Winter Car Seat Cover, Buffalo Check
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Winter Car Seat Cover, Buffalo Check

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This is the pattern most people picture when they hear the brand name, and it carries by far the largest review count in the range. Weather-resistant nylon on the outside, soft fleece inside, stretched over a standard infant carrier or a stroller and car seat combo. The point of a cover like this is that it replaces a bulky coat: a padded jacket puts loft between the child and the harness, while a cover sits outside the straps and leaves the fit alone.

Instead of a winter coat

Car seat manufacturers warn against thick jackets under the harness, because padding compresses in a crash and leaves the straps loose. A cover goes on after the harness is buckled and tightened, so the fit you set is the fit that holds.

Double zip for temperature

Two zip pulls fold the cover back partway once the car heater catches up, or take it off the seat completely. Babies overheat in a warm car faster than adults notice, and a cover with no vent is a cover you end up removing at every stop.

Nylon face, fleece back

The outer layer deflects wind and light rain; the fleece behind it does the insulating. Two thin layers doing separate jobs stay lighter than one thick one, and the whole thing folds into a stroller basket.

The check pattern

Black and red buffalo check is why a lot of these get bought as gifts. It photographs well against a gray winter background, and it does not read as baby gear from ten feet away.

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