Cosco Kids - Scenera Next DLX Convertible Car Seat
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"It's crazy light, unlike our Graco at home ... super super light for carrying. One handed, no trouble. ... taking it through security/awkwardly carrying it down the plane aisle is super easy when it's that light. I could have it and a bag in my hand and not worry"
"and lightweight. ... I also get super stressed seeing other people bring their full size 20 pound seats, especially when gate checked. We’ve all seen the “normal wear and tear” suitcases get when checked, I couldn’t trust my primary seat to be handled by the airline. I can’t even trust my secondary seat to be handled by the airline so we fly with it 😅 it’s a nonnegotiable to me personally, and if we can’t afford the extra seat then we can’t afford the trip."
"it weighs like 7lbs and stacks on top of itself so it’s super easy to carry two of them through the airport either by just resting them on top of one side of a stroller (if you wear one baby) or using a car seat backpack with both seats stacked on top of each other inside"
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"The Scenera is also really easy to use on the plane if you decide to do that - it has made travel so easy with my kid!"
"specifically for the airplane and use upon arrival at our destination. It was the best thing we could have done ... did the job beautifully ... having my toddlers contained on the plane journey. I cannot imagine fighting them to sit in the adult sized seat with only a lap belt....."
"Its by far the easiest way for our kid to sleep on the plane too - without being strapped in shell be bouncin off the walls and touching everything."
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"The Scenera is also really easy to use on the plane if you decide to do that - it has made travel so easy with my kid!"
"is extremely easy to strap into a plane seat with the lap belt."
"it's so worth for ease of use for the airport, airplane, installing in rental cars, etc."
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"It's crazy light, unlike our Graco at home ... super super light for carrying. One handed, no trouble. ... taking it through security/awkwardly carrying it down the plane aisle is super easy when it's that light. I could have it and a bag in my hand and not worry"
"it weighs like 7lbs and stacks on top of itself so it’s super easy to carry two of them through the airport either by just resting them on top of one side of a stroller (if you wear one baby) or using a car seat backpack with both seats stacked on top of each other inside"
"and lightweight. ... I also get super stressed seeing other people bring their full size 20 pound seats, especially when gate checked. We’ve all seen the “normal wear and tear” suitcases get when checked, I couldn’t trust my primary seat to be handled by the airline. I can’t even trust my secondary seat to be handled by the airline so we fly with it 😅 it’s a nonnegotiable to me personally, and if we can’t afford the extra seat then we can’t afford the trip."
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"super cheap for a car seat (~$50 at Walmart)"
"It's cheap as dirt"
"so cheap so it doesn’t matter if you only use it once or twice."
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"She’s now almost 4 and also doesn’t fit in it for forward facing. She’s maybe 38” and 35 lbs, but the highest shoulder strap opening is about 3” below her shoulders and for forward facing you want the shoulder strap at or just above the shoulder,"
"We couldn’t rear face for her in that seat bc at that point bc her femurs were too long."
"he was very close to outgrowing the car seat we have used for travel til now (Scenera Next). ... He ’s too tall for rear facing in it, and is about 5 lbs away from exceeding the weight limit even for front facing."
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"In the car it ’s impossible to secure the seat adequately. ... It just flops around while I cross my fingers we don ’t all crash."
"It would flip completely on its side when fully tightened."
"This is our travel seat, it's definitely a pain in the ass to tighten it!"
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"It would flip completely on its side when fully tightened."
"it was really difficult to push the button on to release the buckle for my mother."
"This is our travel seat, it's definitely a pain in the ass to tighten it!"
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"my kiddo found it to be very uncomfortable so we returned it."
"forward facing the buckle is dead center on their backs with no real padding in between."
"I did have to add some padding to the back to cushion it for the baby."
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"he was very close to outgrowing the car seat we have used for travel til now (Scenera Next). ... He ’s too tall for rear facing in it, and is about 5 lbs away from exceeding the weight limit even for front facing."
"It's definitely not what you're looking for as kids outgrow it fairly early. ... Our 3 year old has almost definitely outgrown her Scenera"
"I never feel like it sits right on the plane or any car we try to install it in"
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