Britax Boulevard 70 CS Convertible Car Seat

by Britax USA

Product Features

• Safecell technology features safecells designed to compress in a crash, significantly lowering the center of gravity and counteracting the forward rotation of the child seat which normally propels the child toward the front seat
• Click and safe snug harness indicator is an audible aid that provides extra assurance when the harness is within range of appropriate snugness
• Integrated steel bars strengthen the connection to the vehicle and reduce forward flexing of the child seat during a crash
• Energy-Absorbing Versa-Tether features a staged-release tether webbing to slow the forward movement, reducing the crash forces reaching the child, and a two-point attachment to minimize forward rotation while anchoring the top of the child seat
• True side impact protection offers an extra layer of EPP foam, keeping the head, neck and spine aligned, and deep side walls lined with EPP foam to distribute crash forces, shield from vehicle intrusion, and contain the head, neck and body

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 21 x 18.5 x 26 inches ; 18 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 22.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B005UBCKES
• UPC: 652182070700
• Item model number: E9BB71A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
  • #3 in Baby > Car Seats > Car Seats > Convertible
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

Product Description

Color: Onyx

Amazon.com Product Description

The 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. It also features easy installation, True Side Impact Protection, and the innovative Click and Safe Snug Harness Indicator. The seat fits children in the rear-facing position from 5 to 40 pounds, and children in the forward-facing position starting at one year old and 20 pounds, up to 70 pounds.

BOULEVARD 70 CS Convertible Car Seat (Onyx) At a Glance: Age/Weight Requirements: In rear- facing position, fits children weighing 5 - 40 pounds; in forward-facing position, fits children 1+ years old weighing 20 - 70 pounds Warranty: 1-year limited warranty

Available in (from left to right): Blueprint, Emily, Silver Birch, Onyx, Sophia, and Waverly.

Safety features include SafeCell Technology and Side Impact Cushion Technology. View larger.

Comfort features include dual recline positions and high-density comfort foam. (Shown here in Waverly.) View larger.

BRITAX 360 Degree Protection
The BRITAX BOULEVARD 70 CS features technologies that work to minimize injury to your child during a crash from any direction, including both frontal and side impact crashes - the most frequent types of crashes. These technologies work together with other features on the car seat to minimize injury to your child during a crash by:

keeping your child in the vehicle, diverting crash forces away from your child, helping to slow down your child's body, minimizing movement of your child, and protecting your child's brain and spinal cord.

SafeCell Technology for Advanced Head Safety
Designed with SafeCell Technology, the BOULEVARD 70 CS features SafeCells, which are engineered structures located in the base of the seat designed to compress in the event of a crash. The BOULEVARD 70 CS also features integrated steel bars, which strengthen the connection to the vehicle and reduce the forward flexing of the car seat. In addition, the energy-absorbing Versa-Tether anchors the top of the car seat and minimizes forward rotation of the car seat to reduce the crash forces that can reach your child if an accident occurs. These three features work together as a system to provide revolutionary head safety protection for your child.

True Side Impact Protection for Advanced Security
Offering True Side Impact Protection, the BOULEVARD 70 CS delivers advanced protection if you happen to face an unexpected side-impact crash. True Side Impact Protection is a system composed of a rigid seat shell with deep side walls, an adjustable head restraint, and an extra layer of energy-absorbing EPP (Expanded Polypropylene) foam lining the head restraint. These combined features work together to protect your child's head and chest from incoming side-impact crash forces by distributing the forces over a larger surface area, helping shield your child from vehicle intrusion, contain your child's head and body in the seat, and minimize side-to-side movement of your child's head.

Click & Safe Technology for the Safest Fit
When it comes to children's safety in the car, it's vital that they are properly secured, because loose harness straps can leave them vulnerable to injury during a crash. The BOULEVARD 70 CS assists in the process of securing your child with the Click & Safe Snug Harness Indicator feature, which provides an audible sound when you are tightening the harness to indicate when it is in the range of appropriate snugness.

Premium Fit and Comfort Features
Whether children are watching the world go by or snuggling in for a nap, they'll enjoy that the BOULEVARD 70 CS reclines in both the forward and rear positions. And thanks to additional features, which include high-density comfort foam and a plush cover set with matching belly pad, they'll always ride in style and comfort. A 70-pound weight capacity, two buckle positions, and a tangle-free five-point harness with ten harness-height settings provide a snug, custom fit for your growing child. Plus, an optional Infant Positioning Insert (sold separately) allows you to properly and securely fit smaller infants into the car seat.

Ease-of-Use for Safety and Convenience
Packed with perks for parents, the BOULEVARD 70 CS makes it easy to secure your child in the proper position without the guesswork. Premium lower LATCH connectors make for a quick, simple, and tight installation, while the push-button allows you to easily uninstall the connectors. Easy-to-access built-in lock-offs allow you to install the car seat with ease using your vehicle's lap and shoulder belt. The quick-adjust harness system and buckle allow you to reposition the harness-height without disassembling the harness straps.

Additionally, an anti-slip contoured base grips and protects the vehicle seat, ensuring a tight installation in all types of vehicles. Convenient holders keep harness straps out of the way when you're placing your child in the seat, and the plush cover set with matching pads removes easily for cleaning without requiring you to disassemble or uninstall the car seat.

The BRITAX BOULEVARD 70 CS Convertible Car Seat is backed by a one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
One BRITAX BOULEVARD 70 CS Convertible Car Seat and manual.

Product Description

The Britax Boulevard 70 CS convertible car seat is designed for children rear facing from 5 to 40 pounds and forward facing from 1 year and 20 lbs up to 70 pounds. The Boulevard 70 CS achieves revolutionary head safety through the use of Britax SafeCell Technology, integrated steel bars, and versa-tether that work together to minimize head excursion and reduce the risk of head injury during a frontal impact. The Boulevard 70 CS also incorporates Britax True Side Impact Protection, a Click and Safe Snug Harness Indicator, and HUGS. An easy access cover and access to belt paths from the front of the seat make it easier to install. It is also equipped with a five-point, no-rethread and quick-adjust harness, multiple buckle and recline adjustments, and a body pillow for comfort.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality product & my son loves it, November 28, 2011

By 

iron woman - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Britax Boulevard 70 CS Convertible Car Seat (Current Version), Silver Birch (Baby Product)

We bought the 70 CS to replace our son's infant car seat. This seat is extremely well made and doesn't take up too much space in our Prius. I like the safety features and extra padding on the shoulder straps and across the belly. Although the cover can be removed easily, it must be hand washed and line dryed. The washing instructions are a definite negative in my view, but, not enough for me to rank the seat less than 5 stars. I am unclear on what difference (if any) there is between the new 70 CS and the old model. I'll leave other reviewers to comment on that. Overall, I'm very pleased with this car seat. My son likes it too!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Britax Boulevard 70 CS (Onyx), January 12, 2012

By 

Hannah - See all my reviews

This review is from: Britax Boulevard 70 CS Convertible Car Seat (Current Version), Onyx (Baby Product)

We transitioned our baby to this car seat at four months. He was a long baby, and the infant carrier seat was just never comfortable for him. He would cry and cry every time we got in the car. Once we switched to the Boulevard, he was SO much happier. I drive a tiny car (a Scion xA) and the seat fits comfortably behind the passenger seat. It's so simple to install, and although it's large, I can still easily see our baby via the mirror attached to the headrest.

We were hit the week before Christmas, and I'm happy to report that the baby was perfectly okay. I'm sure a lot of this is thanks to the sturdy, steel frame of the carseat, as well as the absorbing materials. I suffered whiplash and am still seeing a chiropractor for it (a month later).

Our baby is now almost 11 months, 22 pounds, and 31 inches and is still riding comfortably rear-facing.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Britax Boulevard 70 CS (Blueprint), December 21, 2011

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melimel76 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Britax Boulevard 70 CS Convertible Car Seat (Current Version), Blueprint (Baby Product)

I am glad I chose to go with the Britax Boulevard 70. I thought it might be too big to rear-face in our 2004 Saab 9-3 sedan, but it actually fits great, and we can even use it in the middle position of the backseat. My husband is 6'2" tall, and the driver side seat still goes back far enough for him to drive comfortably. The Boulevard takes up the same amount of space (in the middle seat position) as the Baby Trend infant car seat that baby just outgrew. It's taller, though, so it comes up higher, but I can still see baby in my rearview mirror with the baby mirror we have installed on the seatback. There's just no reaching back from the driver seat to try and put a binky back in baby's mouth anymore. It's a little difficult to get baby into the seat because of the high sides and the fact that it's installed in the middle seat position--but I know he's safer in this seat than in any other, and I feel like he's even safer in the middle of the car. To put him in the seat, I have to get into the backseat while holding him, turn him a little sideways and kind of lift him up and over into the car seat. He's 22 lbs and about 28 inches long. Hard to do when he doesn't want to sit down...but that would be the case with any car seat. There's a little room to grow yet in the rear-facing position...but not a whole lot (although I don't think any seat would be able to offer much more rear-facing room--his feet are just about touching the seatback. The click-n-safe mechanism is supposed to click when the tension in the harness is tight enough, but I find that by the time it clicks, the harness is sooooo tight that my boy is very uncomfortable and whining, so I always end up loosening it a little (only enough to get one finger under the straps). The velcro tabs that hold the harness open are a nice thought, but they don't keep the upper portion of the harness out of the way--unless you completely loosen the straps each time you get baby out, so there's slack to hang over the sides of the car seat. That isn't too inconvenient, I am just used to leaving the straps adjusted for baby, like in the infant seat we had. It's really easy to tighten the straps, though, with an upward tug of the extra strap found near baby's feet. And you adjust the harness shoulder height/head protection with a click of a button and a tug, so it's super easy--no rethreading. I also like that the base of this seat is very streamlined, and there's room for people to still sit in the backseat on either side of the car seat. A lot of the other car seats we considered have HUGE profiles--this seat is remarkably 'petite' for such a high-weight capacity convertible. The seat installed in a matter of minutes with the LATCH system. The Britax Boulevard looks and feels sturdy, and I highly recommend it. I would save money and go without the CS feature, if you know how tight the straps should be adjusted.

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