Which car seats are easiest to use? NHTSA ratings compared
NHTSA rates car seats on how easy their instructions, labels, installation and harness are to use correctly, from 1 to 5 stars. Here are the ratings for every seat in NHTSA's current ratings data, with weight and height limits.
This site is growing. New records are added every day once they are checked against official sources. 126 seats published so far.
| Maker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Trend Cover Me | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Baby Trend |
| Century Drive on 3-in-1 | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Century |
| Chicco Fit4 | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Chicco |
| Chicco OneFit ClearTex | All-in-One | 3 of 5 | Chicco |
| Cosco Easy Elite | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Cosco |
| Diono Radian 3QX | All-in-One | 3 of 5 | Diono |
| Diono Radian 3QXT | All-in-One | 3 of 5 | Diono |
| Diono Radian 3QXT+ | All-in-One | 3 of 5 | Diono |
| Evenflo All4One | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Evenflo EveryFit | All-in-One | 5 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Evenflo EveryKid | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Graco 4Ever DLX | All-in-One | 5 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco 4Ever with Safety Surround | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco Milestone | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco Slimfit | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco TrioGrow Snuglock LX | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco Triride | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Maxi-Cosi Pria All in One | All-in-One | 3 of 5 | Maxi-Cosi |
| Safety 1st Continuum | All-in-One | 4 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| Safety 1st Crosstown DLX | All-in-One | 3 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| Safety 1st Grow and Go | All-in-One | 3 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| Safety 1st SlimRide EverSlim | All-in-One | 3 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| Safety 1st TriFit | All-in-One | 3 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| Safety 1st Trimate | All-in-One | 3 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| Baby Trend Protect 2-in-1 | Booster | 5 of 5 | Baby Trend |
| Britax Highpoint | Booster | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Highpoint | Booster | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Skyline | Booster | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| BubbleBum Bubblebum Booster | Booster | 4 of 5 | BubbleBum |
| BubbleBum Bubblebum Booster | Booster | 2 of 5 | BubbleBum |
| Century Boost On | Booster | 5 of 5 | Century |
| Chicco GoFit | Booster | 5 of 5 | Chicco |
| Chicco Kidfit | Booster | 4 of 5 | Chicco |
| Clek Olli | Booster | 4 of 5 | Clek |
| Clek Oobr | Booster | 3 of 5 | Clek |
| Clek Ozzi | Booster | 5 of 5 | Clek |
| Cosco Top Side | Booster | 5 of 5 | Cosco |
| Cybex Solution B-Fix | Booster | 4 of 5 | Cybex |
| Cybex Solution Z-Fix | Booster | 5 of 5 | Cybex |
| Diono Cambria 2 | Booster | 4 of 5 | Diono |
| Diono Monterey 2XT LATCH | Booster | 4 of 5 | Diono |
| Diono Monterey 4DXT | Booster | 3 of 5 | Diono |
| Diono Monterey 5iST FixSafe | Booster | 4 of 5 | Diono |
| Diono Solana | Booster | 4 of 5 | Diono |
| Evenflo Go Time | Booster | 4 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Graco Backless Turbobooster | Booster | 3 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco Turbobooster LX with True Shield | Booster | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Joie Basil 2-in-1 | Booster | 3 of 5 | Joie |
| Maxi-Cosi RodiFix | Booster | 4 of 5 | Maxi-Cosi |
| Maxi-Cosi RodiSport | Booster | 4 of 5 | Maxi-Cosi |
| Nuna aace | Booster | 4 of 5 | Nuna |
| Peg Perego Viaggio 120 HBB | Booster | 3 of 5 | Peg Perego |
| Peg Perego Viaggio Flex 120 | Booster | 3 of 5 | Peg Perego |
| Peg Perego Viaggio Shuttle 120 | Booster | 3 of 5 | Peg Perego |
| Peg Perego Viaggio Shuttle Plus 120 | Booster | 3 of 5 | Peg Perego |
| Uppababy Alta V2 | Booster | 3 of 5 | Uppababy |
| hiccapop uberboost | Booster | 3 of 5 | hiccapop |
| Baby Trend Hybrid 3-in-1 | Combination | 4 of 5 | Baby Trend |
| Britax Grou With You Clicktight | Combination | 5 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Grow With You | Combination | 5 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Grow With You Clicktight Plus | Combination | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Cosco Finale DX 2-in-1 | Combination | 4 of 5 | Cosco |
| Evenflo Chase Plus | Combination | 3 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Evenflo Maestro Sport | Combination | 4 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Graco Atlas 65 | Combination | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco Tranzitions | Combination | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco Wayz | Combination | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Safety 1st Boost-and-Go 3-in-1 | Combination | 3 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| Safety 1st Grand 2-in-1 | Combination | 3 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| Baby Jogger City Turn | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Baby Jogger |
| Baby Trend Trooper | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Baby Trend |
| Baby Trend Trooper Slim 3-in-1 | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Baby Trend |
| Britax Advocate Clicktight | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Advocate Clicktight ARB | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Boulevard Clicktight | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Boulevard Clicktight | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Boulevard Clicktight ARB | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Marathon Clicktight | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Marathon Clicktight ARB | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Poplar | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Chicco NextFit Max Zip Air | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Chicco |
| Clek Fllo | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Clek |
| Cosco Apt 50 | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Cosco |
| Cosco MightyFit 65 | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Cosco |
| Cosco Scenera Next | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Cosco |
| Cybex Sirona S | Convertible | 5 of 5 | Cybex |
| Cybex Sirona S | Convertible | 5 of 5 | Cybex |
| Evenflo Sonus 65 | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Evenflo SureRide 65 | Convertible | 2 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Evenflo Tribute | Convertible | 2 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Graco Admiral 65 | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco Contender 65 | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco Contender Slim | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco Size 4 Me 65 | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Joie Chili Spin 360 | Convertible | 5 of 5 | Joie |
| Maxi-Cosi Romi | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Maxi-Cosi |
| Nuna rava | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Nuna |
| Nuna revv | Convertible | 5 of 5 | Nuna |
| Safety 1st Getaway | Convertible | 4 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| Safety 1st Jive 2-in-1 | Convertible | 3 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| UPPAbaby Knox | Convertible | 3 of 5 | UPPAbaby |
| Baby Jogger City Go 2 | Infant | 4 of 5 | Baby Jogger |
| Baby Jogger City Go Air | Infant | 4 of 5 | Baby Jogger |
| Britax B-Safe Gen 2 | Infant | 5 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Cypress, Alpine Base | Infant | 5 of 5 | Britax |
| Britax Willow S | Infant | 4 of 5 | Britax |
| Chicco Fit2 Adapt | Infant | 4 of 5 | Chicco |
| Clek Liingo | Infant | 3 of 5 | Clek |
| Cosco Light 'n' Comfy | Infant | 3 of 5 | Cosco |
| Cybex Aton 2 Sensorsafe | Infant | 5 of 5 | Cybex |
| Cybex Aton G | Infant | 5 of 5 | Cybex |
| Cybex Cloud Q | Infant | 4 of 5 | Cybex |
| Evenflo LiteMax 35 | Infant | 4 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Evenflo NurtureMax | Infant | 3 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Evenflo SecureMax Gold | Infant | 4 of 5 | Evenflo |
| Graco GoMax | Infant | 4 of 5 | Graco |
| Graco Snugride Snugfit 35 | Infant | 5 of 5 | Graco |
| Joie Mint Latch | Infant | 4 of 5 | Joie |
| Joie Rue | Infant | 4 of 5 | Joie |
| Maxi-Cosi Mico 30 | Infant | 4 of 5 | Maxi-Cosi |
| Maxi-Cosi Mico Luxe | Infant | 4 of 5 | Maxi-Cosi |
| Maxi-Cosi Mico XP Max | Infant | 4 of 5 | Maxi-Cosi |
| Nuna Pipa rx | Infant | 4 of 5 | Nuna |
| Safety 1st onBoard 35 Air 360 | Infant | 4 of 5 | Safety 1st |
| UPPAbaby Mesa | Infant | 5 of 5 | UPPAbaby |
| UPPAbaby Mesa V2 | Infant | 5 of 5 | UPPAbaby |