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: #184 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

Good Carseat
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
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!
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.