September is baby safety month . We thought that this would be a good time to share with you, our lovely readers, our thoughts and opinions on Britax’s Boulevard car seat. While we were contacted by Britax and received compensation in exchange for a review post, all opinions expressed are completely ours.
The Britax Boulevard car seat is jam packed with some pretty incredible safety features! In fact, they have safety features in place that the US government doesn’t even require yet. While there is no federal regulatory standards for testing, Britax has gone above and beyond to ensure its passengers are the safest possible. The have their own crash test simulators around the world and use strict global certification requirements. They care so much for your child’s safety that they FAR exceed the federal standards! In my opinion, and in many others, Europe has much stricter guidelines than the US for car seat safety and Britax has made sure that their car seats go above and beyond even those standards! Britax Boulevard 70-G3 and Britax Advocate 70-G3 car seats have more safety features than ANY other brand out there today.
Besides the most important factor, safety, my second most important factor is ease of use and cleaning. My youngest child (the one in the seat) is incredibly sensitive to motion. He tends to get an upset tummy almost every time we’re in the car longer than an hour. It’s so sad for him (and me) but it’s also sooooo exhausting because cleaning a car seat cover can be incredibly frustrating. OK, not the cleaning part but the removal of the cover and the replacement of the cover. Britax has won me over with its ease of removal and replacement. Check out the video below:
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Some of the safety features I fell in love with are:
Revolutionary Head Safety Technology- this feature helps to reduce the risk of head injury to your most precious cargo (you child) in the event of an automobile crash. This Britax car seats helps provide complete protection from all sides!
Rigid Shell and Deep Walls– The shell of the car seat comes complete with a rigid shell that is lined with energy-absorbing foam to provide side impact protection. Talk about being a leader in safety engineering!
HUGS™– Their HUGS™ energy absorbing stitching will help you clearly know if a car seat is unsafe to use after an automobile accident. These straps will indicate if replacement of the child seat is necessary by ripping from the impact of a crash. If they are ripped the seat is no longer acceptable for use. Per their user guide “HUGS™ chest pads must be used when the child seat is installed in forward-facing mode. HUGS ™ chest pads must be removed when a snug harness cannot be achieved in rear facing for small infants.
Ease of adjustment– By providing easy harness, height, recline and installation adjustments there is no excuse but to have the seat fitting your child perfectly. I have seen MANY car seats that make it incredibly difficult to adjust the headrest, the harness or the seat itself and often will put off adjusting until absolutely necessary. With Britax this concern is vanished.
Base– The base of the Britax Boulevard car seat is not just hard plastic. It is covered in a non-slip rubberized grip. Why is this important? Federal standards indicate that a car seat should not move more than ½ inch in any direction in a car once installed. We have leather seats in our vehicle and I have never been able to find a way to install a car seat that will prevent it from slipping less than ½ inch. Or local police station has a certified car seat installer on duty five days a week and he has seen so many car seats improperly installed. He had suggested we use a beach towel to secure it, a pool noodle cut in half to prevent slippage, among other things. The rubberized grip eliminates the need for anything other than the seat itself!
Thank you Britax for the opportunity to review the Britax Boulevard car seat! I am completely in love! Britax has generously offered one of our lucky readers the gift of their very own Britax Boulevard car seat!!!! Enter below to win.
Safety matters when it comes to car seats. I want one that will protect my child. And Britax convertible car seats have so many safety features — and knowing that makes me feel like my child is safe while in the car. Click here to learn more about Britax safety features.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Britax. The opinions and text are 100% mine.
