Cosco brand car seats have been getting great reviews over at Viewpoints.com (http://www.viewpoints.com/Cosco-Car-Seats). There are over 600 reviews written on Cosco car seats alone, and most of them have 4 stars or higher.
But I would say that Britax (http://www.viewpoints.com/Britax-Car-Seats) makes the best and safest car seats but they're definitely pricey at $200-400 for one. It's worth the money though!
If you're trying to make the most with one car seat, get a convertible one because you'll be able to use it longer. As for switching your baby forward, you shouldn't do it till after they turn one, but many parents agree that you should keep them rear facing for as long as possible! (http://www.viewpoints.com/thegoods/Car-Seat-Laws)
It depends on which one. The brand itself isn't a bad one, and it's on the cheaper end of things as far as longer-rear-facing weights (the convertible goes to 35lbs that I've seen... 40 is the Graco My-Ride, so it's really not a bad one especially for 1/3 the price.) However, there's no side-impact protection, or even EPS foam. Also the ones that aren't very expensive don't last long facing forward (like the Scenera goes to 35lbs rear-facing, but then 40lbs forward facing) so when you turn your baby around that's about when to toss it anyway. At 40lbs you'd be stuck either getting a forward-facing car seat if your local laws require your child to still be in one (my local law is 1-4 year olds must be in a car seat, 4+ can be in a booster.) Not to mention not every child who's 40lbs can safely be in a booster seat. I like getting my money's worth, and I like it to last.
I know that the Alpha Omega is rated for 5-100lbs, but I don't like the way they do it. From 5-35lbs they rearface, then from 35-40lbs they forward face in a harness, then 40-100lbs they are in a belt-positioning booster. The problem with that is that personally I believe that booster seats will have federal standards soon (they don't right now, and that's made for some boosters to be unsafe) and I don't trust a 3-in-1 carseat to booster combo because they had a lot of issues in IIHS testing.
Note though, the IIHS testing doesn't list Cosco brand in boosters as one that gave them a lot of problems, in fact one of the best bet booster seats is a Cosco, so the brand itself isn't bad.
My daughter is 3 and rear-facing. My son is 6 months and rear-facing. So we haven't made the switch to forward-facing yet. I gave my daughter the choice though recently since her lap belt was going to have to move to the forward facing slot, and she chose the other car seat so she could remain rear-facing, we would have turned her around but she chose to stay rear-facing. I plan on forward facing in a harness until probably 6+ so I wanted a car seat that would forward face for longer than 40lbs (with the harness), which would make most of the Cosco convertibles I looked at not something I'd use. I mean, after 40lbs I'd have to go and buy another forward facing car seat...
I don't personally like Cosco, I prefer Britax. The baby should remain rear facing as long as possible, until they reach the limitations of rear facing on the car seat you chooce, because it is the safest way for them to be. Most people switch to forward at 1 year, but thats really too soon if the child is still within the seats limitations.
I have Evenflo Triumph in one car, and the Sunshine Kids Radians in the other. Both RF to 45 pounds, and all turned forward between 3 1/2 and 4. Both seats harness FF to 65 pounds. I bought these seats from day one, so in the long run we don't have to buy numerous seats as they grow.
I don't care for many of the Cosco seat, as they are cheaper but safe. The problem is they RF to 35 pounds, and only FF to 40. Then after 40, you need to buy another seat. Backless boosters only provide minimum protection, I'd rather have them harnessed to 65 pounds. Plus if your child isn't 4 years old, but 40 pounds, in many states you will need to purchase another seat till he/she hits 4.
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Cosco brand car seats have been getting great reviews over at Viewpoints.com (http://www.viewpoints.com/Cosco-Car-Seats). There are over 600 reviews written on Cosco car seats alone, and most of them have 4 stars or higher.
But I would say that Britax (http://www.viewpoints.com/Britax-Car-Seats) makes the best and safest car seats but they're definitely pricey at $200-400 for one. It's worth the money though!
If you're trying to make the most with one car seat, get a convertible one because you'll be able to use it longer. As for switching your baby forward, you shouldn't do it till after they turn one, but many parents agree that you should keep them rear facing for as long as possible! (http://www.viewpoints.com/thegoods/Car-Seat-Laws)
Cosco car seats have a excellent safety and an amazing price. Cosco was actually featured in this month's Baby Talk as a great car seat.
You can find good information about car seats here.
http://www.car-safety.org/
My oldest was switched to forward facing at 23 months. My youngest is 7 months ... and thus, still rear facing.
It depends on which one. The brand itself isn't a bad one, and it's on the cheaper end of things as far as longer-rear-facing weights (the convertible goes to 35lbs that I've seen... 40 is the Graco My-Ride, so it's really not a bad one especially for 1/3 the price.) However, there's no side-impact protection, or even EPS foam. Also the ones that aren't very expensive don't last long facing forward (like the Scenera goes to 35lbs rear-facing, but then 40lbs forward facing) so when you turn your baby around that's about when to toss it anyway. At 40lbs you'd be stuck either getting a forward-facing car seat if your local laws require your child to still be in one (my local law is 1-4 year olds must be in a car seat, 4+ can be in a booster.) Not to mention not every child who's 40lbs can safely be in a booster seat. I like getting my money's worth, and I like it to last.
I know that the Alpha Omega is rated for 5-100lbs, but I don't like the way they do it. From 5-35lbs they rearface, then from 35-40lbs they forward face in a harness, then 40-100lbs they are in a belt-positioning booster. The problem with that is that personally I believe that booster seats will have federal standards soon (they don't right now, and that's made for some boosters to be unsafe) and I don't trust a 3-in-1 carseat to booster combo because they had a lot of issues in IIHS testing.
Note though, the IIHS testing doesn't list Cosco brand in boosters as one that gave them a lot of problems, in fact one of the best bet booster seats is a Cosco, so the brand itself isn't bad.
My daughter is 3 and rear-facing. My son is 6 months and rear-facing. So we haven't made the switch to forward-facing yet. I gave my daughter the choice though recently since her lap belt was going to have to move to the forward facing slot, and she chose the other car seat so she could remain rear-facing, we would have turned her around but she chose to stay rear-facing. I plan on forward facing in a harness until probably 6+ so I wanted a car seat that would forward face for longer than 40lbs (with the harness), which would make most of the Cosco convertibles I looked at not something I'd use. I mean, after 40lbs I'd have to go and buy another forward facing car seat...
I don't personally like Cosco, I prefer Britax. The baby should remain rear facing as long as possible, until they reach the limitations of rear facing on the car seat you chooce, because it is the safest way for them to be. Most people switch to forward at 1 year, but thats really too soon if the child is still within the seats limitations.
I have Evenflo Triumph in one car, and the Sunshine Kids Radians in the other. Both RF to 45 pounds, and all turned forward between 3 1/2 and 4. Both seats harness FF to 65 pounds. I bought these seats from day one, so in the long run we don't have to buy numerous seats as they grow.
http://www.car-safety.org/rearface.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_s2mE5ZVeQ
I don't care for many of the Cosco seat, as they are cheaper but safe. The problem is they RF to 35 pounds, and only FF to 40. Then after 40, you need to buy another seat. Backless boosters only provide minimum protection, I'd rather have them harnessed to 65 pounds. Plus if your child isn't 4 years old, but 40 pounds, in many states you will need to purchase another seat till he/she hits 4.
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I perfer Graco It has a great rep