Open-box convertible car seats: condition and what to check
Are open-box convertible car seats a good deal, and what condition should a buyer expect?
Britax Poplar ClickTight Convertible Car Seat: Open-box items are brand-new, inspected, may show small cosmetic imperfections that don't affect use. Clek Fllo: Open-box purchases come with a 1-year manufacturer's warranty. Britax Poplar S ClickTight Convertible Car Seat: Open-box units are brand-new items that were returned or had their box opened; each is inspected and may show small cosmetic imperfections that do not affect use. CYBEX Sirona S: The maker classes it as a convertible car seat for children from 4 lbs up to 65 lbs, up to 49 in tall, from newborn to about 4 years old. No checked fact states a price, so value for money cannot be judged from these facts.
| Product | Why | Open-box condition | Warranty | Ease-of-use rating | Crash test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Britax Poplar ClickTight Convertible Car Seat sold by albeebaby.com | Parent Score 88/100 (Great). Based on 102 reviews analyzed. Scores: safety 90, ease of installation 94, daily usability 88, comfort & materials 87, weight & portability 68, stroller compatibility 40, value 91. | Open-box items are brand-new, inspected, may show small cosmetic imperfections that don't affect use. guide | - | NHTSA's Car Seat Ease of Use Ratings list the Britax Poplar convertible (made 2024-06-29) with overall 4 of 5 stars rear-facing and 3 of 5 stars forward-facing; these are ease-of-use ratings, not crash-test results. guide | - |
| 2. Clek Fllo sold by albeebaby.com Recall notice: Health Canada and Transport Canada, 2024-11-07: Transport Canada Recall - 2024716 - CLEK (safety notice, not a recall). The notice may cover only some serial numbers or dates of manufacture, which this listing does not show. What a match means. | Open-box purchases come with a 1-year manufacturer's warranty. | - | Open-box purchases come with a 1-year manufacturer's warranty. guide | NHTSA's Car Seat Ease of Use Ratings (ease of use, not crash tests) lists a Clek Fllo, model number fl19u1 — the model number of this seat — made 2024-08-07, rated 3 of 5 stars overall in rear-facing and 3 of 5 overall in forward-facing, at https://api.nhtsa.gov/childSeats?dataSet=ratings. guide | Crash protection is its strongest point: aluminum honeycomb crumple zones, EPP foam, deep side wings and a steel anti-rebound bar. review |
| 3. Britax Poplar S ClickTight Convertible Car Seat sold by albeebaby.com | Open-box units are brand-new items that were returned or had their box opened; each is inspected and may show small cosmetic imperfections that do not affect use. | Open-box units are brand-new items that were returned or had their box opened; each is inspected and may show small cosmetic imperfections that do not affect use. guide | - | NHTSA's Car Seat Ease of Use Ratings list the standard Britax Poplar (model E1C933QDI, rated seat made 2024-06-29), not the Poplar S: Rear-Facing overall 4 of 5 stars and Forward-Facing overall 3 of 5 stars. These ratings measure ease of use (instructions, labels, vehicle installation features and securing the child), not crash protection. Source: https://api.nhtsa.gov/childSeats?dataSet=ratings guide | Independent crash-test analysis of this seat returned average results, with a better chest-clip sensor result than head sensor result; the test was run forward-facing, so it did not include the anti-rebound bar. review |
| 4. CYBEX (listed by the store as Cybex-dc) Sirona S sold by albeebaby.com | The maker classes it as a convertible car seat for children from 4 lbs up to 65 lbs, up to 49 in tall, from newborn to about 4 years old. | - | - | NHTSA’s Car Seat Ease of Use Ratings cover the Cybex Sirona S but under other model codes, 519004437 and 5190044327, not this Indigo Blue open-box code 519004441, so the tested seat is a different variant of the same model. The rating measures ease of use, not crash performance: the rear-facing mode of the seat made 2021-05-01 (model 519004437) scored 5 of 5 stars overall and the forward-facing mode 4 of 5 stars; the rating was read from NHTSA’s ratings data at https://api.nhtsa.gov/childSeats?dataSet=ratings. guide | In that lab’s crash-test analysis the seat scored below average against the competition, though it meets federal standards; head sensor readings were better than most but the chest clip reading was not. review |
Also cited in the text
- CYBEX (listed by the store as Cybex-dc) Sirona S, specifications: The maker classes it as a convertible car seat for children from 4 lbs up to 65 lbs, up to 49 in tall, from newborn to about 4 years old. guide
- Britax Poplar ClickTight Convertible Car Seat, score: Parent Score 88/100 (Great). Based on 102 reviews analyzed. Scores: safety 90, ease of installation 94, daily usability 88, comfort & materials 87, weight & portability 68, stroller compatibility 40, value 91. review
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Written 2026-10-10T01:07:11.407Z.
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