Maxi-Cosi Priori Convertible Car Seat

by Maxi-Cosi

Product Features

• Rear facing: 5-35 pounds
• Front facing: 22-40 pounds
• 4-position Independent recline system
• 5-point harness with up-front harness adjustment
• Removable, washable car seat pad

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 26 x 16 x 21 inches ; 16 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds
• 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: B000U1ZFFE
• UPC: 044681227752
• Item model number: 22-476GIP
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,972 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)

Product Description

Color: Gipsy

From the Manufacturer

The Maxi-Cosi Priori convertible car seat grows with your child from infant to toddler mode. It offers European style while providing the ultimate in comfortable and secure transportation. This car seat has 5 harness heights to grow with your child and dual harness holders to hold the harnesses out of the way while getting the child in and out of the seat. It also has LATCH for ease of installation. Enter the secure world of Maxi-Cosi.

Product Description

The Maxi Cosi Priori Convertible Car Seat is unlike any other convertible seat you will find on the US market with a streamlined design and plush, removable, and washable seat padding in eye-catching colors. Maxi Cosi car seats are new to the United States, but have a long-standing reputation among European families as some of the safest, simplest, and most stylish car seats in the business. Maxi Cosi car seats are affordable but anything but cheap. The Maxi Cosi Priori Convertible Car Seat can protect an infant child up to 35 lbs. in a rear facing position, or a child from 22 to 40 lbs. in the forward facing position. Most car seats for infants have a max weight of 30-33 lbs. in the rear facing position. By using the LATCH attachments or your vehicles safety belts, the rear-facing-to-35 lbs. option makes the Priori extra safe for young passengers. Another unique feature is the ability to recline to four positions that lets boys and girls up to 40 lbs. relax on short or long rides. The recline is easily adjusted with the seat still installed. The colored level indicators, also unique to the Maxi Cosi Priori, ensure that the Prioris base is always installed at the proper angle.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous car seat, July 4, 2008

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Alice Ew Wills "gopchick" (Navy wife in Naples, Italy) - See all my reviews
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We LOVE this car seat. We bought the infant seat and loved that one as well. This chair fits in United's small seats on flights, as well as our older Euro cars. We live in Europe and had a lot of seats to choose from, US and European. This seat is far and away the best buy and wonderful quality. Our son gets to see out the windows of the car, he is comfortable for our long flights back to the states. The padding on the seat is very comfortable. The one glitch is that it does not work with most carseat travel systems for getting through the airport. I often have to travel without my husband. So I bought a small travel folding luggage cart, like people use for other carry on luggage and strapped it on. That worked so well, when we landed after an 11 hour flight, my son was still asleep. I put the chair on the cart, secured the straps and wheeled him off the plane and through customs. Good thing as the stroller I gate checked did not arrive, yet again. We are now buying a second one for my husbands car, after looking again at all the options we could not be happier!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Maxi Cosi Priori, 3 years of good service!, March 23, 2010

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Ahmad M. Wehbe "Photo MD" (Iowa, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maxi-Cosi Priori Convertible Car Seat (Baby Product)

I had this seat for my first kiddo. It was the first upgrade from a baby car seat and he loved it the instance he was put in it! It is comfortable sturdy and believe me if you have the latch system installing it is a breeze. There are a lot of pros on this seat and I confess a few cons but nothing is perfect.

Lets do the pros first, Ok admit it every one, it is such a stylish and fun looking car seat! It is compact and weighs much less than most of those monstrosities out there (except the combi cocorro new seat) It latches with ease to the latch system. Unlike what some reviews claim, the cover is easily removed and machine wash safe and re-installing it is a breeze. My son loved the recline position and his cute big head never dangles forward like a rag doll! Now last and MOST IMPORTANT it is really really (and I mean REALLY) Safe and sturdy! we actually and sadly put it to the test! We had a BMW 3 series and got rear ended (we were at full stop at a stop sign) by a Ford F450 truck going at 45 miles per hours (and he never stopped! yes an F450, didnt know they made 450's!)but thanks to the wonderful german engeneering and the amazing Maxi-Cozi the car was polvorized but my son got out with not even a scratch (obviously he was in the back seat). SO to answer every parent's main question YES IT IS VERY SAFE AND STURDY!

Cons; I have to say this is frustrating and the only reason I did not give it a five, the belt buckle is very short, dont know why they made it this way. It gets tricky to get your child in the seat with the winter gear on, honestly in summer it is no problem at all. ANother con, but really not a big of a deal, the blets twist a lot.

So in a nut shell,
pros: safe, sturdy, washable, compact, reclining and comfy, cool colors
Cons: short bottom buckle, magicly twisting belts

I do recomend it and I am actually buying a new one too! (you have got to change car seats after a major crash)

43 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice but..., March 11, 2008

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Boogieboymommy (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

We originally purchased the Britax Marathon but sadly it was way to big to rear face in our compact car. After going back and for the between weather to buy the Priori or another smaller Britax we decided to go with the Priori because of it's fun colors and I guess just to try something new. Now I am pretty much wishing we had gone with the Britax.
The Priori is nice and has the latch system which is wonderful but the safety harness twists easily, the crotch pad is tiny and just gets in the way, the buckle is not always easy to latch and getting the cover off to wash is a real pain... I pretty much had to take the whole darn thing apart.
On the upside it is a great size for compact cars, the color variety is fun and it has a cup holder to set the sippy cup in. All and all though I wish we had just gone with the smaller Britax (Roundabout or Diplomat).

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