before and they’re getting it regardless.
agree this is feeding into the negative culture of everything needing to be the fanciest option out there
What’s with the designer recommendations? This is very out of touch with the reality most of your audience is facing. Inflation has increased our expenses without increasing our wages. I’m happy for whoever wrote this article that they have the money to be spending on these things but most of us don’t so please check your privilege and include normal options too.
These are car seats, not designer clothes. Many people are happy to spend more on a higher-end car seat if it means it’s more comfortable and easier to install correctly (this is assuming they are all just as safe, since they’re all certified).