Britax Roundabout 50 Convertible Car Seat, Cowmooflage
Posted by admin | Posted in Baby car seats | Posted on 28-07-2010-05-2008
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- 50-pound weight capacity for safety and comfort through the toddler years
- Side impact protection distributes crash forces, shields from vehicle intrusion, and contains the head, neck and body
- Patented, energy-absorbing versa-tether with staged-release tether webbing, anchors the top of the child seat at two points to minimize forward movement in a crash
- Premium, push-button lower latch connectors for a quick, simple, and tight installation
- Tangle free, five-point harness with 4 harness heights and 3 buckle positions for a snug and secure fit
Product Description
Britax Roundabout 50 Convertible Car SeatThe Britax Roundabout 50 Convertible Car Seat maintains many parent approved features from the ever popular Roundabout compact convertible car seat and comes with recent advanceme… More >>
Bought it at a great deal…. haven’t used it yet!!! But got it due to brand and recommendations by other parents. We will see how it works!!
Rating: 4 / 5
When we bought a new car, I decided that is was time to get an additional car seat and since my daughter was almost at the top harness position on her current seat (Evenflo Titan Elite) I started researching car seats for the best one to buy. However, we did not keep the Roundabout 50 because she was so uncomfortable in it. The second we put her in it, she started screaming and would not stop until she was taken out of the car. She has always done well in her other seat. She always seemed to enjoy riding in the car, not getting upset even when put in multiple times a day. The harness strap also dug into her neck a bit making it red (the straps were adjusted correctly at shoulder height).
Even though we did not keep this seat, I give it four stars for construction and ease of installation. It is also a plus that it is made in the USA!
Rating: 4 / 5
This seat is adequate. Our objections follow. The buckle sits very low to the seat, with no possibility of pulling it out further. So, it’s very easy to pinch the baby’s thigh in the mechanism when you’re struggling to get her in. There is a “belly pad” (more like a “crotch pad”) to prevent this, but it’s not easy to flare it out properly across the crotch and inner thighs. This is especially true when you’re trying to make sure the child’s head doesn’t bump the top of the doorway as you put her in (not easy, as the chair sits very high in the car) and the buckle/belly pad is flopped over facing down in the seat. Also, we had a problem of the shoulder strap catching a hook in the back, preventing it from being loosened or tightened. We fixed it after struggling to remove and replace a plastic shield covering the whole mechanism behind the seat. Our other objection is that the seat seems overly complex, overly engineered in the wrong places, and unintuitive, with belts and buckles galore for every conceivable attachment possibility. In simpler matters, like making adjustments to the shoulder height and removing the cover to wash it, this thing is maddeningly complex. The directions are a voluminous mess, full of legalese and in many languages, so it’s hard to find the standard installation method in English. (We have a Honda CR-V with the shoulder belt; I would think this is the type of seatbelt that most people have these days; installation directions should put this one up front.)
Rating: 3 / 5
This car seat was a baby shower gift so I don’t really have a review. It was, however, requested by the soon to be mother. Christa O’Connor
Rating: 5 / 5
I am very happy with my purchase of the Britax Roundabout 50. The straps don’t tangle–and I feel like my baby is safer. Well worth the money!
Rating: 5 / 5