I love that I can keep my daughter in a 5 point harness until she's 65 lbs, compared to 40 lbs with other car seats. With the others, you are expected to use the cars seat belt with the car seat being used as a booster seat. My daughter is almost 4 yrs old and almost 40 lbs. She's still way too small for a booster seat, but the 5 point harness with the other car seat was already getting tight with it being fully extended. And she's still small enough that a car seat belt would go across her neck. I'm a paramedic and know what an impact can do to a small child if they aren't harnessed in properly. I would highly recommend this product to anyone with a child under 65 lbs. It's so easy to adjust as your child grows. If I had seen this product when we bought our first car seat, I wouldn't have wasted my money buying one that only has the 5 point harness up to 40 lbs.
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After buying a Britax carseat almost 1 1/2 years ago for my now 2 year old I knew I had to have one for my 2 month old too! I was really excited to find the Britax Hannah on a closeout special! I really recommend the Britax Marathon carseat.....it is really comfortable for our children and gives you great peace of mind in the safety area!
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This is my third Britax carseat and I only have two kids! We have two carseats for each car and after buying the Evenflo Triumph, we decided to spend the extra to get something great and we love the Britax.
Best features:
-It's SUPER easy to transfer among cars, especially if those cars have LATCH.
-It's SUPER easy to clean; just pull off the cover and throw it in the wash. Reassembly is fool proof.
-It's lightweight and not overly wide. We can fit three Britax carseats (when we have a cousin w/ us) across the back of our Ford F-150.
-The recline feature is great; our F-150 (supercab) has a very flat backseat and the Britax was the only carseat that had enough recline for our little boy to still sleep when sitting back there w/out his head constantly falling forward.
I do recommend getting a seat with a darker cover. Even though we try to limit our kids food consumption in the car, it's not possible for them to never eat and my niece's Britax is yellow/pink and you can see the dirt so quickly. But that would happen with any carseat, not just Britax.
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