seb3244
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Britax old b safe vs new b safe The store that I went to did not have the new britax b safe elite. I still want to try that one. Both are very nice seats I would use either seat because they're both nice and have good safety standards like All britax seats.
Dd is 7 months and her six month check up she was 20 lbs. 8 oz. and 28.5 inches long. She is in the 97th percentile for height and weight.
From the pictures you can see that the new britax seat seems more narrow and it also appears, although I didn't have a ruler with me, to have more space above my baby's head. Both seats had the harness on the second to the highest shoulder slot. The new seat seems to have less leg room but again I don't have a ruler. The new seat has buttons on the opposite side of the handlebar. The new seat has a different chest clip which was pretty easy and also the button to release the slack in the harness was much easier. The canopy on the new one did not seem as nice as the one on my old one. It did not have the Velcro to hold in place.
I usually pick up the infant car seat and hold it in the crook of my left arm and the new seat was more comfortable on that part of my arm because the handlebar seemed more rounded if that makes sense.
Here are the pictures of her in the old (date of manufacture Dec 2012) BSafe that I own
Here are the pics of the new seat. I wish I got better pics but my mom forgot to take her insulin so I had to hurry.
The images were you can see my hand near the baby's side you will see in the older car seat that there is much more room around the baby where as in the new car seat my hand is almost squished. Also when buckling my daughter in the new car seat I had to dig for the crotch buckle that was behind her back because that opening is so narrow between her and the car seat it was much harder to get the buckle piece out to snap into the crotch part.
I hope this helps someone in their infant car seat decision-making because it can be tough sometimes to finally make that decision.
Dd is 7 months and her six month check up she was 20 lbs. 8 oz. and 28.5 inches long. She is in the 97th percentile for height and weight.
From the pictures you can see that the new britax seat seems more narrow and it also appears, although I didn't have a ruler with me, to have more space above my baby's head. Both seats had the harness on the second to the highest shoulder slot. The new seat seems to have less leg room but again I don't have a ruler. The new seat has buttons on the opposite side of the handlebar. The new seat has a different chest clip which was pretty easy and also the button to release the slack in the harness was much easier. The canopy on the new one did not seem as nice as the one on my old one. It did not have the Velcro to hold in place.
I usually pick up the infant car seat and hold it in the crook of my left arm and the new seat was more comfortable on that part of my arm because the handlebar seemed more rounded if that makes sense.
Here are the pictures of her in the old (date of manufacture Dec 2012) BSafe that I own
Here are the pics of the new seat. I wish I got better pics but my mom forgot to take her insulin so I had to hurry.
The images were you can see my hand near the baby's side you will see in the older car seat that there is much more room around the baby where as in the new car seat my hand is almost squished. Also when buckling my daughter in the new car seat I had to dig for the crotch buckle that was behind her back because that opening is so narrow between her and the car seat it was much harder to get the buckle piece out to snap into the crotch part.
I hope this helps someone in their infant car seat decision-making because it can be tough sometimes to finally make that decision.