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When we had our kids, this mirror was really great for giving the rear-facing child seat occupant (that would be our boys) a view of the driver and the driver a view of their faces. Soon enough they outgrew the seating layout and the mirror got stowed in the door pocket. It was great for the kids and us and we really got a lot of use out of it. But wait, we weren't done with it yet!

When I got my Jeep, I happened to come across the little mirror again and decided to try it for a blind spot mirror. I never liked those little circular ones that go on the side mirrors because they take up too much room and they're so small they aren't really very useful.

Instead I stuck this mirror up on the left corner of my windshield where the only thing it blocked is low flying aircraft. And it provides a rear-view that covers my blind spot perfectly and is large enough to actually see what's going on. The added bonus is that because it's inside, it never gets wet, icy or fogged up. It's been on my windshield ever since.

The kids are 7 and 9 now so that little mirror is almost a decade old and it still sticks to the window and has survived several bumps and never broke! Not bad for a few bucks!

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The mirror is made of a plastic mirror film that is not even glass. This cause the image to be distorted. Also it is too small and suction falls off easily.

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THIS ITEM IS TOO SMALL. I KEPT PUTTING IT ON THE BACK WINDSHIELD BUT IT KEPT FALLING DOWN EACH TIME. I COULD NOT SEE MY BABY IN THIS TINY MIRROR. NOT WORTH THE MONEY AT ALL.

Discount Britax Frontier 90 Booster Car Seat

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These new seats are replacing a Frontier 85 and a Marathon that were junked because of total lost car accident last Saturday. Both of the old seats performed as designed, and kept my kids safe during a nasty accident. Just got both of the new Frontier 90's installed, and road tested. The kids love them, and I like that Britax fixed the few minor problems from the Frontier 85. The Clicktight systems is great, and easy to use. The bottom cushion does not come unhooked like with the Frontier 85. Britax makes great car seats, and are well worth the money and piece of mind.

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We recently purchased the Frontier 90 in Cactus Flower for my daughter due her meeting her height max on her convertible car seat. Even though she is 5, I was not ready for her to move up to a shoulder strap only seat due to my belief that kids should be harnessed for as long as possible. I did a lot of research and was intrigued by the click tight technology as well as the ability to harness her for much longer than other seats (58" Harness max!!). We have had this seat for a few weeks now and it is amazing! My daughter is tall but skinny for her age (40lbs and 48 inches tall) and this seat is a great fit. After about a week she was able to get herself in and out of the harness without assistance (only needing me to pull the strap tighter). My 3 year old son has also used this car seat and it works so well for him we are purchasing another in red for him. He is 40 inches tall and 40 lbs.

Pros:

Click Tight Technology: Seriously easy to do and will give you a rock solid install on your first attempt. This alone is bringing us back to purchase another for our younger son, who has a perfectly decent car seat that is a pain to install.

Extended harness: I really believe in keeping kids harnessed for longer and this will get you there!

Easy the change harness height: We already had this feature on her old car seat, but I have to say it is a must when looking at options! This makes it easy to switch between kids or when you notice they have gotten too tall for their current position.

Fabric: I like the feel of the fabric and it seems easy to clean on the spills it has faced already.

Comfort: My daughter says the seat is comfortable and she likes that it has two cup holders to hold toys or snacks for the road. She also has no issues falling asleep in the seat on long car rides to my in laws house.

Cons:

HEAVY... even my husband was shocked! Don't tell yourself you will be lugging this across the airport on your back... I can't even imagine! We won't be moving it much from car to car, so this isn't a big deal for us. It may be an issue for some, so just letting you know!

The release button for the harness straps is a bit far back than typical. Three inches or so back into the fabric of the seat. Once you find it you are good, but my child sized hands take putting my pointer finger the entire way in to push and release. My thumb is too short to access the release button.

I am not really phased by the cons I listed and really feel this is an amazing seat. I think the one star review got a defective seat as my daughter is very tall for her age and still has plenty of room to grow in the harness (another 10 inches to be exact!).

Buy the seat... you won't be disappointed!

Update 7/8/2013: We now have three of these seats. One in each Cactus Flower, Onyx, and Congo. We love these seats so much, but I must say that from a cleaning aspect I really like the Cactus Flower print as well as the Congo print. We have been considering sending back the Onyx one and trading for another Congo. The only reason is that the Onyx print is a velour type fabric everywhere it is solid black and it already is collecting dust as well as being more difficult to clean spills. We still love these seats, but wish the Onyx had come in a more nylon type fabric like Congo.

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With the clicktight system Britax has finally leveled the playing field with Römer, its European partner company. Maxi Cosi has had a similar clicktight system in European car seats for a decade, yet American car seat manufacturers were slow to catch on.

When I first moved to the U.S. I could not believe how incredibly tedious installing a car seat with the lap-shoulder belt could be. Here I was, kneeling into our Boulevard trying to get the belt as tight as possible only having to release it because I was nto able to close the red or blue interceptors (or whatever you call them). I kept telling my husband that the Maxi Cosis we had in Europe were a breeze with the level system which would tighten the lap/shoulder belt for you.

I installed our Frontier today and what a breeze it was. Thread it through and push the back down *click* and the seat does not move. Quick and easy!

Some have commented on the release button being located too far inwards. Well, I actually do think that Britax changed the location of the release button deliberately. A few days ago our 2,5 year old son managed to unbuckle himself in the Boulevard while driving. Mind you, this is pretty much impossible with European car seats and a huge flaw in Britax's design. No child riding in a 5 point harness under the age of 5 should be able to unbuckle herself. Yes, I know, it's convenient when your child can get in and out of the seat himself, but a 3 year old should not manage to unbuckle himself in the first place. This has absolutely nothing to do with whether your child is well behaved or not; we all know that even the most obedient children have their moments and I certainly wouldn't want one of these moments to occur while I am driving. I'd rather have a release button that is more difficult to reach and a buckle that is harder to open than the convenience of my 3 or 4 year old being able to unbuckle herself.

So far, there is nothing that I do not like about this seat. It even reclines :D

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I am a mother of 4 children ages 3 months, 2, 4, 6. My husband and I have bought many car seats. The 2 brands that we have been happy with are Graco and Britax. My favorite seat that we have bought is the Britax Roundabout 2008. I was expecting that some of the things we like about the Roundabout would also be true for the Frontier 90.

The following things that I was excited about with the Britax Frontier 90, are a little disappointing.

1. Click-tight technology, it is pretty easy to install with the seat belt. However, once it is installed, it is a little hard to release the click-tight latch.I had to push rather hard and ended up breaking a fingernail and my finger tips are a little sore from squeezing to release the seatbelt. Also, I wonder if using this type of installation for a long period of time (2+ years) if it will damage the seat belt of the car.

2. Height Adjustable straps, For some reason I cannot adjust the height of the harness straps while the seat is installed. I was hoping that I could do this and my 2 older kids could both use this seat with an easy adjustment before getting buckled in the seat. But I have to uninstall the click-tight seatbelt AND the back tether strap to slide the head rest and harness straps up or down. Not very easy when you are in a hurry to buckle kids in and get somewhere.

3. Ease of use..Tighten the harness straps...it is very difficult to tighten the harness straps and get a good fit. Other reviews stated that the release tab was difficult to use, but I did not find this to be the case. It was the opposite for me, getting the seatbelt tight enough to be safe.

4. The buckle that is supposed to flip forward so you don't have to dig around for it is big and bulky. My son still tends to sit on it and I cannot reach down and pull it out. I have to make him get out of the seat and flip it out and hold it in place while he climbs in. This may be because I have it fully reclined, but it seems to not be as helpful to me.

THINGS THAT I DO LIKE...

1. In my mini van, The seat reclines enough to allow my son to sleep without his head flopping forward. But I also have to recline the seat of the van. In a Toyota Corolla, where the actual car seats do not recline in the back of the car, my son was sitting more up right, even with the Frontier 90 fully reclined. He did not fall asleep in this car, so I cannot say if his head flopped forward or not.

2. I like that it has 2 cup holders.

3 I'm sure it is very safe if it is installed correctly and the seat belt/harness is tight enough. But it is VERY heavy.

4. It looks nice and takes up less space compared to our Graco Nautilus

5. My 4 year old son can buckle himself in (this is a big plus for me w/ 4 kids in car seats) but cannot unbuckle himself.

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I've always consider safety #1 and this seat seem to provide it.

Although my child can use a booster seat with the seat belts, if you search online about safety concerns with seat belts, you'll definitely want to put your child to a 5 pt harness as long as possible. And when they go over 90lbs, this seat also support booster using seat belts.

I think Britax is the only brand that makes seat supporting higher weights with 5 pt harness.

Pros:

-Easy to install in cars. Latch system if your car has it. Most cars do now.

-Easy to adjust.

-2 cup holders and armrests.

-5pt harness for up to 90lbs.

Cons:

-Size is big and not as portable to a booster.

-Price, but you can never put a price on safety for your child.

-my child complained about the buckle cover rubbing against the legs when wearing shorts(one piece with the buckle which can not be removed unlike the Frontier 85).

I do also own a Froniter 85. Some upgrades made to the 90 were:

-Able to adjust tilting on the bottom.

-A place to store the latches on the back

-buckle adjustment can be made from the front without flipping underneath the seat to adjust.

-5pt harness from 85lbs to 90lbs.

Best Baby Jogger Car Seat Adapter for City Mini / City Elite Deals

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At first the Adapter seemed to be incompatible with the Graco Snugride 35 and the directions were horrible. So I returned it back to Buy Buy Baby. But while I was at the store returning the product, the sales person showed me a floor sample and how to properly install the product. I took pictures and posted them above as it is not intuitive and is not mentioned in the product directions.

The bar must be installed such that it will lock in the seat. You won't hear a click because the bar is a little too small, but it does lock the seat in place.

The belt click must be used. I originally set the belt straight up and over the top of the car seat, but felt that it left no room for the baby to sit in the seat. The sales person at buy buy baby showed me that the belt must not be straight, but must hook around a ledge which holds the seat in place and doesn't interfere with where the baby is sitting.

Finally, the seat is set back underneath the canopy of the baby jogger mini stroller which adds extra protection.

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Definitely a must have, especially for your newborn. I've read on someones review that they had to remove the whole seat and was left w/ just the frame itself. We didn't have that problem. We simply snapped the adapter on, secured our car seat on the city mini and we were ready to go; without undoing anything on the city mini. The only complaint I have is that I think the adapter is a little pricey...especially for new parents like us. I'll post a pic w/ the car seat on the city mini soon to show how much the city mini rocks.

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This is definitely useful in the first few weeks. It's so much easier to put the whole seat on the stroller so as not to disturb the baby, plus it enables you to have the baby facing you so you can keep an eye on them.

However, when it's on you can't really collapse the stroller, which is of course the whole point of having a City Mini. It's also pretty darn expensive. You could technically buy a stroller frame for less money, although you would lose the excellent handling of the City Mini. So it really depends on what you need to use your stroller for. If it's only for quick trips on flat terrain, you could probably just get a stroller frame. But if you're going on neighborhood walks on rough sidewalks or at the park, etc., I'd definitely go with the car seat adapter.

Once our baby turned about 8 weeks old, she had great head control so we simply started putting her in the main seat of the stroller with a head support pillow and the seat reclined. While the seat adapter was definitely useful to us, I'm not sure if it was worth $60 to us for only two months of use.

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We love this adaptor. My husband installed it in just a few minutes. Our Graco Snugride carseat fits into it without any problems, and we can fold the stroller up and store it without having to take the adaptor off. It's a great product!

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There are two reasons to buy an adapter that allows you to put the infant carrier car seat into your stroller. The first is so that if you have a sleeping baby in your car seat, you will not disrupt him by transferring him to the stroller. the second reason is because the stroller is for more mature babies, namely those with neck control and or can sit up. If you are really concerned with issue number one then perhaps you will consider getting this. However I found that it was rare indeed that my baby was asleep in the car seat at the time I needed to use the stroller, and he always went back to sleep if we just took him from the car seat and out him in the stroller. if you are more concerned about the second issue then you really don't need to buy this. the citi mini stroller fully reclines to accommodate the youngest of babies. If you want to support the little neck consider buying an infant support insert Kiddopotamus Snuzzler Complete Head and Body Support, Ivory Terryfor a fraction of this price.

In conclusion. This product is only minimally useful. It does adapt to an infant carrier car seat, but it isn't really necessary and certainly not for this price.

Diono Ultra Mat Car Seat Mat, Grey Review

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After using the Sunshine Kids Ultra Mat for 4 months, I purchased two more mats. This is the best seat protector I found for several reasons:

It doesn't smell. I had to return everything I had bought at Babies R Us due to a heavy rubber smell that never went away even after airing the products for a week.

It's made of two pieces so it can be used in stages. Use the bottom piece only when using a rear-facing infant seat, or both pieces when using a front-facing car seat.

It's made of two pieces so it fits any height car seat. I have a Britax car seat which is really tall. The other seat protectors did not reach all the way to the top of my SUV's seat, so the car seat rested directly on the leather, but with this seat protector, I could raise the back piece as high as I needed it to fully protect my SUV's seat.

It's thick enough that even after months of use, there's no marks on the SUV's leather seats.

It has indentations in the bottom portion to accommodate car seats using the latch system.

A note on the height issue: A friend of mine bought the Duomat 2-In-1 Car Seat Mat, which he found to be very nice as well and it did not smell. He had to return it however due to the fact that the mat was not as high as the seat of his Honda Odyssey, and his Britax Marathon car seat at the very top rested directly on the Honda seat with no protector in between.

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I purchased this for my car which is a Jetta and this fits perfectly and protects the bottom and back of the leather seats. It even has a place cut out for the car seat locks to attach to the metal hooks on the car and also hides them. The storage compartment on the front is very useful and i like that this covers the entire car seat we have which is a Chicco. The car seat does not slide at all when sitting on this mat. I would highly recommend this product to anyone with leather seats.

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My husband and I purchased one of these several years ago to go under our son's car seat and it has done a great job so we just purchased another one to go under our next son's car seat. Just FYI...Diono and Sunshine Kids...it's the same thing. One bought the other.

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I bought one a few years ago, and am back for another for the second kid. It's very durable and thanks to the thick padding, does a good job protecting the seat. It's even machine washable!

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Shipment was very fast. It was easy to use.

The actual slits to access the latch/belts are wider than in former models or what it is shown in the pictures. I guess they acknowledged prior complaints of difficult access. However, the tongue that slides in between the seat and the back to secure mat in place, now is narrower; don't know if that has an impact on security; it does not seem to interfere with the installation because the grip of the rest of the fabric is good. It also leaves a wider gap that may allow spills to get to the seats.

The fabric of the protector bunched up a little after the car seats were installed, but I sealed-tight them to the maximum. They do not move at all.

It leaves 1-2 inch of exposed fabric on the side of the seat ( Honda Odyssey/ mid row seats). But it is wide and tall enough to protect the seat from the car seat (Britax Roundabout). And comparing measurements, reviews, and safe installation of car seats, this still seems to be the best choice in the market.

It has two pieces; one for the seat, one for the back, that overlap, leaving more room for adjustment in height. Color is darker than in pictures. It has no rubbery smell unlike others. Long term results ....do not know yet.

Addendum Be aware that for rear facing car seats, the constant rubbing of their feet against the back piece, detaches little pieces of plastic from the surface of the cover that are all over the place; I placed a thin pillow at that area to prevent that from happening. No other issues after 10 months.

Tiny Love Musical Nature Stroll Toy Bar Review

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I purchased this stroller activity toy bar for my active baby boy when he was 3 months old. He took to it immediately, and within a minute or so started pulling on the little strawberry-shaped pull that activates the spinning propeller. The spinning propeller has decals on both sides so it's interesting from either side. He loved looking through the Lion "Prism", he'd look through and smile and laugh. He loved spinning the Parrot spinner, at 3 months, it was totally his skill level so it always gave him something active to do to distract him from being frustrated. At the beginning, I set aside the little musical mirror that hangs from the Lion Prism, mainly because the music is on the loud side, it activates itself when it hits something, or you press it, and without fail, it was always went off once the baby fell asleep. There's no way to adjust the volume level or even turn it off. Now at 14 months, we enjoy playing with the musical mirror, just not on the stroller....

How does it fit onto the strollers? Place the little blue clamps onto a spot on each side of your carseat/carriage. Turn the orange twist knobs, they tighten down the clamps. The whole thing has four bend points across the arch (after each toy) so that it can be moved and adjusted into a number of shapes.

Strollers: I used this for six months on my Graco Snugride carseat/Graco Snugrider stroller combo, it tightens on fine. Then I moved it to my Peg Perego Pliko P3, where it also fits fine. On the Graco it was useful because it forms a frame so that I can drape a nursing cover over the existing sunshade and the Toy Bar to extend the sun shade like a little tent over him so that he was completely out of the sun and could sleep in peace.

We still use it at 14 months on the Peg Perego to do the same thing, and it forms a little tent in from of him (desert sun....) but he can still look out to the side as he's falling asleep, so the Toy Bar prevents him from losing his entire view....

Travel: This was useful to have on our carseat on the plane when we took quite a few long flights.

Compare to Tiny Love Sunny Stroll Toy Bar: It's much better than Tiny Love Sunny Stroll Toy Bar (which we also own): If you're deciding between the Musical Nature Stroll and the Sunny Stroll Toy Bar, then definitely buy the Musical Nature Stroll (even if it's more expensive...) A few reasons:

1. The Strawberry-shaped pull that activates the spinning propeller is much easier for a young baby (3-4 months) to grasp vs. the Sunny Stroll rattly-birdy shaped ball. On the Sunny Stroll, he almost never pulled the propeller, on the Musical Nature, he was always playing with it.

2. Musical Nature Stroll includes the little hanging mirror that is also musical, which we still have fun with today (although as a minus, there's no way to shut it off....see above). The Sunny Stroll mirror isn't musical. The mirrors are plastic on both, he never really looks in them as mirrors.

3. The little Lion "Prism" on the Musical Nature Stroll was always captivating for my baby, I think he likes Lions. He never showed the same interest in the little Sun Prism, the shape or the colors just aren't as eye-catching.

4. The Musical Nature's Parrot Spinner, again, is just that bit more interesting. The little butterfly hangs from it. On the Sunny Stroll, there's a Butterfly Spinner, and then a butterfly hanging from it, and it always strikes me as being a bit boring, because it's a butterfly with a butterfly, i.e. the concept is duplicated.

Overall, the Musical Nature Stroll was one of the best purchases we made. It's very adjustable and versatile and we still use it on the stroller in conjunction with a cover to keep the sun off the baby.

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This is a really cute toy. My 5 1/2 month old daughter seemed interested in it when I took it out of the package. Unfortunately it didn't fit on my carseat (Britax Boulevard carseat sides too wide) or stroller (UppaBaby G-Luxe bad angle). I had to return it.

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We bought this for our son mainly to use on long car rides. The item is well made, the colors are perfect, and we love being able to pretty much bend it any way we want. When we first got it, he was about 11 weeks old so we just attached it in the most upright position and he would just stare at it. Now that he's older, we set it a little lower so he can grab the attachments and use his feet to play with it. He grabs and chews on the butterfly and the rubber strawberry. Pulling on the little strawberry makes the fan spin. He also kicks at the mirror in the middle. If he kicks it hard enough, it plays a little tune. You have to hit it pretty hard to get the music to play though so it's something for younger babies to grow with. I like that it has two rattles, one inside the bird and the other inside the back of the mirror. So, when we're driving he always has some noise keeping his attention even if he's not actively playing with the toy. It's also great for getting his attention when he's being fussy about being placed in the car seat. Once I place it over the car seat, he instantly quiets down and starts playing with his toy. He loves it and we do too!

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Encouraged by the positive reviews I purchased this activity arch for my son when he was 6 weeks old. He was quite alert baby from the beginning and he loved staring at the colorful toys attached to the bar, especially at the spinning propeller. Now he is almost 4 months old and I think now he can fully appreciate the versatility of this wonderful toy! I do not want to repeat the detailed description of the toy bar as it was already depicted beautifully in other reviews. Let me just say my son loves grabbing the hanging music mirror, squeezing the rustling butterfly and staring and touching lion prism, pull the propeller rope. This is a really great product!

Before purchase when reading the reviews for this product I was seeking the information on names of stroller and car seat brands that actually fit this toy bar. So for a reference I list the products we use that fit:

chicco keyfit30 stroller

chicco keyfit30 newborn car seat

graco play 'n pack

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Few good features: the musical mirror is fun for my 5 month old son. It scared him the first time, it's a little loud! He wants to put it in his mouth more than look at himself though! The hanging strawberry is the best! He loves to pull the string (while I'm holding it) & watch fan go around. Disappointed in how it mounts. The "claws" aren't very secure & when my son pulls on the toys, as he wants to suck on everything, the whole unit pulls down into his face everytime! Buy something more stable!