Cosco Scenera 5-point $39.84, Versa-Fit 49.42 at Walmart.com

[Grayson73]

Cosco Scenera 5-point is $39.84 at Walmart.com. Is this the best budget car seat?

Has anyone seen this in store?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?&product_id=4083774

EDIT:

At my store, they only had the Versa-Fit for $49.42:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=4231507

[Joolsplus2]

Yup, it's really great, for the price :). Here's a thorough pictorial done by the owner of the site in my sig...
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/writermomof2/album?.dir=/5856&.src=ph
Julie CPS Tech and mom to 2 in seats
http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/RFAlbum/SarahMA.aspx

[searchdog]

We bought one of these a couple of weeks ago and I am very happy with it. We have two Britax seats in our main cars but got this for the old car DH drives to/from work. (he drives 50 miles a day and the old car gets 30mpg and the new car gets 15mpg)

Anyway we installed in RF with a lapbelt and I am very happy with the install. I think for the price tag of $40 this is an awesome seat that is easy to use. DD doesn't seem to mind it vs her Britax seat. Oh yeah I also love the fact that it has the adjustable crotch strap as well.

On a side note the seat we bought was only like 2-3 weeks old! So that means we will get almost the full 6 years out of it.

[Grayson73]

My local Walmart only has the Cosco Scenera Versa-Fit for $49.42. I didn't see the Cosco Scenera 5-Point.

Does anyone know what's the difference and whether the Versa-Fit is worth $10 more?

Versa-Fit:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=4231507

5-Point:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=4083774

[bensmom]

I would wait for the 5-point harness to be available or look elsewhere. The Versa-Fit is a 3 point harness with an overhead shield. Here's a link to some information explaining why the 5-point harness is a better choice.

http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/fivepointshield.aspx


Ilana

CPS Tech and mom

[Joolsplus2]

I'm glad they gave it a different name, but we never never never never never use overhead shield seats. Shame on Cosco for still making these horrible things :P
Here's why they are so bad...
http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/fivepointshield.aspx
Julie CPS Tech and mom to 2 in seats
http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/RFAlbum/SarahMA.aspx

[Joolsplus2]

Target has the good 5-pt ones for $49... search "scenara" for the ones on the web :).

And ask an associate at walmart, they might have some in the back or hidden behind the other seats...or might be getting in a new shipment in a day or two, that sort of thing.

:)
Julie CPS Tech and mom to 2 in seats
http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/RFAlbum/SarahMA.aspx