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Diono LiteClik 30 R

Infant Car Seats

An infant car seat offered by Diono.

CR Expert Take

How did it perform in our expert lab testing?

Overall Score

The Overall Score for this model is derived from our expert lab test results.

Current Range of Tested Infant Car Seats

What goes into the Overall Score?

EXPERT LAB TESTS

Ease of use

5 / 5

Fit-to-vehicle LATCH

5 / 5

Fit-to-vehicle belt

5 / 5

Fit-to-vehicle carrier-only

4 / 5

Maximum weight (lbs.)

Crash protection

Better

Pros

Excellent vehicle installation with lower anchors or seat belt
Excellent ease-of-use
Push-on LATCH connectors

Cons

Recline adjustment button is behind base (against seatback); also have to pull up button to pull down foot
For some people, carrier release from base may be a little awkward/challenging, since you have to pull the button out to release, rather than squeeze

CR's Take

The Diono LiteClik 30 R is a straightforward infant car seat with hardly any bells and whistles, but it works and is easy to use. You do need to attach the anti-rebound bar (ARB), but it is easy and doesn’t require tools. The LiteClik 30 R excelled in our ease-of-use and fit-to-vehicle evaluations.

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 Diono LiteClik 30 R is part of the Car Seats test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Infant Car Seats models like the LiteClik 30 R 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.

Features & Specs

Features

Load leg

LATCH connections

Push-on

Harness height adjustment

Rethread

Harness tension adjustment

Single Pull Front

Base recline level indicator type

Bubble

Base recline level indicator position

Both Sides

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.)

4-30

Height range (in.)

30" or less

Carrier weight (lbs.)

Seat/base weight (lbs.)

Base width (in.)

Carrier width (in.)

Overall length (in.)

Good small car fit

Yes

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Diono LiteClik 30 R

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Description

CR Expert Take

Overall Score

What goes into the Overall Score?

EXPERT LAB TESTS

CR's Take

Detailed Test Results

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