Britax Marathon Carseat - All Star Blue

After spending much of my time reviewing convertible car seats I was able to narrow my decision to the Britax Marathon. The Marathon with its five point harness allows your child to remain in this seat until 49" and or 65 lbs, which is equivilent to a five year old. Thats reassuring considering that most boosters start at 30lbs and just use a shoulder/lap belt combination until your child out grows their seat. I also like the fact how easy the Britax Marathon was to install. Just latch in and tether down and your seat is safe and secure.

I made my purchase online at Traveling Tikes whom I have heard many great reviews. They included free shipping and charged no sales tax. They were pleasant and very professional in answering all my questions which is something that is lacking in this industry.

Sincerely,

Alice Lathers

I purchased the marathon convertible car seat for my daughter when she was 6 months old, she is now almost two, and the seat looks like new! The straps never twist! And if you know what I mean you would spend a whatever it takes to not have to untwist straps. My sister had bought at least 4 seats for her daughter, the average car seat, because her daughter outgrew them fast. After the pumkin seat you will only need one car seat and I highly recommend the marathon. The seat has much more padding than other seats. If you were sitting in a seat would you rather sit in a recliner or a wooden chair. The seat is a little high at one time but not so in the long run.

After our son out grew his Graco Snug Ride infant car seat. We started to research convertibles car seats. The Britax Marathon's name came up in every online forum as well as writing reviews giving this seat very high ratings.

We visited a local store in our area who carried the Britax Marathon as we wanted to see how it would fit our child. We were very pleased that the seat has a growth potential of up to 65 lbs and 49" in height. This calculates that on average a child can stay in this seat in a five point harness until the approximate age of a five year old.....reassuring.

As most seats on the market have five point harnesses that have a weight limit of 40lbs. The Marathon would allow us more long term growth instead of transitioning into a booster early on and bipassing the shoulder/lap belt combination.

We shopped online and found that babies r us had a large selection. However the more we researched we found the prices to be considerably...Read more