It’s a busy morning here at the Lifesavers Conference and we’re happy to see that Hauck/iCoo is here showing off their new infant carseats for the US and Canadian markets! We first saw the prototype of this new infant carseat at the ABC Expo last fall and we’re excited that it’s almost ready to ship to retailers.
Hauck is a German company that has been in existence for nearly a century and already has carseats in the European market. The ProSafe35 has already passed US and Canadian testing, and will be rated from 4-35 lbs. and up to about 33″ tall. (Currently they only have the height as 85 cm, but it will be conferred for US manuals.) The iCoo version of this infant seat will be called iGuard35 and we will update when we have more info on the differences.
The seat has an extremely tall shell, with a seatback height of about 20 inches, meaning it could potentially fit a 2-year-old child. There is also a well contoured infant insert for use with newborns and small babies. One really nice thing about the infant insert is that it is reversible between a “summer” and “winter” side, with slick and fleecy-feeling fabric, respectively. At ABC, they only had a thin prototype of the insert, but they now have a nicely padded one that will be used in production models.
MSRP on the Hauck version is $199 as a stand-alone seat. An iCoo travel system will be available soon.
The iCoo version will be available as a travel system for $799 or $899, depending on model of stroller.
Available May 2015 in the USA, and August in Canada.
Looks like a high quality, easy to work system.
The versatility of this seat sounds amazing!
Sounds like a great system! Thanks for all the great information and options. Definitely makes car seat buying easy.
Nice to see products that have been around for while in other countries making there way across the ocean to us in North America. I especially like infant insert detail, one side for winter and one for summer. Price is a bit high but I guess I’ll have to wait and see it in person to see if it’s worth it.
The thing they kept saying was awesome about this seat was that you could tweak the recline while installing it, there’s sort of a recline tab in the lockoff to raise or lower the recline after the belt was already routed. Compared to other seats with hard-to-work recline adjustments (Britax B-Safe, not the 35, or Flex-Locs with the sticky front button), it is a major breakthrough. And maybe a little easier than the two-handed recline required on even an easy seat like the Key Fit. The base was a little boxy, but the seat itself appears to be very high quality, I was impressed!
Very interesting about the insert! Can’t wait to hear more!