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Graco Premier SnugRide SnugFit 35 XT featuring Load Leg Technology Car Seat

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An infant seat from Graco that comes with a load leg.

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PRICE $349.97 - $349.99

Graco Premier SnugRide SnugFit 35 XT featuring Load Leg Technology

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Ratings

Ratings Scorecard

Test Results

Maximum weight (lbs.)

Crash protection

Best

Ease of use

5 / 5

Fit-to-vehicle LATCH

5 / 5

Fit-to-vehicle belt

5 / 5

Fit-to-vehicle carrier-only

4 / 5

Highs

Crash protection
Excellent labels and instructions
No rethread harness

Lows

Crotch buckle straps can be reversed or twisted
Confusing naming scheme with it’s non-load leg counterpart

CR's Take

The Graco Premier Snugride Snugfit 35 XT featuring Load Leg Technology truly excels in all areas. Graco has a similar product that shares the exact same name but lacks the load leg feature on the seat’s base. If better crash protection is what you’re looking for, be sure to purchase the model that says “featuring load leg technology”. The base’s tensioner feature makes for easier lower anchor and belt installations.

Detailed Test Results

Consumer Reports has developed a new crash test that offers consumers comparative performance information on which car seats could provide an additional margin of safety when compared with other models within the same ratings group that have been subjected to the same test protocol. Our Crash Protection Ratings are based on injury criteria measured on standardized child-size dummies, contact of the dummy’s head with the back of a simulated front seat and a car seat’s ability to remain intact during the course of testing. Consumer Reports’ new crash tests are not designed to check whether a seat complies with current federal car seat safety standards. Rather, the purpose of our new tests is to differentiate the seats’ performance on a scale that ranks the performance of tested seats ranging from “basic” to “best.” Our focus on providing an “extra margin” of safety, rather than on determining whether a seat is safe or not, is based on the fact that any car seat sold in the U.S. already must provide an essential level of safety under the government standards. The new test conditions were carefully designed to simulate the interior environment and forces encountered during a crash in contemporary vehicles. Changes from the way that convertible seats were rated previously include using a test bench that better simulates the vehicle seat design from a contemporary vehicle, with more representative cushion stiffness and seat geometry and incorporation of a “blocker” to simulate a front seatback. The new test also runs at a higher 35mph speed, with other representative dynamic characteristics that better simulate the behavior of contemporary vehicles during a crash.

About

The Graco Premier SnugRide SnugFit 35 XT featuring Load Leg Technology is part of the Car Seats test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Infant Car Seats models like the Premier SnugRide SnugFit 35 XT featuring Load Leg Technology are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.

Maximum weight: The maximum weight of a child that a model will accommodate.

Ease of use: Includes the clarity of instructions, installing the seat, adjusting harness positions, placing a child in the seat, securing the harness, and removing the child.

Fit-to-vehicle LATCH: A rating of how easy it is to securely and correctly install each seat using the LATCH system in a variety of vehicles and how well the seats fit each vehicle once installed.

Some of the text on this page may have been written with the assistance of generative AI, based on CR’s research, test, and survey data, and reviewed by our engineers and editors.

Features & Specs

Features

Load leg

Yes

LATCH connections

Push-on

Harness height adjustment

External

Harness tension adjustment

Single Pull Front

Base recline level indicator type

Bubble / dual range

Base recline level indicator position

One Side

Carrier recline level indicator type

Line

Carrier recline level indicator position

Both Sides

Adjustable base

Yes

Belt lockoff

Yes

Adjustable crotch strap

Yes

Handle restriction

Carrier use without base

Yes

Spanish language instructions

Included

Specs

Weight range (lbs.)

4-35

Height range (in.)

32" or less

Carrier weight (lbs.)

Seat/base weight (lbs.)

Base width (in.)

Carrier width (in.)

Overall length (in.)

Good small car fit

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