The Babies Love It!
When we learned we were having twins and one of each sex at that we discovered a dilemma: finding a fairly gender-neutral color scheme/pattern in pretty much everything we would be getting for them. Then we took a car seat class at the hospital where we were delivering and learned what to look for in a car seat. The Graco SnugRide32 Zurich fulfilled all criteria. The sage/lime green (which later inadvertently became one of the colors of the nursury) and brown fulfilled the gender-neutral criteria while looking pretty darned classy at the same time. I now feel like I have to dress up when I'm lugging these things around just to pull it all together.
Anyway the features are what's important: The instructor in the car seat class stated that the American Pediatric Association recommends that an infant remain rear-facing in a car seat until 1 year of age or 30 lbs. The SnugRide32 meets this standard and then some which was rather attractive and money-saving in the long run as most of the other car seats we looked at had weight limits that topped out at 20-something pounds. This one rates up to 32 lbs. The SnugRide32 base also has the LATCH system feature which makes installation a lot easier if your car was made in 2003 or later. If not as in our case installation is still really easy as the base has a built-in clamp that helps hold the seat belt more tightly in place thus keeping the whole thing locked down more securely. Also the seat has a five-point fully adjustable harness system that keeps baby safe and snug as a bug in a rug. Finally it has the one feature that our instructor said was worth whatever extra it may cost--the front harness adjustor strap. You just put the little one in the seat and put his or her extremities in the harness click the buckles into place and pull the strap tight. That's it. No need to turn the seat around and fumble with the tightening straps on the back. With this seat you can just strap 'em in pull 'em tight and go. I love efficiency. And the most important reason of all is that my babies love their car seats and could probably sit in them for days if we let them. Wonderful product.More detail ...
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