Britax Roundabout 55 Convertible Car Seat Review

Britax Roundabout 55

I love convertible car seats like the Britax Roundabout 55 and can say that, as far as Britax convertible car seats go, they are continuing with their tradition of building safe, high quality car seats.

The Britax 55 follows on from other Britax car seats, and indeed is meant as a direct replacement for the Britax 50, which itself, was a fine seat.

Like a lot of similar convertible car seats, it places safety as it’s No 1 priority. This of course, is absolutely right. The important thing that most manufacturers remember, though sadly not all, is that while our children must be kept safe, they also need to be comfortable. This, as with other Britax car seats, is not a problem. Your child will be very secure and comfortable in the Britax 55. Britax have remembered that at any given time, our children may have several layers of clothes on, and to allow for this, they have made the Britax very easy to adjust .

It measures 19.5 x 18.5 x 26 inches, and weighs 17 pounds so although it’s not the biggest child car seat you will ever see, it isn’t particularly light. However, as I have said with my other convertible car seat reviews, the weight of the seat is only really relevant if you intend to continually remove it, or transfer it from one car to another.  I willl be honest and say I don’t know of any official figures, but speaking to my girlfriends, I would say the majority of them don’t tend to remove our seats from the cars too often.


Anyway let’s check out the features :

• It has Safecell technology which during an accident, will allow the safecells to compress which in turn should stop your child being propelled toward the front of the car.

• To strengthen the connection to the car during a crash, it has integrated steel barswhich can help reduce forward momentum

• Side impact protection which will help to shield your chid from any potential crush injuries caused by vehicle intrusion

• Fits children from 5 pounds upto 55 pounds

 

Ease of use for Britax Roundabout 55

The Britax Roundabout 55 has some great features which make it a breeze to install and use.
A friend of a friend has one and she confirmed that she and her husband found it easy to attach to the latch system in her car. The strap tightening system is not dissimilar to the Chicco brand so if you are familiar with that and liked it, then this could be for you.

Once installed, the connectors can be easily uninstalled by a push button mechanism that makes life very simple.

The seat does come with a manual which advises against washing the cover.My friend’s friend did say however, that due to an older brother spilling incident, she had to wash the cover and luckily it came out fine.


The Britax Roundabout 55 comes with a one year limited warrany, which will be in addition to your statutory rights should the seat be faulty, although I have certainly never heard of a Britax having any such problems.
Overall, the Britax Roundabout 55 is a quality seat that, like other Britax car seats, takes safety very seriously, and if you buy this seat, you can rest assured that your children will be safe and comfortable.

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