Give me reviews about the graco nautilus car seat. Is it a good one to buy?

Question

Give me reviews about the graco nautilus car seat. Is it a good one to buy?

Answer 1

The Graco Nautilus is a new 3-in-1 car seat that goes from a 5-point harness car seat to a booster to a backless booster. Graco bills it as "the only forward facing car you're your child will need," but does the Nautilus fill that bill? What about ease of use and, of course, safety? What's the reality of using the Nautilus compared to what Graco says it should do?

The Graco Nautilus is only a forward-facing car seat and the safest thing for children is to be rear-facing until the limits of their car seat so I would recommend a convertible car seat for as long as possible.

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Answer 2

Here's some great reviews by car seat safety experts:

http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t...

http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t...

And comparisons to other seats:

http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t...

Its a GREAT seat - especially for the price. Harnesses to 65lbs, then becomes a great booster. If your child is over 2 years old, or over 30-35lbs, then it makes a great seat. If your child is under 2 or less than 30-35lbs, he needs to still be rear facing, and then the Nautilus is not the choice for you b/c it is forward facing only. A better option would be the Evenflo Triumph Advance for the same price.

Turning kids forward at 20lbs/1year is an outdated practice that could cost you your child's life!

1)A forward-facing child under 2 years old is 5 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a crash than a rear-facing child of the same age.

2)A child's vertabrae do not fully fuse until 3-6 years old, before then, she is at great risk for internal decapitation. The spinal column can stretch up to 2 inches in a crash BUT the spinal cord can only stretch up to 1/4 inch before it snaps and baby is gone.

3)Current research suggests that children under the age of two years are 75 percent less likely to die or be seriously injured when they are riding rear facing.

4)In a recent article from Injury Prevention, it was found that the odds of severe injury to forward facing children age 12-23 months old was 5.32 times higher than a rear facing child. (Car Safety Seats For Children: Rear Facing For Best Protection; Injury Prevention 2007; 13:398-402.)

It works this way: when you get in an accident and run into something, the car stop suddently, but everything and everyone in the car keeps moving in the direction the car was moving when it stopped, in most accidents, this is forward. So in an accident with a child in a forward facing seat, his head, the heaviest part of the body on babies and toddlers, flies forward very forcefully and easily snaps. If that same child is in a rear facing seat, his head tries to fly forward but is supported by the back of the rear facing seat, so there is no stress put on the child's neck and spine.

Check out this photo album exclusively of rear facing kids, many of them much older than 12 months: http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/RFAlbum...  There isn't a single documented case of a child breaking their legs b/c they were rear facing in an accident. There are, however, lots of cases where children have been killed and seriously injured where a rear facing seat would have protected them better.

Answer 3

My boy has a Graco and a Simpson. The Graco is easier to get him in and out of but the Simpson holds him in better!