Britax Companion Infant Car Seat Onyx

Britax Companion Infant Car Seat Onyx

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List Price:	$209.99
Price:	$174.99

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Product Description

Your little will enjoy a safe, smooth ride with the Companion Infant Car Seat.

Features:

• Adjustable fabric canopy
• Smooth, contoured adjustable carrying handle with soft grip
• Vehicle belt path so carrier can be used without base
• Tangle-free, polyester 5-point harness, three harness heights
• Patented anti-rebound bar
• Expandable head pad with True Side Impact Protection
• Comfort foam and EPS protective foam
• Comfort pads and belly pad for comfort and protection
• Larger cradle for infants up to 30"
• Removable, washable fabric cover
• Infinitely adjustable base height
• Flexible buckle LATCH system
• Rear-facing only -- for infants 4 to 22 pounds, up to 30"

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description
Help keep your infant safe, secure and comfortable while riding in the car with the Companion infant car seat from Britax. Made for babies weighing four to 22 pounds with a height up to 30 inches, this rear facing seat is easy to install and remove, and it's loaded with features designed to protect, support and cushion your baby when traveling.

From the Manufacturer
Loaded with Britax patented safety features, the rear facing Companion infant car seat is renowned for safety, comfort and convenience and for the ability to keep your child in a harnessed child restraint. True Side Impact Protection with deep side walls and head support to provide advanced protection in side impact collisions. The patented anti-rebound bar stabilizes the child seat and reduces movement of the child during vehicle impact. The head support cradles the child¿s head and maintains proper positioning. The push-button LATCH connectors provide a quick, simple and tight installation. Additional features inclue multiple recline positions and built-in vehicle belt lock-offs. The tangle-free polyester 5-point harness with 3 harness heights helps to effortlessly secure your child every day. The Companion also offers soft shoulder pads, belly pad, sun canopy, and a plush & washable seat cover for that ultimate comfort experience for children rear-facing from 4 to 22 pounds or up to 30 inches tall. This infant car seat is compatible with Britax appropriate strollers as a travel system. The Companion infant carrier is made in the USA with U.S. and global components.

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Customer Reviews

Very nice car seat.
My husband and I really liked this car seat. It easily snaps in and out of the base, and it does make an audible click, contrary to another review saying that it doesn't. If yours doesn't click when placing it in the base, you are probably doing something wrong. It was nice to be able to keep our daughter in the seat while running errands instead of having to constantly strap and unstrap her. Especially since most babies tend to fall asleep in the car.

The seat fit extremely well in our Dodge 3500. If you tried to aggressively move/wiggle the car seat, the truck would move instead.

The head pad/support is superior to any other car seat's. It is also adjustable via a little built-in finger pump. We never had any problem with her little head flopping around like I've seen in some other car seats.

A couple of things that prevented me from giving it a five star rating. The chest clip is not as sturdy as I would like. After a year of use ours had bent out of shape. However, a new chest clip only costs $3 on Britax's USA website, and I would highly recommend buying one or two extra and replacing them as needed. I am thinking that the reason they continue to use it on the Companion is because it seems like it is more comfortable than the bigger, sturdier clips that are used on Britax's other car seats. This chest clip is flexible and conforms around the baby's chest instead of pushing into it like the more durable ones might.

The other thing that I didn't like was that the Companion was advertised as being suitable for children from four to twenty-two pounds. But, if your child is less than seven pounds, you have to purchase the "Low Birth Weight Foam" and put that in the car seat, THEN it will actually be good for a smaller baby. Our daughter weighed less than seven pounds for her first few weeks, and she always seemed to be a little scrunched in her car seat during that time. We didn't realize until much later what the problem was. It does mention the need for the foam in the user guide, but we either didn't pay attention to it thinking that our baby would be an 7+ pounder, and/or we forgot about it. My recommendation is that you purchase the additional foam, use it if you need it and return it if you don't. That way you'll be prepared if you have a skinny baby.

Our daughter is pretty tall, so we had to switch to the Britax Marathon at 11 months, which is another great car seat.

Would we use this car seat again? Absolutely. We've already refurbished our original one by completely washing it and replacing the chest clip and adding the Low Birth Weight Foam. It's ready for our next skinny baby. :)