Combi Shuttle Infant Car Seat

The Combi Shuttle Infant Car Seat is rear-facing infant car seat designed for children up to 29 inches in height and not exceeding 22 pounds. There is no minimum weight and height listed for this seat. The seat can be used with or without its base. The Combi shuttle automatically gets a point in the safety column for being a rear-facing infant seat. Rear-facing infant seats tend to protect a baby’s head very well from both frontal and side impacts. Design wise, this car seat is very attractive and is available in several different colours.

With regards to comfort and safety, the Combi Shuttle is top class. It consists of a nice, soft removable cushioned seat which is completely machine washable. The seat is covered by a soft breathable material and the headrest is lined with impact absorbing EPS foam for comfort and safety. EPS also lines the sides of the seat, for increased protection from side impacts. In addition, the Combi shuttle has an adjustable canopy for protection against the sun.

The shuttle can be installed using either a LATCH instalment or a seat belt installation. The LATCH instalment, however, is a lot less complicated and takes up far less time. Another feature that makes having a Combi Shuttle so convenient is that it is compatible with several Combi strollers - in fact, with all 2009 designs. This allows you to move the child from the car into a stroller without ever unbuckling that child.

Like most infant car seat, the Combi Shuttle Car Seat has a five- point harness system to safely secure child, on the Shuttle however you are able to adjust all harnesses with a single pull. The height of the harnesses can be easily adjusted to seven different increments with no rethreading being required. This allows the harnesses to best fit the child has he/she grows. There is a headrest that also as seven adjustable increments. In addition, the Combi Shuttle has the distinct feature of an anti-rebound bar which stabilises and reduces seat movement in the event of a collision.

A big disadvantage of the Combi Shuttle Infant Car Seat is that it does not have a reclining feature. One would think that for a seat seemingly designed for newborns this would be an integral part of its design. Young babies, when traveling in an infant car seat, should be as close to a 450 angle as possible so as to reduce the risk of an airway obstruction. Older babies should be slightly more upright. The fact that the weight limit on the Combi Shuttle is only 22 pounds means that this is not the most durable of infant seats. It seems like a bad investment to pay almost $200 on a child seat that is only going to be good for a couple of months.

The Combi Shuttle Infant Car Seat has several of the safety features on would expect from an infant car seat. It is well padded, comfortable and has a five point harness system. It retails for anything from $150-$170, but with a weight limit of 22lbs this seems a bit excessive.