Customer Reviews

Roundabout Convertible LATCH Car Seat - Denim

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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!

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!

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.

Go to TravelingTikes.com and find the same car seat for $170 with free shipping...Also has other fabric choices available! In addition, the Marathon is only $210...Big difference in BRU prices!

We bought different carseats when we had our twin girls three years ago because the Britax was so expensive. But I ended up returning them and buying the Britax because the other brand was too difficult to tighten. We have loved the Britax seats and they are so easy to install (even with out the latch on our car) and loosen/tighten. I liked them so much we even bought another one for our new baby since the girls are still using theirs.

My 8-month old daughter and I were rear-ended and the car was totaled. She was in a rear-facing Roundabout and although the entire trunk of the car was gone, she was unhurt except for two bruises on her legs where the carseat straps caught her. I immediately bought another Roundabout to replace that one. I would recommend Britax to anyone.

My wife and I purchased 2 of these seats after doing alot of research on the web (check out www.aap.org and www.nhtsa.dot.gov for car seat tests and reviews). This car seat is of very high quality. The frame is very stiff and solid. I found the instructions in the manual to be a bit confusing, but after looking at them for a little while I realized how easy it was to install. We have an Accord with the latches and a Land Rover Discovery that we used the shoulder belt. Both were very easy to install. I had to add a rolled towel under the front of the car seat on the Accord so it stayed in a 45 degree angle (this is what Britax recommends). The Discovery has very tight rear seats and I was worried that it would be a problem with the Britax, but it actually left more room for the front passenger seat than her Graco infant seat did. I bought the seats from www.elitecarseats.com after reading some of the reviews about them here and they had a great deal on the Roundabout ($179.99 + no shipping charge or tax ). I got the seats in 3 days !
The "Funky Denim" is a really nice color (not too bright or dark) and feels like a comfortable pair of broken in jeans. My daughter loves the seat and I guess that's the most important thing of all.

I agree with the other persons review. They have the same car seat for 179.99 and you get to pick you fabric. FREE SHIPPING and get this........It was delivered to my door in 24 hours for free. And since we bought 2 of them (one for each car) they gave us a 10% discount. You can't beat there service and price. GO TO www.elitecarseats.com TODAY and Save!

I purchased my first Roundabout carseat for my now 16 month old about 10 months ago (my three year old daughter outgrew hers), and with baby #2 (now 4 months) we will give him my daughters old Roundabout.

PROs
- It was very easy having two installed into my MiniVan with stow and go with the LATCH
- Safest on the market
- Comfortable fabrics, multiple choices, very plush and easy to wash
- Easy to adjust the height of the shoulder straps, dont remove the seat
- Adjusting the tension can be done with the knob on the side
- There is a belly pad to protect your child from a cold, or hot buckle
- Reclines well
- Not really too expensive

CONs
- They can only hold about 45 lbs, but the boys would be in a convertible way after the Marathons 65 lbs
- I really wish that I could have left my toddler rear-facing longer, because I turned him around at 12 months (safest possitions is rear-facing)

All in all I love the Roundabout, and am defiantly planning to use them over again!

We bought the "Roundabout Convertible LATCH Car Seat in Denim" for my 8 ½ month old son who out grew of his infant car.

I chose the roundabout because it was rated #1 in consumer reports for convertible car seats in 2004. I chose the denim fabric because it is 100% cotton and I wanted my son to be comfortable in the hot & humid Texas weather (he used to sweat a lot in his infant car seat). I also like the fact that this car seat is not huge and bulky. It is approved for aircrafts (but we have not used it on one yet).

We us it in 1999 Honda Accord with no Latch. The instruction booklet tells you how to install the car seat without a Latch. It was easy to install. My son is very comfortable and secure in his new car seat (we use it rear facing).