Hi guys I'm Michelle here with the Baby
Cubby and today we're going to be
talking about some of our favorite
infant car seats the UPPAbaby Mesa and
the Nuna Pipa these are both super
popular and they both cost the same
$299.95 so but they have some features that
are really great that we want to compare
for you so you can find the best one for you.
First we're going to go ahead and
compare the bases. That's kind of the meat of
any infant car seat because the base is
what's really going to determine whether
or not your car seat is going to be held
in really tight so to remove
both of these remove differently from their base
though the Mesa removes the traditional
way so it has this lever in the back so
you're going to pull up and just take
the car seat off
The Pipa on the other hand has an extra button on the base
that actually releases it, so you're going
to pull up on that and it's going to
come off that way in terms of car seat
bases both of these are super safe so
what kind of determines the safety of a
car seat base is whether or not it has
parts of it that will slow down a car accident
and how easy it is to install
so the Pipa claims to have a
five-second install and then the Mesa
claims to have a 10-second install both
of these are super secure they're super
easy so I'm just going to show you real
quick why they're so easy the Mesa has
your traditional tether latch so if we
take these out right here you can see
it's a tether latch connectors but
ratchet you can hear that
ratchety sound and what you have to do
is you press this orange button that's
up here and then that will release the
ratchet you're going to connect it into
your anchors and you're going to do that
on both sides and then all you have to
do is take this and push down on it
until it ratchets down and there's a
little window on here that will turn
green and that means it's in tight
enough with the Mesa or the PIPA we have
what's called a rigid latch so rigid
latches are a metal bars and rigid
latches are important because in a car
accident to actually prevent twisting so
wear a seat belt or tether might twist a
little bit a rigid latch won't because of
the bar so the pipa actually comes with
latch guides
where you'll put it in your seat and
where your latch anchors are and you
will go ahead and just move this right
on into those latch guides and connect
them and there's little indicator
windows that will turn green and that's
a super easy install as well the extra
thing though with the PIPA is that they
have what's called a load leg in a car
accident what will happen and this
happens to any car seats you're seat
you'll be sitting like this and it will
continue to move backwards if you get in
a car accident so it can move downwards
and that as much as 20 degrees and that
then it will snap back that snap back is
actually what causes head and neck
injuries and children and the pipa's
base actually takes that worry away for
you so they have what's called a load
leg on the underside of their base they
have just that pops out and this load
leg sits on the bottom of your of your
car seat or of your vehicle so you can
see there's a little green indicator
window when it turns green that means
it's securely on the floor of your car
Nuna has made it so that it won't twist
side to side and it won't get that
recline in a car accident
so both bases
are super safe just because they're so
easy to install that is really the
determining factor that's how easy even
install you can get so that your
installing it correctly every time and
we do recommend though to
always install them in your car before
purchasing just to make sure you get the
right fit
okay so now we're going to
talk a little bit more about the actual
car seats themselves so one of the
questions we always get is how heavy is
the car seat it's a great question most
parents want something on the lighter
side but a good rule of thumb is that
the heavier car seat is the safer it is
that's because it usually means that
it's created from metal and steel and
aluminum alloys and everything that are
used in your car and that actually means
that they'll be safer in a car accident
because it will be able to take more force
before anything gets to your child so
the Mesa actually comes in at 9.9 pounds
it is one of the heavier car
seats on the market but again it's
because
is created with a lot of metal and on
the inside which is what's going to
protect your child the PIPA is actually
the lightest one of the lightest car
seats in its class of infant car seats
it comes in at 7.9 pounds now for the
PIPA specifically we don't say thats
problem just because their base is so
intense so like we showed you have that
rigid latch in the load leg and it's so
base itself reduces so much movement
that your child's going to be plenty
safe in this car seat even though it's
on the lighter end
The Mesa specifically
has a no rethread harness which is great
so all you do is you take the canopy
back there's a little pull tab back here
you just pull up on it and then you can
move the head rest up or down the
reason that's important most parents
don't realize that you need to rethread
the harness until your child's
actually in it so your harness should
always be at or below an inch of your
child shoulders and that's to ensure
that they don't experience any like
sharp upward movement in a car accident
so no rethread harness is nice because once
you have your child in it you can pull
up on that tab and move the head rest up
and down to exactly where you need it to
be without removing your child from the
car seat the Pipa has your regular a
regular rethread harness these are also
easy again you just have to take your
child out to do it so you loosen the
straps you undo the tethers from the
yoke take them out rethread them into
the holes that you need and then put
them back on the yoke and that's all you
have to do super easy and super fast you
just have to take your child out to do it
so lots of parents ask us when you need
to use an infant insert it's honestly
just to get a snug fit on your child so
you should use it until you can get a
snug fit without having it. So the Mesa
has regular infants insert, they do have this
nice headrests that will always stay in
there so because the mesas headrest is
built in, they actually built in
side-impact protectors right here so I'm
either side of these the side impact
protector that just means that there's
material in here that's going to slow
down the car the force of the accident
before it hits your child ok so the pipa
has a regular infant insert as well all
one piece instead of two lots of car
seats have like a separate headrest and
a separate body one but then they have
this low birthweight pillow which is
back here in the center this pillow
right here helps you get a snug fit for
any child under 11 pounds so again the
guideline is to only use it until you
can get a snug fit without it with just
using a regular infant insert they
recommend no more than 11 pounds for
using this but it just slides right back
in here and you just velcro it, it's also
nice because it helps give your
your newborn a little bit more back
support so that their neck is more up
like this rather than like this which a
lot of the parents can get worried about
especially if you drive around a lot
okay in terms of weight limits so this
is another big one that a new parents
always ask this especially you can
usually use them past year a little bit
consumer reports just came out with a
study that says to not use it past a
year from their studies that they've done
in their crash test they've actually
found that children who are over a year
in an infant car seat are more at risk for
head injuries so that being said both
these car seats do have a 32 inch height
limit on them their head needs to be
less or more than an inch below the top
of the car seat so this part of the car
seat right here the mesa has a little
bit higher of a weight limit you can go
from for as low as 4 pounds up to 35 and
the nuna Pipa goes up to 32 pounds
so we've got until the nitty gritty so
now we're just going to go over a few of
the like fun convenient features that
both car seats have so we already went
through the no rethread harness that the
mesa has which is fantastic another
thing of the Mesa features is just
button on top this is actually for
removing it from Uppababy strollers and
some of the ones that just have adapters
so it's super nice because instead of
like having to use two hands to like
lift the car seat up and everything all
you have to do is press this button and
it'll come right off the stroller which
is so nice especially if you have
multiple children
As for the pipa the
pipa also features what's called a dream
drape so not only does it have this
extra pop out visor but their canopy
unzips to reveal this dream drapes that
magnetizes down just like a built-in car
seat cover the reason this is important
many parents don't know this and it's
because in a car accident if you are
using them unapproved third party
accessory and something happens to your
child the car seat company can actually
claim that you were using their car seat
correctly another nice thing about the
PIPA it has what's called a European
belt route not many infant car seats
feature this anymore but this is great
especially if you live in like a big
city so instead of having to lug your
car seat based around you can just
install the European belt route so if you
look on the car seat there's these blue
indicators on the front this is where
you'll thread the lap belt
and then you'll take your chest strap
and you'll wrap it all the way around
the car seat and insert it down into
this other blue belt path and tighten it
this is honestly one of the only car
seats that I personally would feel
comfortable installing without a base
just because it gets in so tight that
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