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Graco SnugRide Infant Car Seat in Betsey | 
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| Brand: Graco
Category: Baby Product
List Price: $89.99
Buy New: $89.95
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 171
Color: Betsey
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12.7
Dimensions (in): 26.7 x 17.3 x 24.2
MPN: 8F23BET3
Model: 8F23BET3
UPC: 047406090808
EAN: 0047406090808
ASIN: B000WIEHCM
Release Date: October 1, 2007
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| Features:
| • | EPS energy absorbing foam | | • | Easy to read level indicator for proper installation. | | • | 5 point harness for a secure fit | | • | 180* adjustable canopy for weather protection | | • | Newborns 5-22 lbs. |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Life is complicated enough with a new baby, but at least you and your child can get around in stylish and convenient comfort with the Graco SnugRide 5-Point Infant Car Seat (Betsey). This rear-facing infant car seat doubles as an infant carrier and is designed for babies from 5 to 22 pounds in weight, up to 29 inches in height.  | The Graco SnugRide 5-Point Infant Car Seat (Betsey) offers: - Stay-in-car base design allows for quick and easy installation and removal.
- Attaches either by seat belts or via LATCH system.
- 180-degree adjustable canopy shields baby from sun and glare.
- Machine-washable seat cushion.
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The SnugRide Car Seat doubles as an infant carrier. View larger. | Built For Convenience
The SnugRide comes with a stay-in-car base, allowing the car seat to be quickly, conveniently installed and removed to double as an easy-to-use infant carrier. The stay-in-car base can be easily, securely installed using the car's seat belt or, if you have a newer-model vehicle, the LATCH system. An easy-to-read level indicator helps make sure that the seat is installed correctly. Once the base is installed, simply snap the car seat into the base, and remove it with the push of a button to use it as a carrier. A sturdy handle makes it easy and safe to carry the carrier on your arm, and it makes transporting your fragile newborn and sleeping older infants all the easier. The SnugRide is also compatible with many Graco strollers; simply snap the seat out of your vehicle, into your stroller, and go. Designed for Safety
With the SnugRide, you can be sure that your baby is riding in safe, protected comfort. The five-point harness, equipped with soft harness covers for extra comfort, keeps her secure, as does the specially designed, removable infant head and neck support, which is built in compatibility with the seat's safety design. EPS energy-absorbing foam adds extra protection, and a 180-degree adjustable canopy shields baby from sun and glare. Parents will especially appreciate that the removable seat cushion is machine washable. About Graco
In 1942, Russell Gray and Robert Cone formed Graco Metal Products, in Philadelphia, PA. For 11 years, the firm fabricated machine and car parts for local manufacturers. In 1953, Gray left the firm, leaving Cone as sole owner. Cone decided to manufacture his own line of products, but had trouble coming up with ideas. Enter David Saint, an engineer, tinkerer, and stained glass artisan who worked for Graco. Saint, himself a father of nine, was intrigued when an associate told him how his wife would soothe their tired and cranky baby while swinging in a backyard glider swing. Acting on this inspiration, he went to the drawing board and 18 months of hard work later, the world's first wind-up infant swing, the Graco Swyngomatic, was born. Graco sold millions of Swyngomatics in the coming years, becoming one of the world's leading manufacturers of juvenile products in the process. Today, Graco is a Newell Rubbermaid company, with 1500 associates worldwide. While a half-century has brought many changes to Graco, their dedication and commitment to designing and manufacturing top-quality products remains, and continues on. What's in the box
Graco SnugRide 5-Point Infant Car Seat (Betsey), stay-in-car base.
Product Description
Top rated for safety and ease of use by leading consumer magazines, it's no wonder that the SnugRide is America's favorite infant car seat. Equipped with a 5-point harness, an ergonomic carrying handle, a stay-in-car base, a canopy and an infant head rest for added comfort and support, this SnugRide infant car seat will serve you and your baby well. This model SnugRide infant car seat also has GracoPedic foam for luxurious comfort, an all weather boot with blanket for added warmth, and a double infant head support with comfy harness covers. Plus, harness straps that adjust at the front of the SnugRide infant car seat make getting your baby in and out of the SnugRide infant car seat even easier. And, when your baby is snug in their SnugRide, you can keep an eye on your little one thanks to the canopy peek-a-boo window. Now includes EPS Energy Absorbing Foam Liner. Features: - 5-point front adjust harness for a secure fit
- EPS, energy absorbing foam
- Convenient, stay-in-car adjustable base
- GracoPedic Luxury Foam molds to child's body for luxurious comfort
- Removable, all-weather boot with blanket helps protect your baby from the elements
- Removable double infant head support and comfy harness covers for a cozy ride
- 2-piece chest clip makes buckling and unbuckling easier
- Easy-to-read level indicator for proper installation
- 180-degree adjustable canopy with visor and window for weather protection
- Ergonomic handle for added carrying comfort
- LATCH equipped for easy installation
- Machine-washable padding
- Metal and plastic parts may be cleaned with mild soap and water
- Buckle may be cleaned with a damp cloth
- Recommended Use: Rear-facing Only, For newborns 5 to 22 lbs. and less than 29"
- Dimensions: 17.25"W x 26.72"D x 24.16"H
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| Customer Reviews: Read 59 more reviews...
 Easy to use, and stylish August 31, 2008
Holly Doherty (Surprise, AZ United States)
This is a great car seat. The front adjust makes it SUPER easy to make sure our baby is nice and snug. I've tried a rear-adjust seat, and they are MUCH more difficult to tighten. Front-adjust is definitely the way to go! The seat is easy to clip in and out of the base. The fully-adjustable sun shade means she is protected from the sun, no matter which way we're carrying her. I do wish that it would fit her until more than 22 lbs, but since she was less than 6 pounds at birth, I'm sure she'll turn a year old well before she'd outgrow it. As for weight, they'll all fairly heavy once you've got a baby in them. We get tons of compliments on this car seat. Since it's not available in mass-market stores, it gets a lot of attention for being unusual and stylish.
 Shipped in thin box, arrived damaged, incomplete refund August 30, 2008
Charles Peterson (San Antonio, TX USA)
I ordered Graco SnugRide for a baby shower present through a Target Gift Registry, processed through Amazon. It was shipped to me in the same thin single-ply cardboard box you buy it in stores. The box is very large and flimsy. It arrived with the box seriously dented on all sides, hardly worthy of presentation. But worse, when I opened it up, I found a 2 inch white stress line in the plastic, where apparently the beige plastic of the car seat (which seems fairly thin) was over stressed during shipping. The box had no padding inside whatsoever, the car set is simply wrapped in a plastic cover. I've done a lot of shipping, and I know you have to have 2 inches or more of padding on all sides, or double boxing, and a box this large should be double corrugated for strength.
It was convenient to be able to return the car set at a local Target store, but I was not refunded the shipping cost of $15, even though it was very clearly the faulty packaging by Amazon/Target that caused the unit to get damaged. I was also informed that Target does not carry the item in their stores, so it is only available through mail order. I'm going to try to find some other local seller.
The Super Saurus model in the Gift Registry that I ordered is apparently in the premium line of SnugRide car seats, having the "GracoPedic" foam padding for comfort (in addition to the EPS which is in all Snug Rides for safety). I wouldn't buy one of these without the GracoPedic foam. Baby should not be resting on the hard plastic (oh, well, maybe the plastic isn't that hard anyway). I think they should all come with the extra GracoPedic foam (though reportedly it doesn't hold up to washing), or at least it should be mentioned on the box. But it didn't mention the GracoPedic foam on the box, I only learned it from a review, and it is hard to tell otherwise.
For a top-rated product like this, I was not impressed by the thin plastic construction, which looks and feels cheap and flexible. more like a toy than a car safety device. And if you look at the 1-star reviews, these things can break in normal use, which I don't find reassuring. But I'm not sure what if anything is actually better than this from a safety perspective, as long as you replace it at the first sign of damage so it doesn't actually come apart in use.
Good Carseat August 19, 2008
Loving Life
I wish this pattern had been available in stores, but am quite happy with it so far. Love that it has the separate base to leave in the car, and the additional products that work with this carrier (swing, stroller frame). Only wish there was more padding under baby's bottom instead of just fabric & plastic.
good seat August 18, 2008
J. Croft (Potomac District)
this is a great seat. can only be found online. if you alread have a graco stroller this will fit it.
Handle is hard to move! August 6, 2008
K. Dyer
We decided that our last Evenflo car seat was too old for baby #2 (6 years) so we bought the Graco Snugride (Winnie the Pooh from Walmart). I checked carefully that it had the full canopy, not the mini-canopy that attaches to the back of the seat. However the handle is really hard to adjust -- it takes two hands to press the red lock releases -- if there is any pressure on the handle one or the other of the lock releases won't depress. I had forgotten how critical it is to be able to do this with one hand -- with milk, a diaper bag, or an older kids hand in the other. I wouldn't buy this again, and I'm trying to decide if we can stand it long enough for the baby to hit 22 pounds (she's 12 at the moment).
When the baby is sound asleep in the car seat (surely why you bought a snap-out car seat) the handle has a habit of sliding from an unlocked into locked position with a loud "WHACK!" that actually jars the seat -- waking the dead, let alone the sleeping baby.
The straps are also very hard to tighten -- you have to feed left and right separately through a metal fitting to adjust. Our last carseat (an Evenflo?) had a one handle release -- you pushed down, then it rotated, and there was enough stiffness in the handle that even in a non-locked position, it never adjusted itself when the baby was asleep.
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