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Travel Car Seat Research
Key Takeaways
- Graco SlimFit 3-in-1 Convertible Car Seat has been chosen as the best convertible travel seat by all VeryWellFamily, Wanderlust Storytellers, BabyList, Trip Savvy, Good House Keeping and BabyCenter.
- VeryWellFamily, Wanderlust Storytellers, and BabyCenter's lists for best travel car seats ranked Cosco Apt 50 Convertible Car Seat as one of the top and most affordable car seats in 2021.
- Cosco Finale DX 2-in-1 Combination Car Seat, which is also one of the top car seats in 2021, as per the rankings published by Trip Savvy, it weighs 12.17 pounds, and the weight limit on this car seat ranges between 30 to 65 pounds.
Introduction
We have provided five of the top travel car seats, which include Evenflo Chase Plus Booster, Diono Radian 3R, Graco SlimFit 3-in-1 Convertible Car Seat, Cosco Finale DX 2-in-1 Combination Car Seat, and Cosco Apt 50 Convertible Car Seat. These car seats were included in the top lists by VeryWellFamily, Wanderlust Storytellers, BabyList, Trip Savvy, Good House Keeping and BabyCenter. All the information requested for each of these products has been duly populated in the attached spreadsheet. We have also included pricing information for these products below, along with some basic details about these products.
Findings
Graco SlimFit 3-in-1 Convertible Car Seat
- Graco SlimFit 3-in-1 Convertible Car Seat weighs 19.47 pounds; in the rear-facing setting, the weight limit is set between 5 to 40 pounds, and in the forward-facing mode, the weight limit ranges between 22 to 65 pounds.
- The overall user rating on Walmart for this product is 4.8.
Diono Radian 3R
- The total weight of the Diono Radian R3 is about 25.9 pounds; the car seat offers three settings rear-facing, forward-facing, and booster mode. For the rear-facing option, the weight limit is set between 5 to 50 pounds, and in the forward-facing setting, the weight limit ranges between 22-65 pounds.
- Walmart user rating for this product is 4.8 stars.
Cosco Finale DX 2-in-1 Combination Car Seat
- Cosco Finale DX 2-in-1 Combination Car Seat weighs 12.17 pounds, and the weight limit on this car seat ranges between 30 to 65 pounds. The height limit for this car seat ranges between 32 to 49 inches.
- The overall user rating on Walmart for this product is 4.6.
Cosco Apt 50 Convertible Car Seat
- The Cosco Apt 50 Convertible Car Seat weighs about 11 pounds; in its rear-facing mode, the weight limit ranges between 5 to 40 pounds, and in the forward-facing setting, the weight limit is between 22 to 50 pounds.
- Walmart user rating for this product is 4.4 stars.
Evenflo Chase Plus Booster
- Evenflo Chase Plus Booster weighs 9.5 pounds, and the weight limit for this car seat ranges between 22 to 40 pounds, which can be expanded up to 120 pounds with the help of the high back booster.
- It only offers a forwards-facing setting and the height limits for the seat range from 28 to 57 inches.
- The overall user rating on Walmart for this product is 4.5.
- All additional details about each of these car seats have been provided in the attached spreadsheet.
Research Strategy
To provide a list of five of the top travel car seats in 2021, we combed through top travel car seat lists from popular portals like VeryWellFamily, Wanderlust Storytellers, BabyList, Trip Savvy, Good House Keeping and BabyCenter. Other than the precompiled lists, we also relied on user ratings for the selected car seats on retail portals like Walmart. The lists included some of the car seats that were already included in the attached spreadsheet; we have included additional options from each of these pre-compiled lists. We focused on options that were common across these lists. We were able to include five of the top travel car seat options for the year 2021, and we have presented our findings in the attached spreadsheet.