Every car seat manufacturer's main focus is to produce a car seat you feel safe putting your child into every single time you get in the car, but not all seats are created equal, so to say. There are certain safety features every parent should make sure their child's car seat has to ensure that they're as safe as possible each and every joyride.
Sarah Tilton, Britax's child passenger safety technician and chair of the National Child Passenger Safety Board, told POPSUGAR that "there are some key factors that you want to look for when you're looking for a car seat." Tilton says that though many car seats have all of these features, each seat's "ease of use" will vary, and it's important to know which product will be the easiest to install correctly, as so many parents drive with their child's car seat improperly installed. She said, "The harder things are to do, the less likely parents are to do them correctly each and every time."
Ahead, the four features your car seat should have and the things you should look out for in terms of ease of use.