Chicco Keyfit 30 Infant Car Seat and Base

by Chicco

• The easiest infant car seat to install
• No.1 rated infant car seat in America
• 5-point harness adjusts with one hand
• Full body inserts for newborns 4-11 pounds to protect smaller babies
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging

Product Description

Color: Fuego

From the Manufacturer

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Proper installation is the KEY to making your baby’s world safer.

The Chicco KeyFit 30 Infant Car Seat is the premier infant carrier for safety, comfort, and convenience. With its removable newborn insert, the KeyFit 30 Car Seat will accommodate your baby from four to thirty pounds. The KeyFit 30’s thickly cushioned seat includes a five-point safety harness and is lined with energy-absorbing foam for increased safety and comfort.

The KeyFit 30 Base’s ReclineSure spring-loaded leveling foot, RideRight 2 Easy-to-see bubble level indicators, and SuperCinch One-Pull LATCH tightener guarantee quick and correct installment from either side of your vehicle and give you confidence that your child is safely secured in your vehicle.

Key Features

• Secures baby from 4 to 30 lbs
• Energy-absorbing foam for improved side-impact protection
• Removable newborn insert for smaller babies
• Thickly cushioned seat pad and five-point harness for maximum comfort
• Spring-assisted level foot, bubble levels, and “Center-Pull” adjustment for easiest installation
• Compatible with the Chicco Cortina, Together, Liteway Plus, and Caddy Frame Strollers

Simply.

Accurately.

Securely.

ReclineSure Spring-Loaded Leveling Foot – Push-button adjustment mechanism helps achieve proper base angle in vehicle seat. view larger

RideRight 2 Easy-to-See Bubble Level Indicators – Bubble levels on each side of the car seat base indicate accurate angle in vehicle seat. view larger

SuperCinch One-Pull LATCH Tightener – Forch-multiplying technology helps achieve a tight and secure fit with a fraction of the effort. view larger

Product Description

Chicco KeyFit Infant Car Seat and Base It's very rare to find an infant car seat and base which work together so greatly to make the entire installation process easier. The KeyFit Car Seat and Base from Chicco works so well together that it is very different than other car seats. Other car seats don't install half as easily as the Chicco. The KeyFit is a baby car seat which is also affordably priced to not bust wallets. The KeyFit can fit a range of child form 4-30 pounds

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

662 of 671 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Please ignore the one star review March 31, 2008

By D. Hardaway TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Color Name:Adventure

Please ignore the reviewer who rated the seat one star due to the rebound issue. I am a certified child passenger safety technician and this is NOT a safety concern. Almost all rear facing seats will rebound in a crash. The only ones that won't are infant seats with rigid LATCH (the only one currently available in the US is the Baby Trend Latch-Loc with rigid LATCH) or one with an anti-rebound bar like the Britax Companion and convertible seats that tether rear facing (all Britax convertible seats, Sunshine Kids Radian, etc). As long as your seat moves less than an inch in any direction AT THE BELT PATH (i.e. on an infant seat with a base, right at the seat crack where the other poster said it was tight) it is safe. The Chicco KeyFit is a very good seat. It is without a doubt one of the best on the market currently. It installs like a dream and fits small babies very well. As a tech of seven years, I would not hesitate to recommend this seat or use it for my own child.

167 of 172 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Car Seat July 15, 2008

By K. Hanson

Color Name:Adventure

I did a lot of research on infant and convertible car seats before my daughter was born. We have a small two-door car, so I needed a narrow car seat that wasn't going to take up a huge amount of space. The Chicco Key Fit 30 fit the bill! (Although I did purchase the Extreme pattern, not the Adventure) It is a wonderful car seat, easily comes in and out of our small back seat and my daughter loves it. She is also a tall and slender baby, so the 30" height limit is great, as she would have grown out of other infant car seats already (at 6 months she's 25 inches and just 14 lbs). We were also involved in a car accident just a few weeks ago and the car seat kept my baby amazingly safe. While the rest of us were in pain from the accident, my baby was all smiles. Sadly we have to replace the original seat, but will be buying the exact seat again. If you have a small car and want a well made, safe car seat, the Chicco Key Fit 30 is the one for you!

59 of 61 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Saved my baby's life! November 30, 2009

By A. Bofferding

Amazon Verified Purchase

My husband and I originally purchased this on the recommendation of a friend. We liked the way it looked and it had pretty good reviews. We knew it was for safety, but I was attracted to the style and extended use (due to it lasting up to 30 lbs). Now our baby is 6 months old and on her second Chicco Keyfit 30 car seat.

We were in an accident when she was 5 months old and rolled our SUV one and a half times, landing upside down. She stayed put - she started crying but there wasn't a scratch on her, thank God. As a precaution we took her by ambulance to Dell Children's Hospital, but she checked out OK with all of the doctors there. They told us to keep doing what we had been doing, and that the car seat not only saved her life, but saved her from minor/serious injury. Our doctor also told us that having your child in an infant seat as long as possible is the best way to keep them safe.

We went onto Amazon the next day and ordered the exact same car seat (you have to replace ANY car seat after an accident). Here's a pros/cons list from our use so far:

Cons:

- Hot, low air-flow fabric (we live in Austin and she does sweat in it during the summer)
- Size makes it sit higher in grocery cart "seat" section than other car seats
- Ummm, I can't really think of another con :)

Pros:

- Stays locked right-side-up and up-side-down in accidents
- Lasts up to 30 lbs instead of 25 lbs like other seats
- Totally washable (she's projectile vomited in it *and the keyfit stroller* 3 times, and I've machine washed every bit of it)
- The base makes it easy to take in and out of your car without unstrapping the baby (my in-laws LOVED this feature)
- Stays put with either the seat locks or a seat belt securing it (the base was secured with a seat belt in the accident)
- Level on base and instructions on base make installation easy (you don't even have to refer to the manual)
- Ability to lock into the stroller makes shopping trips easier