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The convertible car seat you've come to know and love has been improved! Now with ProTech energy absorbing foam, the Alpha Omega Elite from Safety 1st is a 3-in-1 car seat that will grow with your child from infant to toddler mode, and on to a belt-positioning booster. Since it takes your child from birth to 100lbs., it's the only car seat you will ever need to buy! The Alpha Omega Elite can be used rear-facing from birth or 5 lbs. until your baby is 12 months or 35 lbs. Turn it around and use it forward-facing with a harness when baby is between 22-40 lbs., and use it as as a belt-positioning booster seat from 40-100 lbs. Reinforced with ProTech Foam in the headrest, the Alpha Omega Elite will absorb energy and protect your child's head in the event of an impact. It also features a removable infant insert to support baby's head, neck, and torso. The seat is equipped with the LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) and it has a padded five-point harness and a two-piece chest clip to keep baby secure. The QuickFit harness system with its easy push button buckle makes it a snap for you to adjust the harness from your own seat in front. For superior safety, comfort and convenience, the Alpha Omega Elite is the smart parent's choice!
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 BEST seat for the $$$ |
| Review Date: October 2, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Mama_C, Virginia, USA |
This seat is AWESOME. It is sturdy, easy to use, easy to clean, inexpensive, comfortable, long-lasting, and more. I had an older version of this same seat (about two years ago) and bought two of this version--the old one for my hubby's car and these two for my minivan. My two-year-old LOVES the soft, cushiony seat--she always takes her shoes and socks off to rub her feet on it, and my 6-month-old loves the extra room and freedom of the bigger seat (she got too big for the Graco carrier kind.) The tilt is very easy to use and it installs fast and quickly--with LATCH--I haven't tried any other method. They fit beautifully into both my hubby's VW Passat and my Hyundai minivan--we're both tall and still have plenty of room to have our seats all the way back and these seats installed in both front and rear facing positions. It also cleans easy--straight into the wash and cool-setting dryer.
I hope this helps you with your car-seat purchase decision. I know I was a little overwhelmed by all of the choices and price differences. This seat was $90 with free shipping (from Amazon via BabyAge, I think--got here in two days!!) when I got it. I did go to a local store first to check these out (it was $160 in the store) I found the cheaper seats (Graco, Evenflo) had thinner padding. The more expensive seats (Brittax, etc.) had lots of colors and similar padding to this seat. I don't really think the kids care that much about the colors--their butts are on them, you know? I like that this fabric seems to hide everything my two-year-old can dish out on it--and then wash easily if it gets stinky. Oh--the other thing I really like about this seat is how easily the straps adjust--I haven't seen any that are easier--if you look at the picture you'll see these little red handles at the top--you simply push/pull these and the straps slide up or down--other car seats you have to rethread the things--who has time for that!?! Also, the arm rests are adjustable--I have them up and out of the way for now--when we transition to the booster, I'm sure I'll bring them down.
Good luck!!
p.s. I've read a few of the negative reviews and have some tips--
1. For the ones who couldn't remove the infant headrest, it is very easy to remove. Unthread the belts from the clip in the rear, thread out through the front and the headrest slides off--then rethread (the instructions are in the back of the book--look under cleaning.)
2. For the tilt--for cars with bucket seats, you will need to use a prop to adjust the front of the seat when rear-facing. You can purchase a $10 adjuster, cut up a $1 swimmers noodle, or roll up a towel--all are safe--and you can ask you car service dept or safety official to help with the install (most local police departments have monthly safety seat checks.)
I still love this seat--I think it is super easy to use. |
Worth every penny!
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| Review Date: February 27, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Dootgrrl, Crockett, CA USA |
Buy these at Amazon or other place online since they're almost DOUBLE the price at Toys-R-Us ($169 in Feb 2008).
We bought these car seats for our 1-yr-old (22 lb) twin boys and WE LOVE THEM!! They're really padded, cushiony and roomy, so they were very comfortable for the road trip we just took. Once I figured out how to use the hooks to attach to the LATCH bolts built-into my car (incl. in most cars built after 2002), it didn't take long to install.
They will be easy to adjust as our boys grow, and we're thrilled that we won't need to buy another car seat EVER. As a 3-in-1 car seat, they can be converted and used until the child is up to 100 lbs!
We agree that they'll be too big for small cars. In fact, our boys just barely met the limit to situate the car seat to be front-facing. If they hadn't, I don't think it would have fit in our Toyota 4Runner as a rear-facing seat.
The car seat itself isn't big. The problem is that it requires a lot of width (i.e. looks reclined) in order to be set at the safety level in the back seat.
Otherwise....we love it and would highly recommend it. |
Kid Tested, Mother & Father Approved.
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| Review Date: December 3, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Joe Boo, Des Moines, IA |
The Cosco Alpha Omega Elite 3-in-1 Car Seat is really awesome seat to have. We seem find ourselves buying these 3-in-1 or 4-in-1 items for our child, such as our 4-in-1 Crib. It really saves time & money. This seat feels super comfortable for our daughter, which is important when she has to be stuck in it for a long car ride. She doesn't seem to mind it at all. In fact it sat for 3-4 days in the living room before I used it to replace the old car seat & base type. She would walk up to it & sit in it as if it was her own personal chair. Straps are super easy to adjust too, which is nice when she goes from one day to wearing a heavy winter jacket to the next day wearing only a light spring jacket; darn Iowa weather. The armrests pull out to release & pull back in to lock into place, makes getting her in & out a real breeze. The cup holder is detachable to make more room for others seated next to her. Material is easy to clean & matches the interior of our car(if that matters), pattern also seems like it will hide stains well; if it's not already.
Price was phenomenal compared to other similar offerings for 3-in-1 car seats. Shipping was pretty quick too. Others complained about the seatbelt latch in middle of the seat being too close. Right now for our daughter it is okay where it is, but I could see problems in the coming months. However, on our car seat there is a 2nd slot that sits farther away from the child, which it would seem that you could possibly move out for the adjustment of growing kids. No complaints here whatsoever 5 Stars all the way, solid construction; plenty of padding(our daughter clunks out almost every time); it can grow with your child, easy clean up; option rich; best of all it was the best price for the value that I could find anywhere online & shopping at retail locations.
Funny to say, but our daughter really does love to ride in it. Thank you both, [...] |
Two-time purchaser!
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| Review Date: October 18, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Trish Glaub, |
| Bought one -- my 8 month-old grandson loved it -- bought a second one for my new granddaughter! It is versatile, has soft, comfortable padding and gets excellent safety ratings. Shipment was prompt and the price was unbelievable for a convertible car seat of this caliber. When I have another grandchild, I'll buy it again! |
Such a great seat we now have 2.
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| Review Date: July 6, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Matt Sievers, Janesville, WI |
We have had this carseat for our 3 year old daughter since she outgrew her infant seat and now that her baby brother was due to outgrow the infant seat we decided to look for another exact seat and found it on Amazon for $60.00 less than we paid for the first one. We love the seat. It is installed and is removed from our minivan very easily and is very secure. If you don't have the LATCH system there is a great device from sunshine kids called the "Mighty Tight" it is like a ratcheting tie down and easy to use, get one to make the seat secure in non LATCH vehicles. I didn't have any problems with it at all. I would say that if you plan to remove the cover to wash it will take a few minutes, to take apart and put back together. About 10 minutes each way. The seat is comfortable for long trips and the kids like them. The reason the cupholder is not attached firmly is to be able to move it from side to side or remove it all together I like it and so do my kids. We would buy another if another child comes along.
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