Britax Advocate 70-G3 Convertible Car Seat Seat, Onyx
From Britax USA
| List Price: | $379.99 |
| Price: | $271.29 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. |
Product Description
The Britax Advocate 70 G3 convertible car seat accommodates children rear facing from 5 to 40 pounds and forward facing from 20 to 70 pounds. The Advocate 70 G3 is purposefully designed and engineered to minimize the forward movement of your child's head during a frontal impact to reduce the risk of head injury with the following revolutionary Britax head safety technologies: Base with SafeCell Technology designed to compress in a crash, significantly lowering the center of gravity and counteracting the forward rotation of the child seat. Integrated Steel Bars strengthen the connection to the vehicle and reduce forward flexing of the child seat during a crash. Energy Absorbing Versa Tether features a two point attachment and staged release tether webbing to slow the forward movement and reduce the crash forces reaching the child. HUGS Chest Pads with SafeCell Technology are affixed to the seat shell to ensure proper positioning while SafeCells compress to manage energy and provide resistance to the forward movement of your child in a crash.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #637 in Baby Product
- Color: Onyx
- Brand: Britax USA
- Model: E9BG81A
- Released on: 2012-11-13
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 26.00" h x22.25" w x21.00" l,21.60 pounds
Features
- Side Impact Cushion Technology features energy absorbing cushions on the exterior of the child seat to reduce side impact crash energy by 45% by diverting crash forces away from your child and providing extra protection for the adjacent passenger
- True Side Impact Protection to distribute crash forces, shield from vehicle intrusion, and contain the head, neck and body while keeping them in true or aligned
- Click and Safe Snug Harness Indicator is an audible aid that provides extra assurance when the harness is within range of appropriate snugness
- Base with SafeCell Technology designed to compress in a crash, significantly lowering the center of gravity and counteracting the forward rotation of the child seat which normally propels the child toward the front seat
- Integrated Steel Bars strengthen the connection to the vehicle and reduce forward flexing of the child seat during a crash
Most helpful customer reviews
162 of 166 people found the following review helpful.I was recently in a serious collision where my son and I were tboned by a semi truck that ran a red light going about 45mph. After being cut out of our SUV, the firefighters and medics were amazed that my son was not more seriously injured and attributed it to this excellent car seat - from what I hear they highly praised it (I was being airlifted to the hospital so didn't actually hear their comments myself) and they felt that it saved his life. It is extremely well built, large, solid and worth every penny. Yes, these are expensive car seats but isn't your child's life worth it? It fit well in my mid sized SUV and my son never complained about getting into it. Nice, plush fabric. A bit of a pain to clean, but that was a very minor annoyance in my book.I will never buy another brand of car seat - I am buying a new one now to replace the one that was in the crash.
124 of 130 people found the following review helpful.I did a lot of research before I got this car seat and this is our first Britax/convertible car seat. When we received it, it was in a box with holes in it for easy carrying. We did open everything and left it "air out" for about a week in our breezeway. It did not have a strong smell, even though it was manufactured only the month before (July), but we did it to try and "burn off" some of the toxins. The Opus Gray is scaled at "Medium" for toxins, which there aren't many of Britax car seats that are lower unless you get an infant car seat.[...]STRAPS:I was happy to see how easy it was to make it "fit" your child. We have a 8 month old (about 20lbs and 29in long), and he fits in it just fine. Now we did have to remove the padding on the straps because they don't bend well and made it impossible to strap him in correctly. I agree with another reviewer, when they said that they would not recommend a child smaller than this. I really don't see how any child smaller than 20lbs would fit in this car seat properly with the HUGS and padding. Britax recommends having the HUGS left on unless 12lbs or under. Again I don't see how that would be possible since they are pretty big. Other than that, the straps are nice and my husband LOVES the Click & Safe feature! He now feels confident that our son is in correctly. It does take him a bit longer to put him in this car seat vs the infant but with the infant, you had the straps set at a length and kept it there until you couldn't squeeze your child in it any longer.I did read on other reviews about their child chewing on the HUGS. Ours hasn't done that...YET. But I think that I will call Britax and ask them about the HUGS that are with harder plastic and see if I can get a pair (since apparently they know it's an issue), so that when he does start to chew on them, I can switch them out.SIDE IMPACT:My son does not seem to mind the "wings" (as I would call them) beside his head at all. He has quite a bit of room as of right now on both sides, so that could change later on. They are nice when he falls asleep though because it gives him a place for his head to go and not end up in an awkward position. The outer side impact are, basically, big soft plastic "bubbles" (can't think of any other word right now) that are filled with air and you can make "breath" just by pushing on them.RECLINE:The Britax has 3 positions. The lowest you use for rear facing, which isn't as low as the infant car seat, so my son is happy with that. Once you place it forward facing you have 2 other positions to choose from. I'm sure we will stick with the middle position, as long as our car corporates, until he is bigger and want to sit fully up and down.INSTALLING:The seat is quite heavy and would not want to have to move it from one car to the next. But I guess that is to be expected with how solid it is. I definitely feel better with our son in this car seat vs the infant. We used the LATCH system and it does not move an INCH! (unlike our infant car seat) Britax does recommend, for rear facing, to use the 2nd tether up at the top, but we did not see how we would be able to get our son in and out without undoing it EVERY time. Now, we did have to roll up a small towel to put under the car seat where the crack of the seat is to make the car seat level (Britax does recommend using either a rolled up towel or a pool noodle) since our car seats slope a little towards the back of the car. We were able to install the car seat in the middle rear facing with it reclined all the way down, as recommended by Britax for rear facing, even with my husband's seat where it needs to be (he is 6'1"). When we tested it out at Baby R Us, it will fit perfectly when it is forward facing in the middle also. We tested a Graco My Ride 65 along with the Britax models and the My Ride did not fit at all in out '08 Civic (Sedan) rear facing or forward facing unless you want your seat ALL the way up.The ONLY problem that I have found with installing the car seat in the middle is that, you really don't have room to fit in the back on either side. Now, I did for a ride or 2 to make sure that he was ok in his new seat (and I'm short BUT lets just say I'm not quite that skinny anymore). It was a tight squeeze and was uncomfortable for me to sit back there. I'm sure a skinny person would be ok, but if you wanted to put another child in that likes to move or that needed a car seat also, you would have to remove it from the middle so that they could fit. But I'm sure if you had a bigger car (not a compact car like us) you would have more room. Once we decide to have #2 and all, this car seat will be moved to the side, but I feel A LOT better doing it with this car seat (with 3x the side impact protection) vs any other car seat when that time comes.SIDE NOTE:The car seat does come with a little "insert" for smaller children (is shown in picture), like our son, BUT if your child is smaller than that; Britax recommends another/different insert which does NOT come with the car seat. If our son was smaller, I would definitely look into getting it when ordering the car seat itself.UPDATE 11/10/12:I received an e-mail from Amazon stating that Britax was VOLUNTARILY recalling their HUGS pads on this model, along with others, because of children being able to chew pieces off making them a choking hazard. When we called Britax to get our harder HUGS pads FREE IF CHARGE, they said that ours were already being mailed out to us since we had registered our car seat. It is nice to know that Britax is on top of things when it comes to our child's safety.
57 of 63 people found the following review helpful.We bought this seat after doing some research in Consumer Reports and reading other Amazon reviews. I wish I could give it 5 stars. The rear-facing installation was slightly difficult, but nothing too bad. However, we immediately had problems buckling our 10 month child into the seat. Our child is 27 inches tall and less than 22 pounds. The harness is let out all the way, but our child cries every time we go to buckle him in--it is just too tight. I thought this was very strange given all the rave reviews of this product, and the fact that it is designed to hold up to a 70 pound child.I scheduled an appointment with our Secretary of State's office to have the seat inspected. The inspector said this is an EXCELLENT seat, but she has heard the same complaint about this particular seat recently from eight other families. She told me to call Britax, noting they have great customer service, and to tell them I needed a bigger harness. The inspector said she did not know why two sizes of harnesses existed, or why only the smaller size came with the product. She is concerned enough that she is in the process of writing an official letter of complaint to the company.I left the appointment this morning and immediately called the Britax 800 number. They took down my seat's serial #, batch #, and date and said they would send me a larger harness for free right away. They did not seem to be surprised by my call and they did not give me any sort of explanation.We also have a Britax Roundabout and have not had any of these issues. I'm looking forward to getting the new harness so I can buckle my child properly.
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