Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite Convertible Car Seat, Brianna Review

First, I will say that I would not use this car seat for a 5 lb baby. We bought ours when our baby was 15 pounds and this seemed to be a good starting weight for her. The issue is the ability to get it to recline enough in the rear facing position. As it is HUGE (rated up to 100 pounds), if it is reclined enough (the indicator is parallel to the ground) the seat in front of it has to be all the way forward (we have a hummer and still true with our van that has captian’s chairs.) Another thing that makes it difficult to get the seat to recline enough is the basic shape of the back seat – they kind of slant downward meaning that if you don’t put something under the base where it meets the back of the seat, you cannot get it to recline enough (even for a 15 pound baby.) I fixed this by putting a huge 3 ring binder and some other books under the car seat in order to level the seat out so that I could get a somewhat decent recline with the baby seat – I still couldn’t get the indicator to be level with the ground, but it’s good enough for our baby.
On the positive side, it’s very easy to put our baby in it and we love how the shoulder straps are adjustable without having to take them out and rethread them through slots. Also, once we can use it facing forward, we won’t have the issue of not being able to put the front seat back.
I think this company should not try to accommodate newborns to 9th graders. It’s simply not a good seat for a newborn.
Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite Convertible Car Seat, Brianna Feature
- Three modes of use: rear-facing, forward-facing and belt-positioning booster
- Side impact protection
- Quickfit harness system adjusts harness height from front in one easy step
- Infant head support and toddler pillow
- 4-position recline
Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite Convertible Car Seat, Brianna Overview
Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite Convertible Car SeatThe Alpha Omega Elite Convertible Car Seat is an extended-use car seat with superior comfort and convenience features which will please parents and children alike. It starts as a rear-facing infant car seat, converts to a forward-facing car seat and later transitions into a belt-positioning booster! This convertible car seat features a 5-point harness with up-front adjustments that fit babies up to 50 lbs. The QuickFit 5-position padded headrest a
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