Favorite Car Seat Brands

Below are just some of the most popular car seat brands available to your child. The price ranges from the low to the high-end. Low price doesn’t mean lower quality and higher price doesn’t mean high quality as well. Better check products from each car seat manufacturers if you’re on the lookout for a new car seat for your child. Between all of them, they should carry all types of car seats for children of different shapes and sizes. Again, I would like to reiterate that you should always follow the manufacturer guidelines for proper usage of the seats. You don’t want to err on the most important rule of car seat usage and that is “correct installation”.

Favorite Car Seat Brands (in no particular order)

1. Britax

 Britax has been a pioneer in child passenger safety for more than 35 years, with a legacy of leadership in developing innovations that enhance the safety of child seats and improve their ease of installation and use. Our uncompromising focus has made Britax the best-selling child seat in Europe and one of the brands most trusted by American parents and caregivers since entering the U.S. market in 1996. Our commitment to improving child safety is unparalleled, as evidenced by the fact that our products undergo the most rigorous testing in our industry at five Britax testing facilities worldwide.

2. Cosco (by Dorel)

For over 25 years, Dorel Juvenile Group has been dedicated to helping provide a safer world for children. Our disciplined approach to product development is showcased by our diverse portfolio of powerful brands and innovative products. Each brand encompasses a vast breath of products – from car seats to strollers, high chairs to play yards, monitors to childproofing products, and more – proving year after year why we’re the leader in the juvenile industry.

Today Dorel Juvenile Group manufacturers the Safety 1^st®, Cosco®, Quinny® and Maxi-Cosi® brands as well as licensed brands including Disney® and Eddie Bauer®. Dorel Juvenile Group attributes its success to an unwavering commitment to safety and value. It’s what parents have grown to expect from the company: improved convenience, durability, safety and product innovation.

3. Chicco

Pietro Catelli, Artsana founder and president, was born in Como on April 14, 1920. Awarded the honorary title of "Cavaliere del Lavoro", Catelli has always centered his career on human relationships and a contagious love of his work. In the post-war years he managed to take advantage of the synergy between product quality, brand identity and the power of communications. He established Artsana in Como in 1946 to produce and sell hypodermic needles, thermometers and syringes. The Chicco brand was born in 1958, along with Catelli's first son, Enrico.

4. Graco

Graco continues its tradition of innovation, with products like the imonitor™ Digital Baby Monitor and the compact folding Contempo™ Highchair. In 1998, Graco proudly acquired Century Car Seats, combining two of the most respected brand names in baby products, and leading to innovative products like the TurboBooster® SafeSeat™ (Step 3) youth booster car seat. Today, Graco is a Newell Rubbermaid™ company, with 1500 associates worldwide. While a half-century has brought many changes to Graco, the dedication and commitment to designing and manufacturing top-quality products—products that inspire parents and babies alike—remains, and continues on.

5. Combi

Combi makes your daily life more enjoyable and comfortable as we aim at bringing you a creative and heart-warming lifestyle. A shortening of the word "combination" which itself refers to the combination of mother and child, Combi provides products and services that establish wholesome environments to support the healthy growth of infants.

With our eyes on the global community, we are rapidly expanding from our core focus on mothers and children into the overall lifestyles of families. We also plan a global expansion of our activities and efforts in the area of "quality", "brand recognition" and "revitalization of people and organization".

6. Peg Perego

It’s been said that the best ideas are born of necessity and this is certainly true of Peg Perego, a global leader in the design and production of infant and juvenile products. Unhappy with the non-availability of juvenile products for their infant son in 1949, Giuseppe Perego decided to design his own baby carriage. The aesthetics, functionality and the beautiful fabrics added by his wife caught the attention of parents in the Perego’s small Italian neighborhood. Soon they were inundated with requests by neighbors for carriages for their own children. Peg Perego was born.

It wasn’t long before word of the baby carriages spread, and the company introduced high chairs, strollers, and other juvenile products. With each new product, the family commitment to quality continued.

7. Compass (by Learning Curve)

Learning Curve offers developmental toys that engage children, and provide parents with peace of mind, knowing their children are being inspired and enlightened by safe and quality playthings. And our care, safety, feeding and soothing products provide you with solutions to day-to-day needs at mealtime, bedtime, at home and on-the-go..

We offer a wide range of age-specific brands to choose from, including: The First Years®, Lamaze®, John Deere Kids™, Thomas & Friends™ and Bob the Builder, to name a few. And all toys are thoroughly researched to nurture young minds in a wholesome, non-violent environment. Learning Curve products are designed under the direction of educators, child development authorities, parents like you and children like yours..

8. Recaro

The way from carriage to car seat is a symptomatic reflection of the development of the entire Motor Vehicle Industry. Technical expertise and an accurate feeling for the market and its trends have played an equally important role in Recaro's History. As a division of Keiper Recaro, Recaro has, over the years, gained a firmly established position in the motoring "landscape" as one of the best known and most successful brand names in the motor accessories business - WORLD WIDE. Recaro stands for more than "just" a seat - it represents a WHOLE philosophy!

Note: Descriptions about each of the car seat manufacturers are taken from their site.