{"id":8029,"date":"2012-10-09T12:27:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T17:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10rate.com\/?p=8029"},"modified":"2012-10-09T12:27:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T17:27:05","slug":"some-car-seats-are-less-intimidating-to-use-than-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/some-car-seats-are-less-intimidating-to-use-than-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Car Seats are Less Intimidating to Use than Others"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Valerie Baldowski<\/a><\/strong>
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There are oodles of car seats on the market but not all of them are user-friendly. Some are pretty expensive, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean they\u2019re easy to install quickly when you\u2019re in a hurry to travel with your baby or toddler. We\u2019ve talked about the lightest, but what most parents want to know is how easy they are to buckle up in the back seat. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has some answers in its \u201cEase of Use\u201d ratings list.<\/p>\n

The NHTSA categorizes the ratings from best to worst, with five stars for excellent and one star for poor or substandard features. All types of child restraint systems are rated, including infant, convertible, combination seats, 3-in-1, and even booster seats. Some brands of car seats rate better than others. The seats are evaluated according to:<\/p>\n

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  1. \tHow easy the labeling is to read and decipher<\/li>\n
  2. \tHow simple the instructions are to understand<\/li>\n
  3. \tHow secure the child is when buckled into the seat<\/li>\n
  4. \tThe usefulness of the seats\u2019 installation features<\/li>\n
  5. \tThe overall ease in using it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Three infant seats that rate five stars for overall ease of use are The 1st Years Via<\/strong>, the Evenflo Secure Ride 35<\/strong> and the Evenflo Serenade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n