Graco SnugRide Infant Car Seat Base
Easy-to-Use Convenience
Your SnugRide Infant Car Seat, which comes with its own base, is designed to snap in and out of the Infant Car Seat Base easily.
So whether Grandma or a nanny regularly drives baby around, or you have more than one vehicle in your family, you’ll find having a second Car Seat Base to be extremely convenient.
Rather than taking the time to install and reinstall your car seat every time baby needs a ride in a different vehicle, and rather than shelling out more cash to purchase another expensive car seat to keep in the second car, simply purchase another Car Seat Base to install in the alternate vehicle, so you can quickly, easily snap the Car Seat in place and go.
Designed for Easy Installation
The SnugRide Infant Car Seat Base is easily and securely installed using the vehicles seatbelt system or, if you have a newer-model vehicle, using the LATCH system. The base is specially designed to securely hold the SnugRide Car Seat in place and to adjust it to the proper recline. To use it with your Car Seat, simply lower the seat into the base until it snaps into place; use the Car Seat’s latch to release it from the base.
If you have more than one car, it’s so convenient having more than one car seat base. This extra SnugRide Infant Car Seat Base lets your SnugRide Infant Car Seat easily and quickly click in to Dad’s or Grandma’s vehicle, so you can keep your other base permanently installed in Mom’s car. This way, Baby gets more than one chauffer, and you get hassle-free infant transit.
Graco SnugRide Features:
- Convenient, stay-in-car base only needs to be installed once
- Adjusts to position your SnugRide Infant Car Seat to the proper recline
- Convenient extra base so Baby can easily ride in Dad’s and Mom’s car, or Grandma’s too
- LATCH equipped for easy installation
- Metal and plastic parts may be cleaned with mild soap and water
- Rear-facing only for use with SnugRide Infant Car Seat
- Dimensions: 17.2″W x 23.2″D x 9.8″H
- Weight: 5.4 lbs.
87 of 88 people found the following review helpful:
Double Your Infant Seat’s Usefulness for a Little Money, June 20, 2005
By D. R. Jeanclerc “Reader, Listener & Obsessive… (Brunswick, OH USA)
My wife and I have been long-time fans of our Graco infant seat, so much so that we would have been willing to purchase a second one in order to ensure that either my wife or I would always be ready to get up and go with our son when necessary. However, Graco saved us from having to do that by offering this base alone as an accessory.
Some other reviews have claimed that having an additional base isn’t really necessary because LATCH allows you to easily move the base from car-to-car. This sounds reasonable on paper, but breaks down in real life:
* What if one of your cars is older than 2001 and doesn’t have LATCH? Ask anyone who’s correctly installed a car seat or base via the seatbelt and they’ll confirm that it is a physically difficult endeavor. Faced with a choice between regularly undergoing this exertion or else investing in an additional base and then leaving it in place, I’d bet 99% would go for the base (the other 1% apparently enjoy a vigorous workout at the most inopportune times).
* Will you always have the time to switch? When you’re commuting or traveling with an infant, time is an even more crucial resource than usual. Plus, any number of other factors (What if you’re alone with the baby? What if the weather is severe?) could make the prospect of a guaranteed quick departure well worth the $40 spent on a spare base.
* What about unforseen schedule changes? When our son began going to day care, he had to be brought home early on several occasions because of ailments. Having a base in each car meant that either of us could go get him. So if one of was too tied up at the office, we wouldn’t have to stress over begging out of work early during a busy time.
More than a simple convenience, having a base in each of your family’s vehicles is an insurance policy against being painted into a corner when getting around town with your little one. Any working parent will especially appreciate not having to stress over “do I have the car with the car seat?” at any given time. We’ve gotten our money’s worth out of this accessory time and time again.
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