Roundabout Convertible LATCH Car Seat - Denim

by Britax

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 17.2 pounds
• ASIN: B0000AHOYF
• UPC: 652182042431
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,719 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Combining outstanding safety features with a comfortable ride is no easy task in designing a car seat. Adding style to that mix is more difficult still. Happily, the Roundabout puts all those elements together to create what could be the perfect seat for kids up to 40 pounds. It's equipped with a 5-point harness and while it can be easily installed in any back seat, it is also outfitted for use with the LATCH system of car seat anchorage. As for comfort, picture a car seat combined with a teddy bear and you'll have a pretty good idea what the Roundabout feels like. Soft denim padded fabric and straps that hold firmly while being gentle on the child. We were also impressed with the seat's versatility. It adapts to different sized kids, the restraints snapped into place easily and the unit was simple to install and move. Another nice touch was the highly detailed instruction book, which clearly shows how to install the seat forward, backward, or even in airline seats. --John Moe

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

102 of 102 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Optimum safety, comfortable, convenient, no strap twists..., February 13, 2004

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E. Thompson (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roundabout Convertible LATCH Car Seat - Denim (Baby Product)

My 32-lb, 2 1/2 year old son has been using this car seat since we bought it to replace his maxed-out infant bucket-seat when he was under 1 year. At the time, I researched all the available seats, read reviews and did live demos of multiple seats in the stores and decided that the Britax was, hands-down, the safest, most effective, most comfortable one on the market. Travelling and at home, we have used this in virtually every kind of car you could imagine(from my original tiny sports car, to small, mid and luxury sedans, minivans, SUVs, etc), and it has installed quickly, with a consistently snug fit that assures me my son is always safe. This has been equally true on airplanes -- a reassurance that makes for one less thing to worry about when traveling with an infant or toddler (we toss the carseat onto my son's stroller to get it to the gate easily, then fold the stroller and check it at the gate - which has made it easy for me to travel with my son & all his stuff, even alone). Two other parent-friends of ours have the same seat and have been equally-thrilled with it; the parents who have other seats I've noticed have frequently twisted straps (some that refuse to ever untwist), difficult or complicated chest clips, looser installations or sloppy covers. Living in Florida, I particularly like the denim cover for my son's seat, as the natural fiber seems to breathe better; some carseat covers look so hot by comparison, and I know he used to sweat in his original infant seat. With another baby on the way, I had been researching infant seats. Considering all the complaints over other products and my confidence in the safety and comfort of Britax, I think I'll get a Britax Marathon for my older son (it goes up to 65 lbs) and use the Roundabout for our newest. Every parent has maybe 5 products they've bought for their child and absolutely swear by, and this has definitely been one of them. How reassuring to have that be true of a safety device you rely on every day!

165 of 169 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars but also check out the britax marathon, November 9, 2003

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KNSudha (Saratoga, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roundabout Convertible LATCH Car Seat - Denim (Baby Product)

My son who is now three outgrew his infant seat at 3 months. This did not come with latch three years ago, but is absolutely fantastic. I used with the top tether always in my lexus truck, and used it rear facing until he was a year old. It never budged once installed, and now I am buying a britax husky to take him to 80 lbs. In retrospect, had it been available then, I would have picked the marathon which goes to 65 lbs, and I could have just switched to a lightweight booster at that point. It is still really nice to have a small, light, and portable infant car seat for the first few months, when you don't want to disturb baby every time you pop her in and out of the car. So you might want to buy the marathon when baby is 6 months or heavy enough you won't be carrying around a car seat with baby strapped in it :-) And depending on the state you live in, the marathon might be the last car seat you ever buy.

And Britax makes the absolute best car seats you can buy -- my son has always been comfortable, and he always loved the britax galaxy infant seat over the evenflo i had for my husbands car.
He has been doing great in the roundabout the last three years too.

To make one more comparison, the Husky which goes 22 to 80 lbs is really only for an over 1 year old since it does not install rear facing. It is also an enormous and heavy seat which works fine in my truck, but seems a bit big for the Audi A4. So I would still choose the Marathon over the Husky if we were to have another child since it is sized similar to the Roundabout yet takes you to 65 lbs. If you don't have latch, absolutely choose Britax, since it is the safest seat out there and installs just as firm with the top tether as any seat with latch does!

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best car seat, September 23, 2004

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Shawnee C. (SE PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roundabout Convertible LATCH Car Seat - Denim (Baby Product)

We have used the Roundabout since the day we came home from the hospital with our son, Ryan. He is now 21 months old and is still very comfortable in it. It shows no signs of being worn out in any way. The straps are as tight as ever. Plus, they adjust to a height which is comfortable for him (he's almost 35"!) He even has room to grow - width-wise and heighth-wise.
But the most important thing is, we were hit from behind, while waiting to merge into traffic. My husband and I were both wearing seat belts but were injured. Ryan, who was secure in his car seat, had absolutely no injuries. The seat did its job exceptionally. The police and fire fighters on the scene checked for any damage to the seat but it was as if we just installed it, they said. We had the chest plate as it should be and the straps as tight as recommended. He didn't even get a bruise!

So I feel the best review we could give is, it has proved to us, it is a safe seat for our toddler. Which, really is why have car seats!

Our insurance company's policy is to replace a car seat in an accident like ours (back-end damage and our floor cracked). We bought the Roundabout again... just in a different pattern. The new baby is due in October and you can be certain we will be getting another Roundabout in the coming weeks. We trust both of our children in this seat. I hope this has been helpful and I pray no one has to test the product's reliability in an accident again.