https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:06:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-safety-1st-alpha-omega-elite-car-seat#post-280259 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 04:48:16 +0000 MamaCate 280259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: a friend of mine has this seat as her primary car seat and she has beenhappy with it. Her LO is 2 now so i only remember seeing it in her car front facing, but it looks solid and sturdy. We are considering it for ourselves but havent seen it in the store. I dont know anything about installation though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-safety-1st-alpha-omega-elite-car-seat#post-280251 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:57:22 +0000 looch 280251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: Smart! We brought the stroller on our first trip and it was a total PITA! Wish we just used our Ergo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-safety-1st-alpha-omega-elite-car-seat#post-280250 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:55:05 +0000 SugarplumsMom 280250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: No, she'll be a lap infant. We're not even bringing a stroller, we're gonna buy a cheap stroller there and wear hintact the airport. I want to reduce our baggage as much as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-safety-1st-alpha-omega-elite-car-seat#post-280249 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:49:42 +0000 looch 280249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>AFAIK, it has to meet certain requirements to be sold, so it's not any more or less safe than other seats, but it's more about the ease of install and comfort. I hate installing car seats and get really stressed about it, especially if the recline angle isn't so straight forward. I'd bring it to a technician to double check the install. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-safety-1st-alpha-omega-elite-car-seat#post-280248 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:47:57 +0000 SugarplumsMom 280248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: It does look like a great deal! My Mom said she only found it in one remote Costco (where she gets gas), all the other locations have run out. She sounds like she wants to go back and buy it tomorrow ... I just want to make sure it's safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-safety-1st-alpha-omega-elite-car-seat#post-280247 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:46:11 +0000 looch 280247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you taking your European infant seat with you? I'd just use that with the belt (it's allowed if you're a tourist) and then when she outgrows that, I'd get something like a Britax Boulevard. We have it and love it. I did use it rear facing at 6 months and we had no problems whatsoever ( I didn't bring our European bucket on that visit). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-safety-1st-alpha-omega-elite-car-seat#post-280246 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:43:45 +0000 SugarplumsMom 280246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should mention that I'm mostly interested on how the seat performs rear-facing. The complaints I've read on Amazon and Costco.com were about it used rear-facing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-safety-1st-alpha-omega-elite-car-seat#post-280245 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:42:34 +0000 looch 280245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've read that seat is difficult to install, but I've never actually seen it in person or used it myself.</p> <p>Seems like a good deal, though, it goes from rear facing to forward facing and becomes a booster! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/costco-safety-1st-alpha-omega-elite-car-seat#post-280244 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:33:08 +0000 SugarplumsMom 280244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has anyone bought the car seat they sell at Costco for around $80-90? I'm looking for a seat for when LO is 6 months and older to leave at grandma's house. My Mom called to buy the one they sell at Costco, but I told her to wait until I did a little searching.</p> <p>Does anyone have this car seat? How do you like it? Would you recommend it? If not, which one did you buy instead. Size isn't a problem, she drives an SUV.</p> <p><u>Note</u>: It'll be left at grandma's house and we live abroad so it won't be used often --- but when we do visit, it'll be used a LOT more than the car seat we have at home. We're on the road a lot when we visit my Mom and there's tons of traffic as well. </p>