Britax B-Safe Infant Car Seat

by Britax USA

Product Features

• Side impact protection distributes crash forces, shields from vehicle intrusion and contains the head and body
• Tangle free, five-point harness distributes crash forces across the strongest parts of the body and provides a secure fit
• Energy-absorbing foam liner absorbs and distributes crash forces
• Stroller compatible design-integrated click and go adapter system works with Britax "B" series strollers
• Lightweight and engineered for vehicle and stroller compatibility

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 27.5 x 17.5 x 24.5 inches ; 22 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0050GD29U
• UPC: 652182066444
• Item model number: E9LE53B
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #442 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
  • #4 in Baby > Car Seats > Car Seats > Infant
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)

Product Description

Color: Red

Amazon.com Product Description

Lightweight and travel friendly, the BRITAX B-SAFE Infant Car Seat provides your child with comfort and safety. Featuring Side Impact Protection and an energy-absorbing foam liner, the B-SAFE car seat ensures your child is protected from all angles. The removable seat pad, five-point harness, and extra-large canopy keep children up to 30 pounds snug and safe. For parental convenience, the seat also includes premium, push-button lower LATCH connectors, a built-in lock-off, and an ergonomically designed handle to make the seat easy to install, remove, and carry.

B-SAFE Infant Car Seat
(Red)

At a Glance:

• Side Impact Protection distributes crash forces, shields from vehicle intrusion and contains the head and body
• CLICK-AND-GO integrated adapter system works with BRITAX B-Series strollers
• Tangle-free, fully adjustable five-point harness provides a safe and snug fit

Age/Weight Requirements:

Requirements: For children 4 to 30 pounds and up to 32 inches

Warranty:

Limited one-year warranty

Side Impact Protection

Tangle Free, Five-Point Harness

CLICK-AND-GO

Its lightweight frame and adjustable base makes it easy to install this seat in the car or dock it onto your stroller.
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This seat offers removable shoulder and belly pads, as well as two buckle positions to keep your baby secure and comfy.
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Protects Your Child from Every Angle

The BRITAX B-SAFE Infant Car Seat protects your child from every angle. Side Impact Protection distributes crash forces, shields from vehicle intrusion, and contains the head and body. For further safety, a tangle-free, five-point harness provides a secure fit and distributes crash forces across the strongest parts of the body. Additionally, an energy-absorbing foam liner inside the seat further absorbs and distributes crash forces.

Adjustable Features to Fit Child through First Year

The 30-pound capacity, four harness heights, and two buckle positions keep your child snug through the first year of life. Removable shoulder and belly pads add comfort, and a large, multi-positional canopy protects your child from wind, rain, and UV rays.

Lightweight and Quick to Install

The infant car seat's lightweight design and ergonomic handle make for easy lifting and carrying. The adjustable base has five positions for proper seat angle and positioning. Easy-to-read level indicators on the base provide quick reference for proper installation, so you can make sure the seat and your child are secure in the car.

CLICK-AND-GO System Creates Stroller Compatible Design

The B-SAFE's integrated CLICK-AND-GO adapter system fits all BRITAX B-Series strollers. The B-SAFE is compatible with other major stroller brands when used with the BRITAX adapter strap (sold separately).

The BRITAX B-SAFE Infant Car Seat is backed by a manufacturer's limited one-year warranty.

What's in the Box

One BRITAX B-SAFE Infant Car Seat (Red) and owner's manual.

Product Description

The new B-Safe infant car seat from Britax is designed to be lightweight and travel friendly yet engineered to the high safety standards of Britax. Designed to be compatible with more vehicles and equipped with the click and go system to fit seamlessly with Britax strollers and your on-the-go lifestyle. With Side Impact Protection, and an energy absorbing foam liner, the Britax B-Safe Infant Car Seat provides industry leading front, rear and side impact protection. Removable comfort pad, harness pads, and an extra large canopy keep children comfortable and safe throughout their first year of life. Premium push button latch connectors, a built-in lock-off and an ergonomically designed carry handle make the seat easy to install and carry. The B-Safe fits infants rear facing from 4 to 30 pounds and up to 32" tall. The B-Safe is compatible with all Britax B-Series strollers through the click and go system and fits most other major stroller brands (requires use of adaptor or adapter strap - sold separately).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

169 of 172 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Britax B-Safe vs Chicco KeyFit 30, July 30, 2011

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Hannah Mestel "Bay Area Mommy Mentor" (Los Altos, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Britax B-Safe Infant Car Seat, Red (Baby Product)

This is a review of the Britax B-Safe infant car seat. I am a mom with two small children and have owned and/or tested over 30 car seats in the past 5 years. Overall, the Britax B-Safe is a wonderful infant seat that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to friends and family. It is very similar in features and price to the Chicco Keyfit 30 Car Seat, so I'll give a basic comparison to help parents decide between the two.

First of all, if you want to use a Britax stroller, such as the Britax B-Agile Stroller or the Britax B-Scene Stroller, choosing the B-Safe car seat totally makes sense. The click-n-go adapters that come with the car seat (already attached) and the receivers on the strollers (easy to attach, takes under 30 seconds) make it seamless to convert those Britax strollers into fantastic travel systems. If you want to use a non-Britax stroller, check with that stroller's manufacturer to see if they make a car seat adaptor that's compatible with Britax infant seats. It does take practice to line up the connectors when you're dropping in the car seat, but it does get easier with time.

Moving beyond travel system usage, let's take a look at the car seats themselves.

Fit: The Britax B-Safe and the Chicco KeyFit 30 both have a 30lb weight limit. The B-Safe has a stated height limit of 32", vs the KeyFit's 30" limit. In reality, both seats are outgrown when your child's head is 1" from the top of the shell, and in reality, the Britax shell is no taller than the Chicco. So don't let that stated limit trick you into preferring the B-Safe.

Both the B-Safe and the KeyFit 30 fit tiny babies really well, thanks to the infant padding provided by each manufacturer. Both of these seats fit small babies FAR better than the Graco Snugride 35 Infant Car Seat. The B-Safe's head and body pad is removable for older babies at the discretion of the parent, whereas the infant body padding in the KeyFit must be removed after baby weighs 11lbs, though the head pad removal is at the parent's discretion in that seat. Both seats also fit older infants well, with plenty of harness positions (a major downfall of the Graco Snugride 22 Infant Car Seat, which only has two harness heights). I give a slight edge to the Britax because it has two crotch strap positions. I'd recommend that parents buy an infant seat with a 30 or 35lb weight limit rather than the 22lb limit any day -- avoid the SnugRide 22!

The Britax B-Safe has one drawback on the "fit" side of things: the straps can be somewhat "twisty", e.g. they can get twisted in the buckles and can be a pain to untangle. This is because the straps are the thinner, more slippery webbing. The Chicco straps are slightly thicker and do not twist easily in the buckles, which is a big win in my book (my husband twists the straps in the B-Safe buckles every time he takes our daughter out of the car...it's a talent, really!).

Note: After outgrowing either of these seats, you'll want to move your child into a rear-facing convertible car seat and keep them rear-facing to the limits of that seat, NOT into a forward facing seat. Check the AAP recommendations on this -- they recommend keeping your child rear-facing to age 2 or the limits of your car seat, which is usually 35-40lbs and way past age two. Your child is 500% safer rear-facing!

Installation: Both seats come with one base, which you install in the car and leave there even when removing the infant car seat. Both bases have an adjustable "boot" that helps you to achieve the appropriate angle of recline, and both have a level indicator on the base. The Chicco base wins for ease of installation, with its pull-strap mechanism for LATCH and easy seat belt lockoffs. The Britax base is easy enough to use, but the tightening mechanism isn't as smooth, and the belt lockoff requires a TON of force to open and close, making the parent feel like they're going to break it! For installing without a base, the Chicco KeyFit also wins, since the seatbelt guides are exposed already, whereas with the Britax seatbelt guides are under the cover, so you have to futz with elastic bands on the cover every single time you want to access them.

Fabric: Britax gets the edge in fabric, with a slightly easier to wipe clean seat cover. I highly recommend the black for hiding dirt. The KeyFit 30 has light colors in the head and feet area, both of which show sweat and grime marks readily. Both the Britax seat and the Chicco seat are warm -- there's not a lot to be done about this. If you have a sweaty baby, they're going to sweat in any infant seat.

Canopy: Britax wins hands-down in the canopy, with a generous canopy that stays where you put it. I know that would seem like such a simple thing, but the KeyFit canopy really does not always stay fully extended, and it's not as long as the B-Safe canopy, which is really nice when you want to shade your baby! Added benefit: the B-Safe canopy is so long that if you have two kids sitting next to each other in car seats, the B-Safe canopy can actually prevent them from seeing each other if it's fully extended, which can be great if you want to encourage car naps.

Customer Service and Manual: both Britax and Chicco have well-written manuals. Britax customer service gets a slight edge, with very knowledgeable techs answering the phones.

So overall, I give the new Britax B-Safe a 4-star rating, to account for its few quirks and twisty straps, and strongly recommend it. The deciding factor for me would really be stroller compatibility and nothing more.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very high quality, nice colors, feels safe!, July 27, 2011

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Mitchell M. Tse "mitchelltse" (Antioch, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Britax B-Safe Infant Car Seat, Black (Baby Product)

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Very nice seat, detachable carrier from the base means that you can install the base onto your car (or preferably, have a spouse or family member pre-install it while the mother-to-be is waiting for the kid to be born!) and then it's all a matter of snapping the carrier to the base.

I personally like the darker color, it means that this will not look dirty so easily, and also means the cover blocks out sunlight better.

Sturdy handle, the only thing of note is that I've seen some where the handle is twisted 90°, so that a person can carry the baby carrier for a bit and not have to rotate the arm/wrist. But let's be serious, it's not like Britax is intending the parent to be carrying around a kid for long, that's what strollers are for! Therefore, no minus points for that small quibble.

Overall, still highly recommended. This is the gift you hint at to get your friends and family to get for your baby shower! Of course, try to get the stroller as well, as this snaps onto it as a stroller, the same way it snaps onto the car seat base. Especially with very small babies, a lot of anxiety can be removed by not having to lift a baby in and out of a stroller/car/seat, and instead use the snap and lock system!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love Britax car seats, July 29, 2011

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Aimee "Momma to boys" (Vienna, Denver, Portland, San Diego, OKC, Boise, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Britax B-Safe Infant Car Seat, Red (Baby Product)

This is our third Britax car seat. We also own the Roundabout and Frontier 85. I love how easy these car seat straps/buckles are to adjust and how easily they install into cars. They hold up very well, from child to child and travel well (we fly overseas a lot). I didn't hesitate to buy the infant seat with the birth of our youngest son, and I am very happy with our purchase. My only gripe is similar to other reviewers about previous Britax infant car seats, which is the fact that the material is not breathable, and that makes for a very sweaty newborn son. Since we take long car trips, I am a little annoyed at that, but I know that same material will make cleaning it a snap. Overall, I really like the infant carrier and it will be used a lot in planes, in cars and restaurants. I would buy it again, and recommend it with that one caveat.

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