Listing - Cosco Scenera NEXT Convertible Car Seat, Otto

As a travel carseat - 5 stars: If you are flying with your baby, this is the seat to get. It fits in the Southwest Airlines seat perfectly. I haven't flown with it on any other airlines. I highly recommend getting the rolling travel stroller for the airport (I used: https://www.amazon.com/GO-GO-TRAVELMATE-Travel-Stroller-Toddler/dp/B000JJK9EY).For occasional use: 5 stars. It gets the job done.For everyday use: It's ok - 3-4 stars. The plastic clasp feels a little flimsy. I am sure it's perfectly fine, and it meets all the testing and quality standards and actually has a pretty high consumer reports score. However, I am probably going to get something a little sturdier just for my own peace of mind. Our second carseat is a britax, and when you use them side-by-side you really see the difference in quality of material and padding and support.

The strap that is used to attach the car seat to the car itself is extremely poorly designed. The car seat needs to be pulled down snug against the seat in the car, and it is very difficult to do this--the tighten/release buckle is very poorly designed and does not easily allow the strap to be pulled snug. I have installed this seat multiple times in multiple cars, and each time it is a fight to get the seat installed with a snug fit. I hate to think how many of these seats are riding around with a sloppy or loose fit due to the poor design. By comparison, we have a Chicco KeyFit car seat base, and it is extremely easy to attach properly and with a snug fit in a matter of seconds.

I babysit my 18 month old niece once a week as well as other times. Having a car seat in my car makes it easier. So far this seat is great! She sits rear facing still and I use it's front latch system. It's in the middle seat in my car & it's small enough that 2 adults can sit on either side of it but it still has a good amount of growing room! The straps are all easy to adjust as well. Installation wasn't to difficult as long as you read the booklet & read your vehicle owners manual. It could use a bit more padding in the seat cover, but my niece seems comfortable. I am very happy with this car seat!

We love love love this. We consulted with a Child Safety Tech before buying and are very happy with the choice. We have bought one for every vehicle from parent cars to grand and great grandparent vehicles. So affordable it's worth not having to move and reinstall every time someone helps out.

Absolutely no way I’d want to use this car seat for every day after using our much nicer(but way more expensive seat) BUT for traveling it worked out fantastic because it was so incredibly light. We carried it through the airport and through cruise ports with no problem at all. It’s a little hard to tighten the straps but for the price and the weight, it’s worth the struggle for a travel seat

Worked great for our international trip. Very lightweight and straps into seats super easy. It was a simple device for a simple purpose.

We had one of these that we used as our primary car seat for a while and it was great. We love it for traveling, which is the only reason I gave it two stars. However, we got a second one so my MIL could keep one in her car and it’s awful. The straps work fine when I test them but once my daughter is sitting in it the straps all of a sudden so t tighten down! Here I am, bracing a foot against the car for leverage and pulling with all my might and and I get very slow tightening of the straps but they never get tight enough to be safe. I’m so disappointed! I can’t use this seat and since it’s been over 30 days I can’t return it either. I wish they were all as good as the first one I got but the inconsistency is super disappointing.

I purchased this car seat based on it being the lightest on the market (for travel) and all the positive reviews but I found the seat to be very hard, bare-bones with no padding. My family is planning a trip to Turkey this summer and I wanted a lightweight car seat I could easily maneuver multiple airports with. While this seat does fit the bill of being very light and easy to carry, it just won't work for my needs. I guess it would be fine on a short flight but having a baby/toddler confined to this seat on a longer flight just doesn't seem fair to me. Also due to the fact that there is no padding, the buckle of the plane seat belt would be placed in the middle of the baby's back, which wouldn't be very comfortable. I haven't taken the car seat on the plane, so I don't know about the placement of the seat belt if an extender was used.