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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #140 in Baby Product
• Color: Betsey
• Brand: Graco
• Model: 8F23BET3
• Released on: 2007-10-01
• Dimensions: 24.16" h x 17.25" w x 26.72" l, 12.66 pounds

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.

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.

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.

From the Manufacturer
America's favorite infant car seat,SnugRide in Betsey. Equipped with a 5-point harness, an ergonomic carrying handle, a stay-in-car base, and a canopy, this infant car seat will serve you and your baby well. Also now includes EPS, Energy Absorbing Foam Liner.

Customer Reviews

Great Item!
The car seat is adorable, I order it as a gift for a bridal shower and is very cute.

Strapping in the child feature is extremely inconvenient and impractical - BEWARE!
We recently bought this car seat without knowing that Graco car seats actually have 2 different kinds of methods of tightening the baby seat belt in the car seat. We found that this particular colour that we bought Tango, you had to place the child in the seat, tilt the car seat forward, all the while making sure to hold the child in the seat so that he does not fall out, tighten the belt from the back of the car seat before the belt is tight enough to be used. There is the other type of car seat where there is a strap at the bottom where you can simply just pull to tighten. I do not know why Graco is still circulating car seats that has the extremely impractical and inconvenient model. In the end we returned this seat to Amazon, and went to Babies R US to view the right model and bought from there. We ended up paying a cheaper price as well.

Too small for 36 week PREMIE
Just wanted everyone to know that although this seat is rated for infants 5 lbs and up, that our 5 lb 15 oz baby did not fit and was not allowed to leave the hospital in it. Our hospital does a carseat study before you leave. We had to go buy a different seat (the Graco Snugride fit fine). So, please be aware before you go to the hospital with this. Might be good to borrow a friends Snugride just in case...you will only need it for a month maybe, then you can move up to the Safeseat. The two problems were: The straps above the baby's shoulders were more than an inch too high. The strap between the legs was almost 2 inches away from the baby's croch.

We haven't officially used this seat yet. I rated it 4 stars because I anticipate we will love it...when we get to use it. Just wanted people to be aware of this potential problem. This is not what you want to hear when you are trying to get yourself and your infant out of the hospital and then you have to send someone out to buy a new carseat - STRESS!!!