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My parents have two car seats, and I don’t remember what brand the first is, but the second is just a basic Cosco seat. It’s both cheap and lightweight. We bought it for a trip, then gave it to them after we got back.

You could look at a cosco scenera next. It's very basic, fits in practically every car, and is only $40. It's outgrown forward facing before rear facing so it is realistically a rear facing only seat. It's limits are 40 pounds, 40 inches, or one inch below the shell. It will rear face most kids to 3-4.

A graco contender is another good option that would work a bit better if any kids are tall. It will rear face almost all kids to 40 pounds regardless of height. And can be used for quite awhile forward facing. It can generally be found for around $100

If three kids will ride in it I might spend more money to have an easier install and easier (no thread) adjustments to fit each kid. I like my cosco for travel but I don’t think it’s as easy to install as some nicer seats. For grandparents id want installation to be as easy as possible.

I have the cosco as a secondary seat and it's a nightmare to install and adjust. The Graco clones are easy to install and adjust from kid to kid. I think the one we ended up with is the GrowWithMe or something like that but a bunch of them are basically the same.

I like Graco for these purposes. I have one as a primary seat, and it's great.

If it were for a situation where the seat needs to be uninstalled and installed regularly, I would get a Britax with ClickTight.