Turtle Air

Hi OP. I follow an amazing account that just did a huge deep dive into FRs in car seats. Here is what they found: https://www.modernnursery.com/blogs/all/added-fire-retardants-in-car-seats-exposing-popular-brands I ended up going with the Bugaboo Turtle Air by Nuna.

We have the Nuna Turtle - little on the heavy side but a great carseat. Compatible with the bugaboo kangaroo

Then you’re going to want a newborn car seat if you want it to work with a stroller. Figure out what stroller you like and then get the car seat that works with, not the other way around. You’ll only be using this newborn seat for less than a year but using the stroller for much longer. We went with Nuna car seat and it’s been fine but that’s only because that’s what worked best with our bugaboo stroller.

We have one but honestly the price tag just doesn’t make sense unless you’re really sold on it and it fits your stroller needs. We really liked the concept of being able to use it without a base, but the way it functions without the base is pretty annoying (strap across lap). It’s light, but they all get heavy fast, so that’s similarly not something that rises to the price tag, IMO.

We went from a Nuna infant car seat to the graco turn2me. It’s like $250. It’s rear facing and then front facing up until they’re 100lbs. I like that the seat swivels so it’s easier to get them in and out of the car.

The fact that my Nuna weighs less than 9 lbs is why I own it, every person who’s ever grabbed the seat has complimented how lightweight and easy it is to maneuver. And I’d buy it over and over again!

Which seat? The harness height on all of Nuna’s seats is SHORT. If you have a tall kid they will outgrow the seats earlier than expected. For us the infant seat was also short-lived because my kid started hating it by like 5 months and we switched to convertible , so that felt a waste to me. Also Nuna’s textiles stain, discolor and sun bleach super easily and look terrible. I am learning that it’s more common to have to replace a seat due to damage from something like frequent accidents or sickness /body fluids because there are so many dang rules about how to clean and you cant use basically anything, I would say Nuna is not worth the money.