Customer Reviews

Combi Connection LX Infant Car Seat Rose

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I got this infant car seat for my first daughter who was 8 lbs and 19 inches at birth. It was really too big for her and I had to use the infant positioning support and the additional GoldBug 2 in 1 infant head support when we took her home from the hospital. Our car was latch compatible so installation was easy. She grew quickly and we eventually bought a Britax Decathalon (the best convertible ever!) and I loaned it to my friend who had twins. She already had a Graco Snugride from her first child. Anyways, I noticed a lot of differences between the two carseats:

Pros:
Very well padded and washable cover. There was an extreme difference between the Snugride and the Connection padding and overall quality.

Security straps are well-constructed and didn't twist at all.

Seat is deep and narrow, which is good for small infants and somehow seems safer.

Installation of the base using LATCH in the bucket seats in the outboard (as opposed to the center) position was super easy and very secure. My husband and my friend's husband struggled with the Snugride base which didn't fit well except in the center position of the backseat. It kept tipping up and seemed loose. I think it was because of the bucket seats since they didn't have that problem with the first child and it was the same car (Acura TL).

Putting the carrier in the base and removing it was super easy.

Carrier has shorter handle which is a plus for shorter parents.


Cons:

Connection doesn't fit in the shopping cart upper area.

It's a bit expensive.

If you have the Combi Savvy Soho stroller, it was often difficult to tell if you snapped on the carrier since it would "snap on" and the carrier would indicate it was locked, but then one side wasn't attached. We usually would lift up on the carrier handle to check and then really push down hard to get it locked on.

The canopy is a bit small and doesn't provide enough sun protection in the stroller...it was also confusing to remove it to get the seat cover off.



All in all, I loved this car seat and felt it was safe and good enough for my friend's babies. She also informed me that she uses it a lot and puts the smaller twin in it since it was deeper.

I bought this carseat b/c it was the only one that went with a double stroller that was side by side.

PROS: Very safe. My daughter never has had any issues being in the seat itself. The base is very easy to install, much easier than the last car seat I had. And it's fairly easy getting the car seat out of the actual base. Fits fairly well on the stroller, and I never had a problem with the seat canapy and stroller canapy "connecting" to cover up my baby. It's cute and love the fact that I could put the baby's car seat next to my toddler while going shopping or heading out for a walk. The fabric is very durable and I haven't had any issues with it.

CONS: It's very heavy. Heavier than the last car seat I had with my other daughter. It doesn't fit well in shopping carts at the store. Big problem when you have an infant and you need to get to the grocery store. Looking back, I probably would have just put her in a carrier on me, instead of leaving her in the car seat. Also, my baby was 5 weeks premature and weighed about 5 1/2 pounds when we left the hospital. I swear she looked like she had already outgrown it.
It only has 2 options to change the straps, and by 4 months old, we were on the second level. I do wish they gave you another option since your child has to be in it for at least a year.
Would I buy it again? For the convience of having it with the double stroller, yes. For just the car? Naw! I think there are better ones out there that give you more options. And probably cheaper too!