Britax Marathon Convertible Car Seat
Britax Marathon Convertible Car Seat
 Britax Marathon 70 Convertible Car Seat, Onyx List Price: Sale Price: $206.98 You save: $83.01 (29%)  Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThe BRITAX MARATHON 70 Convertible Car Seat achieves optimum head safety through the combination of BRITAX SafeCell Technology, integrated steel bars, and a Versa-Tether, which work together to minimize head excursion and reduce the risk of head injury during a frontal impact...  |
 Britax Roundabout 55 Convertible Car Seat, Onyx List Price: Sale Price: $149.99 You save: $50.00 (25%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThe BRITAX ROUNDABOUT 55 Convertible Car Seat achieves optimum head safety through the combination of BRITAX SafeCell Technology, integrated steel bars, and a Versa-Tether, which work together to minimize head excursion and reduce the risk of head injury during a frontal impact... |
 Britax Boulevard 70 Convertible Car Seat, Onyx List Price: Sale Price: $239.98 You save: $80.01 (25%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThe BRITAX BOULEVARD 70 Convertible Car Seat achieves optimum head safety through the combination of BRITAX SafeCell Technology, integrated steel bars, and a Versa-Tether, which work together to minimize head excursion and reduce the risk of head injury during a frontal impact... |
 Britax Boulevard 70 CS Convertible Car Seat, Sophia List Price: Sale Price: $229.95 You save: $110.04 (32%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThe BRITAX BOULEVARD 70 CS Convertible Car Seat achieves optimum head safety through the combination of BRITAX SafeCell Technology, integrated steel bars, and a Versa-Tether, which work together to minimize head excursion and reduce the risk of head injury during a frontal impact... |
 Britax Car Seat Travel Cart, Black List Price: Sale Price: $47.00 You save: $32.99 (41%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThe Britax car seat travel cart is a convenient alternative when traveling through airports with your car seat and child in tow. Car seats attach effortlessly using the car seat latch connectors, the same connectors that secure your car seat tightly to your vehicle... |
 Britax Frontier 85 Combination Booster Car Seat, Rushmore List Price: Sale Price: $210.95 You save: $89.04 (30%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionFeaturing an innovative design and industry-leading technology, the Britax Frontier 85 Combination Booster Seat (Rushmore) keeps your child safe and secure during car trips. Offering True Side Impact Protection and a patented, energy-absorbing Versa-Tether, this seat is engineered to grow with you child... |
 Britax Child Cup Holder List Price: Sale Price: $9.99 You save: $5.00 (33%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThe BRITAX Cup Holder allows your child to bring along their favorite drink in the car without worrying about where to put it. The BRITAX cup holder fits multiple sized containers including sippy cups, water bottles, juice boxes and drink pouches... |
 Britax Car Seat Travel Bag, Black List Price: Sale Price: $58.80 You save: $11.19 (16%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionAt Britax, we know that traveling with your car seat may be cumbersome. That’s why we developed the Britax car seat travel bag to make travel easier, while also protecting your car seat. The Britax car seat travel bag fits all Britax car seats and most other brands... |
 JL Childress Ultimate Car Seat Travel Bag, Black List Price: Sale Price: $34.99 You save: $25.00 (42%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionCarrying convenience, comfort, and choices. The Ultimate Car Seat Travel Bag from J.L. Childress allows families to protect their child's car seat when traveling. The Ultimate features thick padding on all sides, padded interior wings and a custom fit to ensure protection of your car seats' safety features... |
 Mommy's Helper Car Seat Sun Shade List Price: Sale Price: $5.63 You save: $4.36 (44%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product Description95 deg F inside your sun-baked car? With this powerfully cooling sun shade, you can keep your child's car seat around a comfortable 69 deg F! That's right: in performance tests, the heat-deflecting cover lowered temperatures by an average of 26 deg ... |
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Britax Marathon 70 Convertible Car Seat, Onyx List Price: Sale Price: $206.98 You save: $83.01 (29%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThe BRITAX MARATHON 70 Convertible Car Seat achieves optimum head safety through the combination of BRITAX SafeCell Technology, integrated steel bars, and a Versa-Tether, which work together to minimize head excursion and reduce the risk of head injury during a frontal impact... |
Britax Child Cup Holder List Price: Sale Price: $9.99 You save: $5.00 (33%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThe BRITAX Cup Holder allows your child to bring along their favorite drink in the car without worrying about where to put it. The BRITAX cup holder fits multiple sized containers including sippy cups, water bottles, juice boxes and drink pouches... |
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Britax Frontier 85 Combination Booster Car Seat, Rushmore List Price: Sale Price: $210.95 You save: $89.04 (30%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionFeaturing an innovative design and industry-leading technology, the Britax Frontier 85 Combination Booster Seat (Rushmore) keeps your child safe and secure during car trips. Offering True Side Impact Protection and a patented, energy-absorbing Versa-Tether, this seat is engineered to grow with you child... |
JL Childress Ultimate Car Seat Travel Bag, Black List Price: Sale Price: $34.99 You save: $25.00 (42%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionCarrying convenience, comfort, and choices. The Ultimate Car Seat Travel Bag from J.L. Childress allows families to protect their child's car seat when traveling. The Ultimate features thick padding on all sides, padded interior wings and a custom fit to ensure protection of your car seats' safety features... |
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Mommy's Helper Car Seat Sun Shade List Price: Sale Price: $5.63 You save: $4.36 (44%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product Description95 deg F inside your sun-baked car? With this powerfully cooling sun shade, you can keep your child's car seat around a comfortable 69 deg F! That's right: in performance tests, the heat-deflecting cover lowered temperatures by an average of 26 deg ... |
Britax Roundabout 55 Convertible Car Seat, Onyx List Price: Sale Price: $149.99 You save: $50.00 (25%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThe BRITAX ROUNDABOUT 55 Convertible Car Seat achieves optimum head safety through the combination of BRITAX SafeCell Technology, integrated steel bars, and a Versa-Tether, which work together to minimize head excursion and reduce the risk of head injury during a frontal impact... |
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Britax Boulevard 70 Convertible Car Seat, Onyx List Price: Sale Price: $239.98 You save: $80.01 (25%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionThe BRITAX BOULEVARD 70 Convertible Car Seat achieves optimum head safety through the combination of BRITAX SafeCell Technology, integrated steel bars, and a Versa-Tether, which work together to minimize head excursion and reduce the risk of head injury during a frontal impact... |
 Traveling Toddler Car Seat Travel Accessory List Price: Sale Price: $14.75 You save: $0.24 (2%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionATTN: Britax owners. If our product is too short, please check to be sure your LATCH straps are in the forward facing position. Whether flying on an airplane or traveling by train or bus, it is safest and most comfortable for your child to be in a car seat... |
 Go-Go Babyz Kidz Travelmate List Price: Sale Price: $65.00 You save: $24.00 (27%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionAirplane travel with a toddler can be a challenge, but with the Go-Go Kidz TravelMate, navigating the airport becomes a piece of cake. The TravelMate is a car seat attachment that allows it to be wheeled with ease through the airport, with your child safely belted in... |
 JL Childress Wheelie Car Seat Travel Bag, Black List Price: Sale Price: $27.00 You save: $22.99 (46%) Eligible for free shipping!See Reviews For This Product DescriptionRecommended for use when bringing your car seat on the airplane. The Wheelie folds up to easily fit in an airplane's overheard compartment using the included storage bag. |
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I have the chico cortina travel system. i hate it, well not the stroller the car seat. when my daughter is in it she looks so squished. i dont know if she is comfortable. i want to switch to a convertible car seat,but dont want to spend 300$ on a britax marathon. what are some other good ones. also would you say convertible seats are more or less convienent?
Unless you're in Canada a Britax Marathon should NEVER cost $300!! Especially right now, and I literally mean right now, if you want one, don't wait. Britax is having one of their semiannual sales from February 24 - March 2. You could snag a Britax seat for $200 or less including shipping! check out babyage.com, they're rumored to have the lowest prices. And sign up with ebates.com for free and get an additional 4% cash back. There's a reason they are so highly recommended, and a reason for the higher cost, as well.
The Britax Marathon/Boulevard/Decathalon (These 3 are the same seat, just different variances of luxury additions, with the Marathon being the cheapest base model) can be found for regular price of $269, and on sale at Albee Baby online for $209-$219. The Marathon a wide open easy to route belt path, which makes using it correctly a lot easier, as do the built in lockoffs, which mean you never again have to use a locking clip. I can get it into 4 different vehicles in under 2 minutes. Because of the way the base is made, it fits in most cars. And, it is worth the money, b/c it lasts usually twice as long as most other car seats (all car seats expire 6 years after the date of manufacture) lasting a baby till they are 5-6 years old, where most at Walmart will only last till 2-4 years old. Rear faces to 33lbs, then forward to 65lbs. and top slots 17inches tall, lasts most kids to ages 5-6 years old. Since it will last SOOO long, the cost per use is actually cheaper than some of the 'cheap' seats. Because those cheap seats don't last more than 2-3 years before they are outgrown and then you're out buying another seat.
Another to consider: The Evenflo Triumph Advance (not the original Triumph, make sure it says Advance) is a great seat. $150 version at Babies R Us has padding similar to Britax seats, top slots of 17", harnesses to 35lbs rear facing, and 50lbs forward facing. $120 Walmart version just has little less plush padding. Wide open belt path, easy to install, though it doesn't have built in lockoffs. The harness adjusts at the front of the car seat, you don't have to take the car seat out of the car just to raise/lower the straps. It's one of only 2 seats that does this (The Britax Boulevard is the other, I believE), and it has infinite harness adjustment so the harness always fits perfectly until its outgrown. No more tugging straps to tighten them either. You tighten and loosen the harness using knobs on the side of the seat. As a major bonus, it can be used in a recline position even in forward facing mode. Awesome for kids who still sleep in the car. I LOVE THIS SEAT! LOL My son, who is too big for every other car seat at Walmart has the same amount of room in this as the Britax Marathon.
Personally, I HATE infant seats. They cost a lot considering you only get to use them for 5-7 months and then you're out shopping again. As a single parent on a seriously limited income, I now realize I should've completely skipped the infant carrier stage. Its not a 'needed' stage in car seats, its just a convenience thing, and a recent - as in the last 15 years or so - invention to have a stay in car base and separate carrier. After baby gets above 10lbs or so, they are a pain in the butt to carry - quite awkward. So its not as convenient as it may at first seem. And some of the 'convenient' ways people use them aren't good.
Carriers should NEVER be placed on grocery carts. It makes the carts unstable and they can tip over, seriously injuring the baby. Also, not all car seats fit all carts, and they don't lock on, they're just sitting there, posing an obvious threat. And some of the carts are shaped or sized in a way that it puts the carrier at an unsafe/uncomfortable angle for the baby. I've seen babies laying in carriers on carts with their head lower than their feet - not a good idea for digestion or spit up.
The American Academy of Pediatrics says Parents and caregivers should never Place an infant carrier on top of the shopping cart. "Many infant-only car safety seats lock into shopping carts, and many stores have shopping carts with built-in infant seats. This may seem safe, but thousands of children are hurt every year from falling out of shopping carts or from the carts tipping over. Instead of placing your baby's car safety seat on the cart, consider using a stroller or front pack while shopping with your baby. "
Also, we are seeing rampant developmental delays becuase babies are in these carriers (and swings, and bouncy seats...) so much. Look around everywhere you go and instead of holding their babies, people have them in these carriers. When on their back and harnessed (and any time a child is in a carrier, he needs to be harnessed, even though its not in a car!) they can not work the muscles they need to develop to crawl, sit up, and walk. In the manuals for these carriers, it even says specifically 'for use in cars and strollers only'! But we all seem to miss that part.
I find using a sling/pouch/wrap a lot more convenient, versatile, and budget worthy. Slings last up to 30-35lbs, so about 3 times the time an infant seat, and you can use one anywhere while still keeping your hands free and keeping baby happy. Not one of those silly snugli or infantino carriers, but something like a ringsling, moby, or maya wrap. Wearing your baby gives everybody what they need. Babies get much needed closeness to mom (or dad, or anyone else for that matter!) and you get your hands free to do what you need to do, as well as you can even breastfeed in one! They offer many different positions to use them in, too.
What's most important no matter the seat you choose, is keeping baby rear facing AS LONG AS POSSIBLE! Turning kids forward at 20lbs/1year is an outdated practice that could cost you your child's life! American Academy of Pediatrics says to keep kids rear facing to the limit of their convertible car seat. All current models go to at least 30lbs, many higher.
A forward-facing child under 2 years old is 5 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a crash than a rear-facing child of the same age. A child's vertabrae do not fully fuse until 3-6 years old, before then, she is at great risk for internal decapitation. The spinal column can stretch up to 2 inches in a crash BUT the spinal cord can only stretch up to 1/4 inch before it snaps and baby is gone.
In the foreground is a forward facing seat, in the background a rear facing seat. You can see how much trauma the forward facing dummy has to endure. The rear facing child simply rides it out.
http://www.oeamtc.at/netautor/html_seiten/kisitest_2002/videos/test2002/frontcrash/maxicosipriori.mpg
Here's another video. You can see how there is NO trauma to the baby, it simply sits there waiting for it to end.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v163/jen_nah/carseats/?action=view¤t=video06A_MGA_213_RearFace-Convertib.flv
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