- Stylish new handle with rubber grip for ease of carrying
- Redesigned new larger Side Impact Protection (SIP), the primo Viaggio infant car seat exceeds the most stringent SIP safety testing in the world
- Harness buckle provides security and quick release feature and 5-point restraint belt system with one-hand adjustment
- One hand unlatching form base, stroller or chassis
- Accomodates infants from 5 to 30 pounds or 30″
Product Description
This premium car seat exceeds the most stringent Side Impact Protection safety test in the world and attaches easily to all of Peg Perego s strollers… More >>
Peg Perego Primo Viaggio Infant Car Seat, Kiwi
#1 by Slava on April 1, 2010 - 12:25 pm
This is as good as it gets in car seats. A small premium to your average car seat provides terrific fabrics, comfort features and styling. Goes right onto my Skate.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by E. Rossi on April 1, 2010 - 1:07 pm
Pros
seems very safe
sturdy
comfortable (although a bit too hot)- my son is always swetty after a ride in this seat.
sun-shade is removable – this is a nice one.
attaches to Bugaboo stroller with a special adaptor
Cons
Many design failures:
-> one that seems silly, but it makes it REALLY annoying on a daily use: the straps get twisted very easily, no matter how much attention you put into preventing it. It’s not just the straps. The strap that passes through the buckle twists inside it, and the buckle ends up in the opposite direction as it should. When that happens you have 2 choices: put the twisted strap (less safe, more difficult to tighten), or spend quite some time untwisting it.
-> you tighten the strap by it’s end that comes out in between the legs of the child. Very often the strap gets stuck inside the gap it comes out from and it takes a while to get it out before you can tighten the straps.
-> Attaching the seat to the base is not so simple. Just the weight of the baby is not enough for the seat to lock into place with the base. You need to go into the car and put some of your weight on top of the seat, so it locks into place. That’s not so hard to do, but it’s a potential safetey issue. If you don’t do it, the seat will be loose and can come out in case of a collision.
-> Very difficult to detach seat from base. I can do it with some effort, but my wife really struggles. You need a strong grip.
-> One of the big advantages for me to buy this seat is the weight limit of 30lbs. This, however is not a big advantage. My baby is 9-months old, less than 20lbs, and he’s already reaching the height limit. His feet already touch the seat. So the height is the real bottle-neck. Therefore the larger weight limit is not an advantage at all. Unless you have a very heavy baby.
Overall – very dissatisfied – but not enough to buy a new one. So I kept this one and used it. For my next child, I’ll definitely invest in a new car seat.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by cseken on April 1, 2010 - 1:48 pm
WARNING to all owners newer model Peg Perego SIP 30/30 Infant Seats. It has two major defects.
1> Defective part causes cuts on baby’s heels and legs.
2> Defective latch can cause seat to fall out of Pliko P3 stroller and have baby land on ground.
Peg Perego’s SIP 30/30 Infant seat is defective and they have not made registered customers aware of it. They are not taking responsibility for the safety of the children using this seat. They have been aware of the first issue since the beginning of summer 2008.
The first issue with the seat causes cuts. We discovered lacerations on our son’s ankles for over a month but could not figure out what was causing them. On a road trip we discovered a large bleeding gash on the back of his ankle about ΒΌ the size of a DIME. We traced the source to the SIP 30/30 car seat’s plastic strap cover near the feet. There was blood on the cover and the edges were sharp enough to cut my finger. When I called Peg Perego, it took over an hour to get through to their customer service. Once I did, I discovered over 50 children have already been injured and they anticipate FOUR THOUSAND seats could have this issue. DO NOT follow their instructions to remove the plastic cover until receiving the replacement. The metal latch further cut up the back of our son’s legs while waiting for the part. It took almost 4 DAYS to get the part from them instead of shipping it priority overnight.
It is Peg Perego’s RESPONSIBILITY to inform registered seat users of this dangerous issue, yet they have done NOTHING to warn people. Not even an e-mail. They plan to ship the parts when they have replacement. It has been almost 5 months since they first learned about the issue. How many more children will be injured before they make the public aware of this defect. Since discovering this issue, I have told every parent I see with this car seat about this issue. Their response is normally “I was wondering where those cuts where coming from.”
The second issue with the seat is latching into Peg Perego’s Pliko P3 stroller. The infant seat has two possible latch points. We attached the seat to the stroller using the outside latch. We heard both sides of the seat “click” as explained. While pushing the cart the infant seat fell off the stroller and landed on the sidewalk with our son head down and screaming. We were lucky the stroller wasn’t stopped by a street where it could have fallen in front of a car. The fact it can even latch to something that will not hold the seat, much less EASILY latch, is a SERIOUS design defect that is extremely dangerous to children. It could be fatal.
Peg Perego needs to take responsibility for their poorly designed products and let people know about these issues. Hopefully as a buyer you will review this and evaluate if their products are safe for your children before buying and they are injured.
If I could give this product less than 1 star, I would.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by NICU Nurse on April 1, 2010 - 2:50 pm
This car seat has great, user friendly features. It has an easy to use base with easy to use LATCH system. The strap adjustment is very easy – you just use a slider to move them up or down. The only bad part (besides how ridiculously expensive it is!) is that it is like carrying a boat anchor around (without your child in the seat!). Try a Chicco instead!
Rating: 2 / 5
#5 by E. Rosen on April 1, 2010 - 5:29 pm
very well built and sturdy. the leather in the seat is of the highest quality. we use this with the adapters with our bugaboo. no complaints from our family!
Rating: 5 / 5