Graco - GoMax™ Baseless Infant Car Seat ft. Insta-Install™ Rigid LATCH (2219741)

Urbn, Graco GoMax, and Joie Mint latch are all baseless latch infant seats. All of the nuna seats can be installed baseless if you use a seatbelt btw. They’re all safe. People feel like they’re not safe because they’re new or because they don’t know how car seats work, but ask any CPST or look online for video demos - they can explain how it’s just as safe as other car seats on the market. People have this idea that the base that it clicks into, is safer, but when you have the baseless latch connection…it’s doing the same thing as the base is (connecting via latch lol) 😂 Idk the weight limits for the the Graco and Joie car seats but the nuna urbn, nuna pipa RX, and Aire RX all have the same weight and height limits now. They’re 4-30lbs and 16-30 inches. The older models varied more, but now they’re the same across the 3.

Like many have said: graco go max, Joie mint latch, or nuna pipa urbn. If it was me, I’d do a Joie or a graco bc of the significantly higher weight limit over the nuna. We also have the Joie nutmeg that comes as a bundle with the Joie mint and like it as a travel stroller.

I would heed the bulkhead warnings in the previous comments. If you weren't in the bulkhead I would also heed your child's height/weight, cause this an awkward age for us. My 2.5 yr old was not going to fit in the go to infant travel seats. I went with a no base slim Graco, tall and light enough but now too big to fit rear facing. Forced to do forward facing with no recline, so while she slept, she did it with a slumped head and I felt bad. I didn't feel ready to put her in a way-b pico and couldn't justify the cost ( until we have multiple trips planned or big international trip, soon) and even then I could see us stowing it and just letting her lay down. The seat was worth it in the rear phasing reclines baby phase.

Graco GoMax and you can buy a stroller frame for it, basically making it a cheap two-piece Doona.

Greco just made an infant seat without a base designed for people who do ride shares a lot. Bring your own seat, I wouldn’t trust one I found in an Uber.

Hi there. So there are five car seats that are in this “baseless” category. Clek liingo, peg Perego urban mobility, graco GoMax, Joie mint latch, and Nuna Urbn. The first two use soft latch (think of seatbelt webbing) and the last three use rigid latch. Rigid makes it much quicker, but the other two are also very, very good and have more stroller compatibility. Joie unofficially works with Mockingbird, but Mockingbird has not approved Joie’s adapter yet. Urbn is only available as part of a Nuna travel system. And Graco works with several Graco strollers and the baby jogger city mini GT3 (and honestly, this is a very solid set up). I have videos on all of these seats across my social media platforms and a video comparing all of them except for Nuna because they behave like Nuna on my YouTube. - CPST

I have the Graco GoMax car seat and it’s my favorite thing ever!!

2021 rav 4 2 forward and 1 rear facing Left is graco slim fit 3 in 1 with latch Middle is graco transitions with seat belt Right is graco infant car seat with latch. A lot of trunk space This setup also works with my 2019 Mazda cx5 but trunk space is way less than rav

I don’t have a Graco turn2me, but had a Graco bucket seat, and my oldest is still in his extend2fit at 4 (but forward facing). We upgraded my second to a Chicco fit360 (so still not a luxury brand). The rotating seat really makes it easier to get my 18 month old in. She’s reached the stage where often times (especially in the morning before school) she fights getting in. It was so hard fighting my oldest into a traditional rear facing seat that we flipped him between 2-2.5 which was earlier than I would have liked. I went with Chicco because I liked that it still rotates in the forward facing mode, where Graco didn’t (I think they have a new model that does now though but not turn2me). As far as needing two seats, yeah, it’s just easier that way. Target usually has a trade in event in March-ish and puts a lot of seats on sale so you could try to hold out until then and trade in one bucket seat base for a discount which can be used on two items.

We did the graco bucket seat and stroller that it clicked into, but ended up switching to a convertible seat pretty quickly because my daughter had bad reflux. I found a mockingbird on marketplace and we love it!! We’ll be getting the car seat adapter for our second baby coming in February. Also, a lot of car seats go on sale on Black Friday, so if you know which one you want, that might be a good time to buy. We saved around $100 on ours.