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Safety 1st Air Protect Complete Convertible Car Seat, Silverleaf |  | Brand: Safety 1st
Category: Baby Product
Department: baby-boys
List Price: $179.99
Buy New: $134.99
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  20 reviews
Color: Silverleaf
Batteries Included: No
Age: 1 month - 1.5 years
Maximum Weight Recommendation (lbs): 50
Shipping Weight (lbs): 18.6
Dimensions (in): 28 x 19 x 18
MPN: 22430AIN
Model: 22430AIN
UPC: 884392549084
EAN: 0884392549084
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| Features:
| • | 2 modes of use: rear-facing 5-40 pounds; forward facing 22-50 pounds | | • | air protect - Revolutionary Side Impact Protection, immediately reduces impact forces through the precise release of air | | • | Quick fit harness system: adjust harness height from the front in one easy step | | • | LATCH equipped with push-button attachment | | • | 5-point harness with up-front adjustment |
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Product Description
Safety 1st Complete Air Convertible Car SeatSafety 1st brings revolutionary Air ProtectTM Side Impact Technology to your family with the Complete AirTM Convertible Car Seat. As a convertible car seat, the Complete AirTM will keep your child protected through two separate stages: from 5-40 pounds as a rear-facing infant car seat and from 22-50 pounds as a forward-facing toddler car seat. With up-front harness adjustment and one click LATCH system, you'll appreciate the convenience
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 Flipped and spun my car, Baby is PERFECT!!! April 24, 2010
Melissa A. Onofrey (Framingham, MA)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
At the end of the day we have a carseats to protect out children. Convience and ease of use is important, but nothing matters more than keeping our children safe. A few days ago my car spun out 360degrees and flipped, landing upside down in the woods off the highway. After crawling to the back I easily removed my child and got him out of the car. Amazingly he didn't have a scratch bump or bruise on him. The police commended the instalation (which I did myself following the directions, it took me about 30mins to get right the first time, after I got the hang of it, it was a five minute process, which we have done often because we move it between two cars)
Several days now after the accident, he is as happy as ever, showing no signs of any physical trauma(he did have a chest x-ray at the hospital)
I have kept my child rear facing even though he is 15months, It was one of the things I liked about this carseat was you could keep them rearfacing longer. While rearfacing the carseat does take up a lot of room and my husband doesn't like sitting in the seat in front of it because it squished his legs (small price to pay for safety). I have never had a problem with buckling my son into or out of the seat or adjusting it to his size.
For me this carseat passed the ultimate test. I am so thankful for it and we will be loyal users for a long time
Great Seat February 15, 2010
SAH-Mommy2three (Grosse Ile, MI)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Unlike the previous reviewer of this seat I can't say enough about the benefits of rearfacing for as long as possible and then extended forward facing harness use.
I bought this seat for my 2 year old daughter who turns 3 in April. The seat is roomy and comfortable as well as extremly safe. And - safety is what is most important! Kudos to Safety First for making this seat have a min height of 34 inches for forward facing - what better way to discourage early forward facing than to make the seat just not do it! :)
The seat installed easily using the seat belts in my Ford E350. It only took me about 5 minutes and I got a really tight fit. I have a very large vehicle, so the size of the seat was not an issue for me. It is a large seat though, so you might want to try it in your vehicle first.
Great car seat! May 29, 2010
SusieSki (Vail, CO)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We love this car seat! The side head cushions are great for both safety as well as a comfy place for my daughter to lean her head for a nap. She's never slept better in a car seat (besides her infant seat, I guess). I love how you can just move the head rest up and down with an easy lever rather than rethreading like an older model seat we own. We just purchased a second one of these seats for my son and set it up rear facing - no problems at all!
In my town, you can take your car and car seats to the local highway patrol and they'll show you how to set it up easily and safely - some of the posters having trouble with this seat may check to see if you have that option? I don't understand the problems...
Love it!
Love this carseat! July 8, 2010
miller
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I rarely leave reviews but in this case I love this carseat so much I had too! My son is 6mo old and he has been in this seat for 3 months. He has always been off the charts for his age and outgrew his infant seat much sooner than I expected. After reading the reviews for this seat I was hesitant but went ahead and made the purchase. We have no problems at all with the latches, my 4 year old even helps me and is able to latch them. We used the latch belt to install it and read the directions so installation went well and the seat sat just right in my saturn vue. My biggest love of this car seat was that we were involved in a high speed accident and my son suffered no injuries. He was just as snug and secure afterwards as he was before it happened. Which is why when I buy my replacement for his seat I will purchase another of these!
Glad I didn't listen to the negative reviews!! June 20, 2010
Cordelia
I have had these car seat now for a couple weeks with my 8-month-old and have been nothing but pleased with it. Since my baby seems comfortable and happy in it, I feel like it's more important in this review for me to address issues that other people seem to have had with this car seat that caused them to give it a negative review. I will say that the fabric has caused my normally sweaty son to not get so overheated, and the cover removes easily for cleaning. I also love that the shoulder straps are tied in to the adjustable back/side air pocket supports so that as baby grows you won't have to repeatedly disassemble the whole strap mechanism just to adjust the height.
Some people have said that when rear-facing the seat causes their child to sit "too upright." This will only be the case if you have installed the seat incorrectly. I confess I almost made that mistake myself, so I can see where other people have done it. There is a level line on the side which should be parallel to the ground, and if it's in correctly the seat will be very reclined and comfy for baby. Yes, you will need to put a rolled towel under it to get it lined up correctly. From what I understand this is pretty common with convertible seats.
IF YOUR BABY IS TOO UPRIGHT IN THIS CAR SEAT, YOU HAVE NOT INSTALLED IT CORRECTLY! THIS IS YOU ENDANGERING YOUR CHILD, NOT THE CAR SEAT!!
In terms of size and fitting into the vehicle, I have mine installed behind the passenger seat of a 2004 Subaru Forester (so it's much smaller than a new Forester). The front seat is now pretty close up, but not all the way forward. This isn't a problem for us because my husband and I are both pretty small people - it's actually pretty close to where I have to have the driver's seat anyway! However in addition to the safety features we chose this seat in part because if you see it in the store next to a lot of the other convertibles out there it is clearly narrower and we are hoping to add another car seat to the back in the next year or so. :) If you have a compact car there could be a problem with size, but my Forester isn't much bigger than a regular sedan. Our other car is a Mini Cooper - I will update my review after I try installing it in that!!
As to installation, the first installation took me a while because I was still getting familiar with it and reading the directions. Probably about 20 minutes. Some tips: When rear-facing, you will probably need a rolled up towel or two so be prepared when you first head out to install it. The instructions may tell you to remove the cover from the bottom, but then you can't put it back on once it's firmly installed. I found it best to push aside the cover from the right side where the latch strap is tightened from. The instructions tell you to pull the strap through the access hole, and this is a good idea. The second time I installed it took about 2 minutes. I also want to note here that regardless of what the directions say, an average mom simply pushing down on the seat "firmly" with your hand does not exert enough pressure to securely install the seat. The best thing to do is kneel on it with as much of your body weight as you can (making sure not to compress the strap) while tightening the straps down.
I also noticed some comments about the ease of using the buckles and harness straps. I have had absolutely no problems with this at all. The buckles I found to be easier than on my Chicco infant seat, actually. And although clearly my son isn't old enough yet to have enough dexterity to open the chest strap buckle it looks like the design is such that he won't be able to open it himself for a long time. I also found the straps to be softer than on other car seats which is kind of nice so I don't feel like they are cutting into his chubby little legs. The access point for the strap release is a tiny bit difficult to push because the hole in the cover could probably stand to be a little bit bigger.
Overall we are very pleased with this car seat, and my mother is probably going to get one for her car.
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