RAVA Convertible Car Seat
Overview
Highlights
- Fits child between 5-65 lbs
- Stages: Infant, Convertible
- Does not rotate
- Comes with two cup holders
Description
The Nuna Rava is incredibly user-friendly, especially when it comes to installation. With its Simple Secure belt tensioning plate in the bottom of the seat, you slip the seat belt through, press down and voila! The car seat is tight.
The RAVA also has side impact protection pods that pop out of the side for additional protection.
Another win for the RAVA is the rear-facing weight limit: 50 lbs. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that your child stay rear-facing until at least two years. (After that they have to stay forward-facing in a car seat until they are four before moving to a booster.) With the high weight limit and an extendable two inches of legroom, your child could stay rear-facing until they are over three before you turn the RAVA around for them to face forward.
The RAVA has a number of other nice touches that we expect from luxury car seats. As your child grows, it’s really easy to raise the no rethread harness—and the headrest widens too.
It has ventilation panels and breathable knit fabric for long road trips, and the cover is machine washable, too. And it offers two cup holders that can be tucked away when not in use.
Macaron is a Babylist exclusive color.
What we about it
High rear-facing weight limits and a sleek, modern look.Details
- Stages: Infant, Convertible
- Overall Dimensions: 25” (H) x 19” (W) x 16” (D)
- Product Weight: 27.9 lbs
- Rear Facing Capacity: 5-50 lbs, 18”-49”
- Forward Facing Capacity: 30-65 lbs, 34”-49”
- Number of Recline Positions: 10
- Number of Crotch Strap Positions: 2
- Car Seat Features:
- Belt Tensioning Plate
- Level Indicators
- Harness Holders
- No-Rethread Harness
- FAA Approved
- Fits Three Across
- Number of Cup Holders: 2
- Cleaning and Care:
- Seat pad: Machine wash on cold. Lay flat. Air dry. Do not use abrasives or bleach.
- Plastic and harness straps: Wipe with a damp cloth. Air dry.
- Manufacturer’s Warranty: 2 Years
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Q&A
You'll want a convertible car seat after your little one outgrows the infant car seat, which is usually around a year.
Thank you for your question. The recall only affects car seats manufactured before 10/25/23, so new car seats are not affected.
The Nuna RAVA convertible car seat does not have a base.
You can view the tag for this product here: https://nunababy.com/media/catalog/product/P/r/Product_material_tag_CS05116CVR_TT_0102F_30_b661.pdf
You can view the material of the pads here: https://nunababy.com/media/catalog/product/P/r/Product_material_tag_CS05116CVR_TT_0102F_30_b661.pdf
This convertible car seat comes with an infant insert that you can remove as your child grows.
This convertible car seat can't adapt to a stroller. It's meant to stay in your car after installation.
It is! All colors of the Nuna RAVA Convertible Car Seat are flame retardant-free.
Convertible car seats don't require a separate base.
You don't need a separate base for convertible car seats.
Customer reviews
Pros:
- Washes incredibly easy (very important! Think of all the spit up, crumbs, potty training accidents, etc.)
- installs in 60 seconds! Seriously so easy. Some ppl complain about the weight of the car seat, but I don't know many convertible seats that are light. Plus, it installs so easily compared to other seats that I feel like that alone makes up for it's weight lol
- 2 cup holders that can be folded away
- no rethread harness
- A ton of recline positions
- extended rear facing weight
- looks really nice compared to other seats
Cons:
- The only one I can think of is that it doesn't really go on sale ever
I only slightly hesitated because I was wondering about rotating seats. BUT, my thought is that once we have 3 across, that virtually eliminates the rotating option anyways. Even with two careers next to each other, the rotating seems like it would be limited, potentially inhibited. And other seats have such mixed reviews. I love our nuna rava seat and can't wait to get a 2nd for my youngest!
I loved the no flame retardant aspect of the Rava, plus the Lagoon color, and it had great crash test ratings, so I chose this one. On the pros side, it is very padded and seems comfy. Can my now 14-month old tell me if he likes it? No. Sometimes he falls asleep in it, and sometimes he screams his head off. The no rethread harness is great - you push the button on the top of the headrest and pull it up or push it down to adjust the harness height. The little inserts on the side of the seat that hold the buckles out of the way when you're getting your child in & out are also a nice feature. Adjusting the recline angle is also really easy, although you have to do it before you install it. We had originally set it to 5 and found his head was flopping forward when he fell asleep, so we changed it to 3. It still provides plenty of legroom in the passenger seat at that setting, unlike the infant seat, which was more reclined.
The cons - the straps are HARD to tighten. Like really hard. Harder than the Chicco was. It's annoying. The install with the seatbelt is a PAIN in our Subaru. Maybe it's just our car, but getting the seatbelt to tighten and lock in place before you close the Tru tension door is a struggle and leaves me sweating with effort. My husband gets it done more quickly, but because of this we avoid removing it from the car.
Other observations: 1. It's HEAVY. So yes it's very sturdy and solid feeling. We're planning an international trip coming up soon and there's no way we're going to lug/wheel this heavy thing around the airport and down a plane aisle on top of the ton of bags we'll have. We'll have to purchase a lighter travel car seat. Not something I had considered at all when looking for a new car seat. 2. You have to pop the cup holders out to use the seat belt installation method, and they don't snap back in once the seat belt is in there because the tension prevents them from fitting back in (at least that's the case in our car). So the cup holders just kind of dangle loosely, and at this stage he can't use them yet. 3. The leg extension rest feature doesn't really do anything in the rear-facing position because the seat gets smushed into the padding of the car anyway when tightening it in. I guess this makes sense, but means your child has their legs folded up with their feet up against the car. Which I guess it just what happens in rear-facing mode in all car seats once they're past infant stage.
One thing I haven't tried yet is washing any of the fabric so I can't comment on that.
Overall it's a nice car seat but it's one of the most expensive ones out there and I'm not really sure the price tag is worth it.
