Consumer Reports New Cars – November 2019

Ratings Child Car Seats for All Ages!
RECOMMENDED
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WORSE BETTER

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HIGHBACK-TO-BACKLESS BOOSTERS

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Evenflo Big Kid Sport

(Model # starts with 319)^75 $30^050300040 Pass

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Evenflo Big Kid Sport

(Model # starts with 365)^75 $30^050300030 Pass

! 00 Nuna AACE^72 $200 400 300 040 Pass

! 00 Chicco Kidfit^70 $100 400 400 040 Pass

HIGHBACK BOOSTERS

! 00 Cybex Solution M-Fix^70 $220 040 NA 040 Pass

$ 00 Cybex Solution X-Fix^70 $140 040 NA 040 Pass

BACKLESS BOOSTERS

$ 00 Harmony Youth Booster^70 $11 NA 400 040 Pass

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Peg Perego Viaggio

Shuttle 120^61 $130 NA^300040 Pass

! 00 Chicco Gofit^61 $40 NA^4003 Pass

HOW WE TEST: Our car-seat ratings
are based on a combination of
Crash Protection, Ease of Use, and
Fit-to-Vehicle (how simple it is

to install) using both LATCH and

seat-belt installation. Boosters

and all-in-ones are rated for their

potential to provide a proper belt

fit. Booster models have been

crash-tested only for structural

integrity. All models were tested

to our new protocol and are rated

Basic, Better, or Best based on their

relative potential to provide an

additional margin of safety. CR Best

Buys are notable values. To learn

more about child safety seats, go to

CR.org/carseats.

Brand & Model Overall Score Price Test Results

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Milestone^79 $230Best^404004043050

! 00 Graco 4Ever^75 $300Best 40 40 040430 50

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Symphony

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72 $200Best 40 40 040540 40

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SafeMax

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64 $280Best 30 30 040440 40

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REAR-FACING INFANT SEATS

00! Chicco KeyFit^86 $180 Best 005 5 0 00 50

00! Chicco KeyFit 30^84 $200 Better 005 5 0 00 50

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Graco Snugride

Snuglock 35 DLX^83 $200 Better^005 5 0^0050

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Graco Snugride

Snuglock 35 Elite^83 $200 Better^005 5 0^0050

00! GB Asana 35 DLX^82 $300 Best 005 5 0 00 40

00! Chicco Fit2^80 $280 Better 004 5 0 00 50

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Graco Nautilus

SnugLock LX^82 $205 Better^04500550

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Cosco Highback

Booster^75 $42 Best^04500440

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Evenflo Maestro

Sport^73 $75 Best^04500430

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Graco Nautilus

65 LX^72 $170 Better^04500450

! 0 Chicco MyFit LE^71 $200 Better^04400450

$ 0 Evenflo Evolve^71 $130 Best^05400430

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Evenflo SafeMax

3-In-1^71 $180 Best^04400430

Britax Frontier

ClickTight^70 $240 Basic^04500540

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Graco Nautilus 65

DLX^70 $180 Better^04500450

! 0 Chicco MyFit^70 $160 Better^04400450

Graco Nautilus 65

LX TrueShield^67 $180 Better^04500350

Graco Atlas (^65) $130 Basic 0550 0440
Graco Tranzitions 61 $90 Best 0430 0240
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CONVERTIBLE SEATS
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Britax Boulevard
ClickTight^85 $300 Best^0450055005
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Britax Marathon
ClickTight^85 $280 Best^0450055005
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Chicco NextFit
iX Zip^82 $280 Best^0550055005
! 00 Nuna Rava^82 $450 Better^0540055005
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Cosco Scenera
NEXT^74 $45 Better^0440035004
$ 00 Evenflo Sure Ride^74 $100 Best^0440045005
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CR BEST BUY