Mags462
New member
I was so excited to see Mr. UPS at my door last week, on my birthday no less!!, with my new Britax B-Safe. So here are my thoughts:
Likes:
The Canopy
The Fabric
SMOOTH Harness adjuster
Handle can be up while in the car
The Base (minus the lock-off)
Low low bottom harness slots
Dislikes:
It's weight
- according to the manny specs it only weights 9.5lbs.... but it FELT much heavier. I was really surprised actually. It must have to do with the distribution of the weight. My old BT infant seat weighed the same on paper but felt much much lighter. So odd.
The Lock-Off
- OMG, i thought i had a busted seat. I seriously could NOT get that thing open. I was flustered and thought surely it cannot be THAT hard. Yep, getting that thing open was that hard. I didn't even try to install the seat, but opening and closing that bad boy regularly would be enough for me to choose a different seat.
The Seat Release from the base
- Its on the back, and kind of weird to reach. Especially if you were driving a smaller sedan where you wouldn't have much space between it and the actual seat in the car. It just was awkward to me. It certainly was a step up from the BT i used to have, but the release on the Kf and SR35 is much better IMO.
If i HAD to buy a Britax infant seat i would choose the B Safe over the Chaperone any day.... but if baby #4 ever does appear, i won't be buying one of these.
DS3 in the seat... He was cranky and would not let me buckle him in, so he is sitting on the harness actually. He is 20 mo old, weighs 22 lbs, and regularly rides in a TF RF on the 2nd set of slots. (I can check torso length if someone is interested!)
I think he would have *just* been under the height limit of the seat had he been actually sitting in it properly without the harness and infant insert under his bum. Not too shabby for an infant seat to get almost 2 years of use out of it height wise!
Likes:
The Canopy
The Fabric
SMOOTH Harness adjuster
Handle can be up while in the car
The Base (minus the lock-off)
Low low bottom harness slots
Dislikes:
It's weight
- according to the manny specs it only weights 9.5lbs.... but it FELT much heavier. I was really surprised actually. It must have to do with the distribution of the weight. My old BT infant seat weighed the same on paper but felt much much lighter. So odd.
The Lock-Off
- OMG, i thought i had a busted seat. I seriously could NOT get that thing open. I was flustered and thought surely it cannot be THAT hard. Yep, getting that thing open was that hard. I didn't even try to install the seat, but opening and closing that bad boy regularly would be enough for me to choose a different seat.
The Seat Release from the base
- Its on the back, and kind of weird to reach. Especially if you were driving a smaller sedan where you wouldn't have much space between it and the actual seat in the car. It just was awkward to me. It certainly was a step up from the BT i used to have, but the release on the Kf and SR35 is much better IMO.
If i HAD to buy a Britax infant seat i would choose the B Safe over the Chaperone any day.... but if baby #4 ever does appear, i won't be buying one of these.
DS3 in the seat... He was cranky and would not let me buckle him in, so he is sitting on the harness actually. He is 20 mo old, weighs 22 lbs, and regularly rides in a TF RF on the 2nd set of slots. (I can check torso length if someone is interested!)
I think he would have *just* been under the height limit of the seat had he been actually sitting in it properly without the harness and infant insert under his bum. Not too shabby for an infant seat to get almost 2 years of use out of it height wise!
