Clek officially unveiled their new rear-facing only infant seat, the Liing, at the 2018 ABC Kids Show after teasing us for a loong time and it was worth it.

Overview

• 4-35 lbs.
• under 32″
• 17″ wide at handle
• preordering at end of October for shipping in early 2019
• $399 US/$499 Canada

The Liing installs with rigid LATCH or seat belt and has a load leg for crash force reduction. Both the rigid LATCH connectors and load leg have red/green indicators to show you when you have achieved proper installation.

If you can’t install with the rigid LATCH or want to use the seat belt instead (you won’t be able to use both at the same time, as you are with the Foonf), the lockoff is a true lockoff so you don’t have to worry about locking the shoulder belt retractor at all.

 

After you’ve installed the base securely, you adjust the angle of recline to one of 7 positions. It has a 15° range so it will fit in a variety of vehicles and allow newborns to keep their airways open easily.

Euro belt path anyone? The Clek blue pod-shaped lap belt guides on the outside of the carrier give easy access as does the blue shoulder belt clip on the back of the carrier.

The humongous canopy is customizable and starts off as a typical canopy going just past the handle. Unzip that baby and it clamshells to a bit more than ¾ closed. There’s a peek-a-boo mesh window up by the baby’s head too.

The padding is luxurious. The seat is lined with EPP foam while the cover has other energy-absorbing foams incorporated into it.

To help keep weight down on the carrier, the release mechanism is on the base and is an easy 2-step button-pushing process accomplished with one hand. Since Clek isn’t a stroller company, they’ve made the carrier compatible with Maxi-Cosi adapters to fit most stroller brands. Bonus is that it’s a one-handed release pull from the stroller!

We have more information straight from Clek in our video:

We knew UPPAbaby was unveiling new seats at this year’s ABC Kids Expo, so we made sure to get to their booth bright and early on the first day so we could bring you all the details. The company is expanding their lineup with a convertible (called Knox) and a booster seat (Alta).

Knox

The Knox (named that because it keeps your child secure, like Fort Knox) has a lot of great features, including an innovative solution for reducing the downward rotation that happens when a rear-facing seat moves down and toward the front of the vehicle in a crash. Being able to reduce downward rotation helps immensely to reduce potential injuries to a rear-facing child. Until now, the only ways to significantly reduce downward rotation have been with load legs or Australian tethering, in which the top tether goes around the shell of a rear-facing seat and connects to the car’s top tether anchor.

Because of various regulatory issues, it’s unlikely we’ll see a convertible seat with a load leg in the U.S. anytime soon (though I’d be happy if someone proves me wrong). Australian tethering is a lightweight solution, but it also means there are straps running between the back of the child restraint and the car’s tether anchor, making it harder to load children in and out of their seats.

UPPAbaby’s solution is to use what they call a “Universal Tether.” This looks like the normal, single-strap tether parents are used to (typically for forward-facing), but when the seat is rear-facing, the tether can be routed around the back of the seat and attached to the car’s regular top tether anchor. Because it only routes around one side of the seat, it leaves the other side clear for easy loading of the child.

 

The Knox also features the company’s SMARTSecure system for installing both rear- and forward-facing. That consists of a channel for the lap belt, with an indicator that changes from green to red when it senses the seat is tight enough. Once the belt is tight, the shoulder portion slides under lock-offs that keep it secure. (When installing with lower anchors, the LATCH belt goes through the same channel as the lap belt, so the tension indicator will work for that mode as well.)

 

The Knox is rated from 14-40 pounds rear-facing and 25-65 forward-facing. You’ll notice that 14-lb minimum is much higher than most convertibles on the market. Because most parents start off with infant seats and don’t tend to put their children in convertibles until later anyway, the company feels it was able to create a better seat by focusing on a narrower range of child sizes. The higher weight minimum also means the seat installs more upright than it would have to for a newborn, which means it will take up less room in the car.

Parents who want to use the Knox from birth will have the option of purchasing a separate newborn insert. The insert is very substantial, raising the baby up so the lowest harness position will be at or below their shoulders. The insert is angled to add the additional recline a newborn would need (without requiring the seat itself to be reclined more). The design also allows an infant’s head to tilt back farther, helping to keep the airway open. If parents choose to purchase the newborn insert, that can be used from 5 pounds until the child has good head control and their shoulders reach the lowest harness position. (More exact requirements might come as the company finalizes the product.)

  

The Knox features side-impact pods on both sides and EPP foam throughout the seat. Plus there’s a removable cup holder!

The Knox should be available in the summer of 2019. Regular fashions will retail for around $399, and the Bryce fashion (gray wool with no flame retardants) will retail for around $449.

You can see the Facebook Live video we did from the show, highlighting Knox’s features:

 

  

Alta

UPPAbaby’s new highback booster is the Alta, which will be rated for 40-100 pounds and up to 57″. (It sounds like the company will recommend that children be at least 5 years old to use the seat, but we don’t know yet whether that will be a requirement or just a recommendation.) We measured the top belt guide position at about 20″.

   

Safety features include a lap-belt positioner that is required to be used at all times to help ensure proper belt fit and to reduce the possibility of a child submarining under the belt. The Alta also has rigid LATCH to help keep the seat secure when unoccupied and positioned properly when in use. The LATCH mechanism is very easy to access and store, as you can see in this quick video:

Like the Knox, the Alta has side-impact pods, EPP foam, and a removable cup holder.

The Alta should also be available in the summer of 2019, and will likely retail for somewhere around $179. (Pricing is not finalized yet.)

We’ll bring you reviews of both seats as soon as they’re available!

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Select Editors’ Picks:

These carseats may not be on sale right now, but are among our Editor’s Picks and are reader favorites, too. For current deals, please scroll to the next section.

• Nuna Pipa Infant Seat for $299.95
• Chicco Keyfit 30 Infant Seat from $159.99
• Chicco NextFit iX Zip Convertible from $299.99
• Graco 4Ever All-in-One from $239.99
• Graco Extend2Fit from $116.00
• Britax Boulevard ClickTight Convertible from $299.99
• Britax Frontier G1.1 ClickTight Harness-2-Booster from $239.99

  

Infant Carseat Deals:

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Britax B-Safe 35 in select fashions for $152.99  ☆ 

Britax Endeavours in “Circa” or “Spark” for $260.99 (25% Off)

Chicco Fit2 Infant & Toddler in “Fleur” for $199.99 ☆ (29% Off) PRIME ONLY

Chicco Keyfit 30 in “Energy” for $159.99

Graco SnugRide SnugLock 35 in “Chili Red”for $104.99 ☆ (35% Off PRIME ONLY) 

Graco SnugRide SnugLock DLX *Extra Base* for $43.70 (51% Off) PRIME ONLY

Nuna Pipa Lite LX in “Stone” for $299.95 (25% Off) SOLD OUT

 

Convertible & All-in-One Deals:

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Britax Advocate ClickTight in select fashions for $279.99 ☆ (20% Off) DEAL ENDED

Britax Boulevard ClickTight in select fashions for $239.99 ☆ (20% Off) DEAL ENDED

Britax Marathon ClickTight in “Verve” for $249.99 (20% Off)

Britax ClickTight Anti-Rebound Bar Accessory for $34.99 

Clek Fllo 2018 in “Noire” for $299.99 ☆ 

Cosco Scenera NEXT from $39.00 ☆

Cybex Sirona M with SensorSafe 2.0 for $194.90 (SOLD OUT)

Diono Angle Adjuster for $6.93 (31% Off) ADD-ON ITEM

Evenflo EveryStage DLX All-in-One for $229.99

Evenflo SureRide DLX in “Paxton” or “Nicole” for 89.99 ☆ 

Evenflo Sonus in from $49.67 ☆ DEAL ENDED

Graco 4Ever Extend2Fit 4-in-1 in Select Fashions for $279.00 ☆ (20% Off)

Graco 4Ever All-in-One in select fashions from $233.99 ☆ (24% Off)

Graco Contender 65 in “Sapphire” from 104.99 ☆ LOW STOCK

Graco Extend2Fit in “Campaign” for $102.40 or “Gotham” $116.00 ☆ 

Graco Extend2Fit in “Gotham” for $116.00 ☆ (42% Off) SOLD OUT

Graco Size4Me 65 in “Addison” $154.95 (15% Off)

Graco Milestone 3-in-1 in “Gotham” for $165.98 ☆ (28% Off)

Graco SlimFit 3-in-1 in “Anabelle” for $150.03 ☆ LOW STOCK

Maxi-Cosi Magellan for $297.49 (15% Off) LOW STOCK

Maxi-Cosi Pria 70 in Cerise for $189.49 ☆ LOW STOCK

Maxi-Cosi Pria 85 in select fashions for $229.99 ☆ (21% Off) 

Safety 1st Guide 65 in “Chateau” for $72.00 (25% Off) LOW STOCK, PRIME ONLY

 

Combination Seat Deals:

(Forward-Facing with Harness + Booster) 

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Britax Frontier ClickTight in “Cowmooflage” for $239.99 ☆ (20% Off)

Britax Pinnacle ClickTight in select fashions for $239.99 ☆ (20% Off) DEAL ENDED

Britax Pioneer in select fashions from $151.99  (20% Off) DEAL ENDED

Chicco MyFit for $189 ($10 Off)

Chicco MyFit LE for $237.49 (SOLD OUT)

Cosco Finale in “Realtree Camo” and “Spring Bloom” for $39.00

Evenflo Maestro Sport in “Crestone Peaks” for $68.61 

Evenflo Transitions in “Maleah” for $113.32 LOW STOCK

Evenflo SafeMax Combination in “Crimson” for $143.88 DEAL ENDED 

Graco Atlas in “Nyssa” for $83.20 (36% Off) 

Graco Nautilus SnugLock LX in select fashions for $165 25% OFF WITH COUPON CODE: CSB25

Graco Nautilus 65 in “Sylvia”  DEAL ENDED

Graco Nautilus 65 LX with Trueshield from $141.68  BACK ORDER

Harmony Defender for $78.00 SOLD OUT

 

Booster Deals:

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Britax Highpoint (with LATCH & SecureGuard Clip) in “Asher” or “Seaglass” for $119.99 ☆ (SOLD OUT)

Clek Oobr in “Drift” with Rigid LATCH for $199.99 (14% Off) PRIME ONLY

Chicco KidFit Zip (with LATCH) for $99.99 ☆ 

Graco TurboBooster LX (with LATCH) in “Matrix” for $52.24 ☆ (35% Off)

Evenflo Spectrum in various fashions from $51.29 ☆ LOW STOCK

 

   

Travel System Deals:

(Infant Carseat + Stroller)

Britax B-Agile w/ B-Safe 35 Elite in “Black” for $314.99 (28% Off)

Britax 2017 B-Agile w/ B-Safe 35 in Red or Black for $299.99 (32% Off) SOLD OUT

Graco Fastaction Fold Jogger Click Connect Travel System w/ SnugRide 35 in “Gotham” for $232.99 DEAL ENDED

Graco Fastaction Fold Sport Click Connect Travel System in “Pierce” for $218.63 AFTER COUPON

Graco Fastaction Fold Sport Click Connect Travel System in “Gotham” for $237.99 (20% Off)

Graco Aire3 Click Connect Travel System w/ SnugRide 35 in “Gotham” for $192.99 DEAL ENDED

Graco Modes 3 Lite Stroller w/ SnugRide 35 in “Addison” for $211.32 36% Off 

 

 

Stroller Deals:

Single strollers

Baby Jogger 2016 City Mini GT in Crimson for $259.99 DEAL ENDED

Baby Jogger 2016 City Select in Ruby for $374.43 DEAL ENDED

BOB Revolution Pro jogger in 3 fashions for $399.99 DEAL ENDED

BOB Revolution Flex jogger in 3 fashions for $359.99 DEAL ENDED

Graco Snugrider Elite Stroller Frame $64.80 (35% off)

phil&teds Sub 4 World’s Fastest Jogger in Black for $278.34 (69% Off)

Mountain Buggy Terrain Premium Jogging Stroller in Graphite for $480.25 DEAL ENDED

Summer Infant 3D Lite in Black for $62.67 DEAL ENDED

Double Strollers  

* accepts one infant carseat; **accepts two infant carseats; @ requires adapter sold separately

Baby Trend Universal Double Stroller Frame for $66.99 ** (33% Off) 

BOB Revolution Pro Duallie Jogging Stroller in Black for $551.99 DEAL ENDED

BOB Revolution Flex Duallie Jogging Stroller in Black for $511.99 DEAL ENDED

Britax 2017 B-Agile Double Stroller in “Black” and “Red” for $249.99 (EXTRA $50 OFF AT CHECKOUT)

Graco Modes Duo Stroller in “Balancing Act” for $239.00 ** (32% Off)

Graco Modes Duo Stroller in “Basin” for $202.20 ** (42% Off)

Graco Roomfor2 Stand and Ride Stroller in “Gotham” $108.99 * (27% Off) 

Joovy Twin Roo+ Stroller Frame for $97.65 ** (25% Off)

UPPAbaby G-Link Double Stroller “Pascal/Grey” for $399.00 (20% Off)

 

Other Baby Gear Deals:

  

Britax Car Seat Travel Cart for $63.35 21% Off

Graco Simple Switch Portable High Chair and Booster in “Zuba” $54.90 (31% Off) 

Graco Pack ‘n Play Playard with fullsize bassinet in “Zuba” $49.99 (38% Off) DEAL ENDED

Graco Pack ‘n Play Playard with fullsize bassinet in “Pasadena” $58.39 DEAL ENDED

Graco Simple Sway Baby Swing, Abbington $72.00 DEAL ENDED

Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Total Clean High Chair $85.73 DEAL ENDED

Fisher-Price My Little Snugabear Cradle ‘n Swing $89.00 DEAL ENDED

Winco Unassembled Wooden High Chair in Mahogany for $46.21 

 

 

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Last updated 10/14/2018

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It’s National Child Passenger Safety Week and we’re also wrapping up our summer-long “Blogiversary Celebration”, toasting to 10 wonderful years of CarseatBlog.com! We’ve given away some awesome carseats in the last few months and we would like to thank all of our readers and followers for making us the most trusted source for professional carseat reviews, ratings, deals & news. We would also like to thank our generous manufacturer friends and sponsors for supplying all the amazing loot we’ve given away recently! Cheers!

For our Blogiversary Grand Finale, we’ve partnered with our incredibly generous sponsor, Maxi-Cosi to give away TEN brand new Maxi-Cosi Magellan Max 5-in-1 Convertible Car Seats! That’s right, we’re giving away 10 fabulous new Maxi-Cosi Magellan Max convertible seats to celebrate 10 fabulous years of CarseatBlog! 😀 Winners will have their choice of available Magellan Max fashions.

This promotion is now closed. Thank you for participating ~ winners will be announced shortly!

MAXI-COSI MAGELLAN MAX SPECS:

• Rear-Facing 5-40 lbs., 40″ or less
• Forward-Facing 22-65 lbs., 29-49″
• Booster Mode 40-120 lbs., 43-57″

MAGELLAN MAX FEATURES:

• 14-position headrest with no-rethread harness
• Air-Protect technology for enhanced side-impact protection
• Unique 3-position torso adjustments make the shell taller as your child grows
• Magnetic “Clip-Quik” chest clip
• Spring-assisted “Easy Out Harness System” strap covers and buckle cover lift harness out of the way for easier loading and unloading
• Lockoffs for rear-facing & forward-facing seatbelt installations
• Push-on LATCH connectors
• 7-position adjustable base
• Harness storage for use in booster mode
• Premium self-wicking fabrics provide superior comfort
• Machine washable and dryer-safe cover
• Dual dishwasher-safe cupholders
• 10-year lifespan before expiration

      

HOW TO ENTER MAGELLAN MAX GIVEAWAY

• Leave us a comment below (required to be eligible to win), then click on Rafflecopter to qualify yourself.
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