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An economical choice, the Alpha Omega Elite carries your child throughout his young life so you'll never need more than one car seat. Parents can install the car seat to be rear-facing for 5- to 35-pound babies, set it to a forward-facing position when the child weighs between 20 and 40 pounds, and then use it as a booster seat when kids weigh between 30 and 100 pounds. The Alpha Omega Elite secures using the LATCH system, which complies with current federal safety standards. The five-point harness restraint is easy to adjust and the chest clip is a cinch to open and close in a hurry. Padding on the shoulder straps, back, and headrest; fold-down armrests, and three reclining positions ensure your child's comfort. There is even a built-in cup holder alongside the base for a sippy cup. For parents' convenience, the harness has four different heights and the headrest moves with the straps so rethreading the straps is never necessary. The Alpha Omega Elite comes in a neutral black and gray tweed-style fabric that matches the interior of most vehicles. --Cristina Vaamonde

From the Manufacturer
Designed to safely accommodate a child from birth to age eight and beyond, the Alpha Omega Elite Convertible Car Seat is LATCH equipped for both rear-facing and forward-facing travel. As recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, this car seat includes a 35-pound turnabout that keeps baby rear-facing until at least age one. The car seat then converts to face forward for toddlers 22-40 pounds, and finally, as baby grows, the car seat converts again into a belt-positioning booster for...  

 

316 of 337 people found the following review helpful:

This seat saved my daughters life., October 29, 2003
 

I was in a devastating car accident a month ago, in which I lost my wife, and mother to 2 lovley daughters. My oldest daughter, who was seated on the same side of the vehicle as my wife only received a broken leg. I beleive that if she were in any other seat she too would be dead, or at least injured more seriuos.
 

47 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

Lots of features, well made, QUITE large for back seat!, April 8, 2005
 

This car seat is of excellent quality. The drawbacks I can see is that the recline function does not recline far enough to compensate for the slope of the seat for the car seat to sit with the marker "level to the ground" like it should in the rear facing position. This car seat is rather large and I have to move the front passenger seat up in our SUV (Nissan Murano) quite considerably in order to put the car seat in facing rearward. Placing the rolled up towels underneath the base makes the car seat level, but it also requires the front seat be pushed forward even further. I test fit it in the forward facing position in the back seat and the car seat fits just fine that way. I wouldn't suggest buying this for an infant if you have a smaller back seat unless you want your front seat passengers spending the first year of baby's life with their knees in the dashboard. The Nissan's back seat is pretty large but perhaps it would fit better in, say, a Suburban?
I don't like the fact that the owner's manual has diagrams that show the level marks perpendicular to the ground with the car seat reclined while sitting in the back seat without towels. They could have designed it better in my opinion so I wouldn't have to use the towels.
(The level marks are located on the seatbelt harnesses that are visible in the picture of the product if you were wondering).
 

Customer Reviews
 

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

own 2 and love them, January 15, 2006
 

We own 2 of these car seats, one from 2003 and one from 2004. Like many of the reviews state, the harness does sometimes get twisted, but if you take the time to familiarize yourself with the instructions and the seat it is very easy to correct. I have taken the seats apart from top to bottom twice for cleaning and have never had any problems getting them back together correctly. We use LATCH in our minivan, but have used the seat belt system in other cars with no safety concerns. The 2004 model is easier to adjust for harness height and I like that feature. My 2 yr old son is growing taller so quickly that I am able to adjust the height without taking the seat apart or un-latching it from the van.
 

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Too big and too difficult, January 8, 2006
 

This car seat does not fit in the rear facing position unless you own an SUV or minivan. My husband and I both tried to fit this seat in the rear facing position into several cars with no luck. The slope of the seat is so steep that it does not fit into a normal size car. We finally were able to fit this seat into one of our cars (after struggling with it and stuffing a towel underneath to make it sit level)when our baby was ready to be forward facing. After using it for a while, I found the straps constantly twist around making it difficult to tighten. Additionally, the design of the "puzzle buckle" doesn't do much but make it difficult to strap a wiggling toddler into the seat.
Another issue is the strap at the bottom used to tighten the straps at the top. Well it works, but only tightens on side and then you have to keep adjusting the straps up top until it tightens both sides. It's really more of a hassle than anything. I do not recommend this car seat unless you have unlimited time and patience.
 

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

love this carseat~!@, January 3, 2006
 

im very happy with this carseat. it has everything that i need in it and its very easy to clean and looks very comfortable. we had an older version of the omega elite that had a overhead where you down and just click which worked great but when our daughter got older she learned how to get out of it every time no matter much i tighten the straps so i went shopping for a new carseat and found this one it had good and bad reviews and seems like everyone was complaining about the size of this carseat. truthfully i think its just perfect. i drive a chevy avalanche and it is just the right size for it. granted if we had to make it rearfacing it would be too big but i dont think that any carseat that is convertable would fit nicely unless you drive a mini van. plus my daughter loves the feature with the cup holder. and most importantly it keeps her in her carseat now and she cant figure out how to get of of this one since its a 5 point and you have to unbuckle two instead of one. so i think this is a great one and i have a 1 month old now and once he gets old enough or he gets to be 20 lbs then im buying another one.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

DON'T BUY THIS SEAT, January 3, 2006
 

I didn't want to spend over $200 on a car seat so I purchased the Alpha Omega Elite, thinking it would be a good purchase. I couldn't have been more disappointed in a product. On the Alpha Omega Elite, the buckle was so difficult to use and the straps kept getting twisted. In addition, my son's head kept falling forward whenever he was sleeping (in the rear-facing position). This was so frustrating because someone would have to sit in the back seat to hold up his head. After doing more research, I went back to Babies R Us and purchased the Britax Marathon. The buckle is easy to use, the straps don't get tangled, and my son's head rests comfortably on the back of the seat whenever he is napping. Plus, it fits perfectly in my Pontiac Grand Am. I wish I would have purchased the Britax Marathon seat first. It was well worth the extra $100. Don't go cheap when it comes to a car seat. Spend the extra money to get a QUALITY product. You won't be disappointed!

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