Graco - Premier 4Ever DLX Extend2Fit SnugLock 4-in-1 Car Seat featuring Anti-Rebound Bar, Midtown Collection (Model Code: 2223921)

Before this seat, Costco sold the graco 4ever extend 2 fit DLX. And we have 4 of them and the kids like them a lot. Every kid is different though.

I personally prefer having the infant car seat and transitioning to a convertible seat later. It’s more convenient for winter and you can keep them covered. We have a base in each car that we regularly travel in. My 1 year old is about to outgrow the infant car seat. Which makes me sad as it’s so much easier to pop him in and out of the car to the stroller for school drop offs/pick ups He’ll be going into his sister’s graco extend to fit and she’s (5.5years old) going into a high back booster. You can go straight to a convertible seat. Boosters come way down the road so I wouldn’t worry about that right now. An infant carrier is more referring a wrap/sling/structured carrier that goes on your body to hold baby hands free. I highly recommend getting one that is comfortable for you. We have ring slings and an ergo 360. I have used them for both of my kids. My 1 year old is a Velcro baby and has to touch me at all times in the evening. I was wearing him on my back to do dishes last night.

We have both the Graco Extend2Fit and the Cosco Scenera and we take the Cosco when we need to Uber to the airport/bring it on the plane. It’s considerably lighter which is helpful for carrying it around in the airport. I could see the Graco maybe getting installed quickly in an Uber if you know what you’re doing and it’s already configured for your child. It’s different though when the Uber driver is tapping their foot and waiting for you to install the thing. Generally for your use case I’d recommend the Cosco.

Gracos are all more L shaped than Chicco, for example. I would just go to target and look at the displays. Think about what you need in a seat-- will you need one that's more compact front-to-back to accommodate a tall person in front? (Try the Extend 2 Fit.) Very narrow so you can fit 3 people in one row? (Slimfit 3LX.) Easy to install? (Trio Grow or 4Ever)

Agree with other folks, we have a car and this is our car seat, and I have no complaints, but it is heavy. I have installed it for Ubers/used it at the airport, because I don't want to own two car seats, and it certainly all worked (and generally I find install with the Latch system super easy, I haven't yet had to use the seatbelt install so I can't speak to that), but I don't think of it as meant for that. That said, I have a really tall toddler, so the higher height limits make it worth it for us! My friend without a car uses the Cosco and installs it in my car all the time when we're heading places together. It's so quick and light!

I currently have a 6 week old. I didn’t care if my stroller and car seat were compatible, so I got the Gracie Extend2Fit convertible, car seat, which is an infant through toddler and beyond seat. I wanted something that I wouldn’t have to replace multiple times as my kid got older. For my stroller, I got an uppababy Cruz V2 on Facebook marketplace. It’s great in urban environments, can handle bumps, curbs, brick, cobblestone, you name it.

I just bought a Graco extend for my 2yo which should rear face until 4 and seemed like one of the lightest car seats available. Had to do this as I don’t trust car hire companies to be able to provide rear facing seats past 15 months now. We also have the bugaboo butterfly pram which is light and easy to travel with. You won’t find a car seat and stroller combo for toddlers

We went with Grace Extens2fit because it rear faces up the 50lbs and is a price point where if it gets exceptionally dirty it wouldn't be painful to replace. I see it recommended regularly by techs on that safety Facebook group. We just got it for under $300 from Walmart 🤷‍♀️ I'm sure the clek is nice but the fit looked terrible in our Subaru Outback when I asked them for pics

We have the graco dlx 4 in 1. It’s one that grows with them and has some cup holders for them ☺️

Agreed on your comment about “think about your lifestyle.” For us, we like to travel, live in the city and didn’t want to carry around a bulky stroller so we opted for the Zen yoyo. Just came back from our first trip and it was a great stroller (we spotted the same stroller a lot among other parents). For car seats, we got something like a Graco 4in1 where you can still use it to toddler age. For diaper bag, could’ve gone without one and used any type of bag but we got the LLB and that worked well as a carry on/diaper bag.

I have the Graco forever and it's honestly not that bad if you need to take it out and move it around. It's in my SUV for 90% of the time and when my sons dad takes him, it gets moved to his car.

We bought the Chicco KeyFit 35 infant car seat and the Graco 4Evr Dlx convertible car seat. I panicked when someone said their hospital would only release them with an infant car seat, so we bought the KeyFit later. We bought the Mockingbird Single Stroller with the bassinet.

We used the Graco4Ever from the start with both kids. The hospitals were fine with us leaving with baby stroller with bassinet (Yoyo). In retrospect, it would have been more pleasant to have the infant seat for transitions in cold winter weather but we all lived.