Britax Advocate ClickTight Review (2020): Quick & Easy Protection for Your Child

The Britax Advocate ClickTight has all the critical safety features you need in a child's car seat. It has a steel frame, impact-absorbing base, and three layers of side impact protection.

The Click & Safe Snug Harness indicator lets you know that the adjustable harness is properly fitted and secured, while the auto-level indicators show that you are at the correct installation angle, in any of the seven recline positions. Premium fabrics and plush foam padding keep a child comfortable and protected.

The Britax Advocate ClickTight is also built for convenience over time. The fabric cover can be easily removed for cleaning without having to remove or rethread the harness. In fact, the 14-position harness never needs re-threading, and the easy-buckle system keeps the straps and buckles out of your way while you position your child. The ClickTight installation system makes it a snap to install or remove the car seat in any vehicle, without the weight limitations of a LATCH system.

Even better, the Britax Advocate ClickTight converts quickly and easily from rear-facing to front-facing, with 7 recline positions and 14 harness positions to keep your child safe as they grow. The convertible design, along with the high quality and durability Britax is known for, means that you won't need to replace this car seat in a few months as your child grows out of it.

With proper use and care, Britax Advocate ClickTight can stay with a child from infancy all the way up through 6 or 7 years old, depending on their height and weight.

The ability to convert from rear-facing to forward-facing, along with 14 harness positions, 7 incline positions, and 2 belt positions allows this car seat to remain safe and comfortable throughout a child's early life. The ClickTight installation system also allows you to move the car seat easily and securely to different vehicles regardless of their model or seat belt configuration, without the weight limitations of a LATCH system.

While you can install this car seat using either the ClickTight install or the LATCH system, the LATCH system is a bit more difficult to use and cumbersome. Many people find the Advocate difficult to remove with a LATCH install, and it can be a two-person job.

If you plan on using the LATCH system rather than the ClickTight system, you may want to choose a convertible car seat that is more compatible with those tethers and attachments. For most families and most vehicles, the ClickTight system is a huge improvement, and clearly Britax hopes that such technologies eventually replace LATCH altogether, but it is still needed by some families and in some vehicles.

The Britax Advocate ClickTight is an excellent choice for parents who want superior safety and ease of use for years to come, without having to replace their car seat every few years.

Even better, the Advocate and the ClickTight system are FAA approved and can be easily used and secured on an airplane using the passenger lap belt.

At 20.5 inches wide, it will easily fit into small cars, or 2-across for multiple children, but isn't the most compact model for tiny cars or 3-across configurations. Parents who want an infant car seat that is easily removed and carried, or who regularly travel with 3 children in a compact vehicle, will want a smaller, more portable car seat.