July 2015 marks 7 full years of CarseatBlog.com! Can you believe it?!? In some ways it seems like not so long ago that we began blogging about carseats, child passenger safety and vehicle safety. And in other ways it feels like we’ve been doing this forever… Lol!
Along the way we’ve shared some laughs, made some great friends, written about 1,245 blog posts and oh, yeah – reviewed over 100 carseats and boosters!
Whether you’re new to CarseatBlog.com or have been with us since the start in 2008 – we’d like to share our celebration (and our cake!) with you. You are the reason we’re still here 7 years later, still blogging away, always looking for ways to improve our content and better serve our readers.
The field of Child Passenger Safety is just starting to heat up and take off, and we have a lot of great things planned for the near future. We can’t wait to see all the awesome advances in safety, technology and innovation that the next 7 years is going to bring us. We hope you stick around and enjoy the ride with us!
During the next 7 weeks we’re going to be celebrating by giving away some really great carseats so stay tuned! Each week will feature a new giveaway promotion and your odds of winning something are pretty darn good. Consider it a personal “thank you” from Darren, Heather, Kecia, Jennie, Alicia, Andrea and all of our guest bloggers at CarseatBlog!
To kickoff our Blogiversary Celebration we’ve partnered with our generous sponsor, Maxi-Cosi, to offer one beautiful, new Pria 85 Convertible. The winner will have their choice of available Pria 85 fashions – Devoted Black, Passionate Pink or Brilliant Navy!
This promotion is now closed. Thank you for participating – a winner will be announced shortly!
The Maxi-Cosi Pria 85 is an excellent convertible seat for older babies (who weigh at least 14 lbs.) and for extended rear-facing. It offers good rear-facing leg room, great padding, Air Protect® Side Impact Technology and a cover that you can toss in the washer and dryer! In the forward-facing position, it’s a tall seat with great leg support that will last many kids until they’re old enough and mature enough to safely transition to a belt-positioning booster. Our complete review of the Maxi-Cosi Pria 85 can be found HERE. We think highly of the Pria 85 and it’s on our list of Recommended Seats!
Pria 85 Specs:
- Rear-facing: 14-40 lbs., 40″ or less, top of child’s head must be below top of the headrest
- Forward-facing: 22-85 lbs., at least 1 year old, up to 52″ tall
Pria 85 Features:
- No-rethread harness with 9 height positions
- Air Protect® technology for enhanced side-impact protection
- 3-position base
- Premium push-on LATCH connectors
- Harness holder clips (hold harness out of the way while loading and unloading)
- Easy to remove cover is both machine washable & dryer safe
- Premium fabrics
- Separate harness strap covers for kids over 65 lbs. (only required if seat is NOT tethered)
- Integrated cup holder
- FAA approved for use in aircraft
- 10 year lifespan before expiration
Giveaway:
To enter you MUST leave a comment on this blog and then click on Rafflecopter to qualify yourself. For extra entries, follow the Rafflecopter instructions and visit our Facebook page and/or tweet about our giveaway!
Winner must have a shipping address in the Continental U.S. (Canada, Alaska and Hawaii are excluded – sorry!)
The contest will close on Sunday night, 7/26, and a winner will be chosen within 72 hours. If a winner is deemed ineligible based on shipping restrictions or other issues or does not respond to accept the prize within 7 days, a new winner will be selected.
Now for the fine print (these may be in addition to the rules listed in the Rafflecopter terms): Winner must have a continental U.S. shipping address to claim the prize. Only one prize will be awarded. Winner will have their choice of available Pria 85 fashions. You are not eligible if you have previously won a carseat or any sponsored giveaway at CarseatBlog.com during 2014 or 2015 (our own giveaways of goody bags and such don’t count if no sponsor was mentioned). Our blog writers and editors are also not eligible. Only one entry per household/family, please. If you leave more than one comment, only the first one will count. We reserve the right to deem any entry as ineligible for any reason, though this would normally only be done in the case of a violation of the spirit of the rules above. We also reserve the right to edit/update the rules for any reason. The contest will close on July 26, 2015, and one random winner will be chosen shortly thereafter.
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Good luck!
Fingers crossed- this would be great to win!
10 year expiration! Rock on!
I love the long life of this car seat and because it takes up relatively less room front to back when rear-facing, we can keep our car!
I like the weight and height limits!
This seat looks awesome for my soon to be one year old!
I love the design & need a new car seat asap…we’re 1 inch away from outgrowing ours! Ugh.
Would love to try this car seat for my now 16 month old daughter
We love Maxi Cosi! What a great car seat to be giving away. Fingers crossed. 🙂
Fantastic website!!! It was a HUGE help to me when choosing an infant carseat for my 1st son. He is extra tall for his age and is almost ready for a convertible seat, so this giveaway is coming at the perfect time!!! I have recommended your website to family researching carseats too, and I will continue to use and recommend this website in the future. Thank you!!!
Also, just a troubleshooting note: I used the above widget to share on facebook 4 different times, but the Rafflecopter widget has not shown that my additional entries were processed. Not sure if this is a widget issue or my computer’s issue…
I love the look and the safeness of the Pria 85. The three position base is terrific too.
I love the design and colors
Great height and weight limits!
Woohoo! Congrats on the blogiversary!
I LOVE the PINK car seats Maxi-Cosi makes!!!!!
Currently own a pria and love it… Daughter loves it to… In need of another and would love to win:)
This would be a huge help! With a 1 YO and another on the way this fall, I am needing double of everything!
This would be a great seat for our family since all 3 of my kids fit in it.
Would love to have another convertible seat for my baby!
I would love one of these. I have a 5 week old, we are looking at carseats now, I love that this one goes up to 85lbs.
I love the cushy cover. Would be great for my new little one.
Looks like an awesome car seat! Would love to have one for my new baby coming in December
Amazing seat! Happy anniversary
It looks to have some great features I’d love to check out, it also appears to have some very nice comfortable fabric that kids and parents would love.
Would love this for my nephews! Love the high limits!
Congrats on 7 years!
We’re expecting baby #3 in late Sept or early Oct. (Sept. please, for the love of all things holy!).
I would love a convertible car seat for baby girl. 🙂
We’re undecided on which vehicle to get to upgrade to a larger car for the new addition. So, thanks for your site to help me convince my husband that a Ford Fusion Hybrid will fit the 2 car seats and our 11 year old just fine, while maintaining our efficient MPG I currently have with my Ford Fiesta.