The best car seat is the one that fits your child, vehicle, budget, and lifestyle and has the features important to you. The safest car seat is the one you can install correctly and use properly on every ride! Let us know in the comment section what questions you have about this review of the Clek Liing car seat. And if you want to compare car seats and let us help you find your recommended car seats, our Car Seat Buying Kits are your best bet!

Clek Liing Car Seat Review (USA/Canada)

The Clek Liing car seat is a standout choice for parents who prioritize safety, design, and ease of use. With its sleek and modern appearance, the Clek Liing not only complements any vehicle interior but also delivers exceptional protection for your little one. Its innovative safety features also include rigid lower anchors and a load leg. The Clek Liing is also designed to seamlessly integrate with many popular stroller brands, ensuring effortless compatibility for a convenient travel system experience.

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✅ Seat is Good for You If:

✅ You need to fit 3 kids in one row of a vehicle.

This is a very good option for 3 across. You will likely need to do a seat belt installation if you need to fit 3 across. But the Clek Liing has a seat belt lock-off that makes getting a tight installation very simple.

✅ You need a seat that is compact front to back.

This is one of the most compact infant seats you can find. It’s likely your best option if you have a smaller back seat and/or very tall front passengers.

✅ You are expecting a very small baby.

If you’re expecting a possible preemie, multiples, or a baby with IUGR, the Clek Liing is a great option! The lowest harness setting is only 4″ high. And the Liing’s infant insert promotes excellent head positioning. Meaning, the Liing will fit even the tiniest of new additions perfectly from that first ride home. We love it so much that it makes our list of best preemie car seats! For parents shopping for a premium car seat to fit their small newborn, the Liing is the clear winner!

🚩 Use Caution If:

🚩You would prefer a lightweight infant seat.

While the Clek Liing is not the heaviest seat on the market, at almost 11 pounds, it’s not very light either.

🚩 You have a vehicle that doesn’t allow the use of load legs.

There are a handful of vehicles that do not allow the use of load legs. Vans with stow-and-go seating and some trucks with underfloor storage will sometimes forbid the use of load legs. Check your vehicle owner’s manual if you think this may affect you.

️ Stand Out Features:

load leg

A load leg is a metal pole that comes down from a rear-facing car seat and rests on the vehicle’s floor. Load legs reduce crash forces which offer additional protection, especially for your child’s head, neck, and spine. 

rigid lower anchors

Unlike flexible lower anchors on the end of a strap, these anchors are steel bars that protrude out directly from the steel frame of the car seat and attach to your vehicle’s lower anchor points. This connection style is generally considered a user-friendly install. When done correctly (which is easy to do), it creates an extremely tight connection (no movement) between the car seat and the vehicle, which is a very good thing in the land of child passenger safety.

Seat Belt Lock-off

If you want to install your car seat in the middle and your middle seat does not have lower anchor points, then you will need to do a seat belt installation. The base has a lock-off that makes this installation very simple as well.

European seat belt routing for baseless mode

This seat can be installed baseless with European or American/Standard belt routing. You can find a video showing both of those methods here. The European routing method is preferred! European belt routing means the shoulder belt portion of the seat belt is routed behind the shell of the rear-facing seat, limiting its ability to rotate down in a frontal crash. This routing functions similarly to a load leg. Pretty cool, huh?!

Ability to change to recline without uninstalling the seat

This is one of only 2 infant seats on the market that allows you to change the recline of the seat without uninstalling the base.

▶️ YouTube Videos:

▶️Baseless Installation: Installing an Infant Seat without a Base (European vs American routing)

▶️ Install Infant Car Seat Clek Liing YouTube Video

▶️ What’s The Best Baby Car Seat? Nuna Pipa RX vs. Clek Liing

⚠️ Quirks to Be Aware Of:

⚠️Weight of the car seat

The Clek Liing car seat is slightly heavier in comparison to other infant seats, weighing around 10.5 pounds when the inserts are in use. It’s important to consider your individual needs and lifestyle to determine if the weight of the Clek Liing is manageable for you. While the additional weight may be a consideration for some parents, it’s important to note that the Clek Liing offers exceptional safety features and functionality that can outweigh the slight increase in weight.

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✈️ Airplane Use

The Clek Liing is a recommended seat for both domestic and international travel as it is FAA-approved. When traveling within the United States and Canada, installing the seat without the base is a breeze, as the seat belts in these countries have locking mechanisms that ensure a secure fit. For international travel, it is recommended to pack the base in your luggage and utilize its seat belt lock-off or lower anchors for installation because, typically, seat belts in other countries will not lock. If you choose not to travel with the base, you will need to contact the manufacturer for a locking clip and learn how to use it before you travel.

For help with all things airplane travel and car seats, check out our Wheels Up Course and private Facebook group.

SITS Bottom Line

The Clek Liing car seat is an excellent choice for newborns, regardless of their size, even accommodating preemies with its thoughtful design. Overall, the Clek Liing car seat excels in all aspects that parents prioritize: safety, design, and convenience. Its sleek and modern appearance, along with its innovative safety features like rigid lower anchors and a load leg, ensure exceptional protection for your little one. With its seamless compatibility with various stroller brands, the Clek Liing offers a hassle-free and enjoyable travel experience.

Other Versions of this Seat:

Clek Liingo (US)* – no base, has lower anchors attached to the infant seat

Clek Liing (Canada)*

Clek Liingo (Canada)* – no base, has lower anchors attached to the infant seat

*A SITS recommended seat. Recommended seats are in our Buying Kits because they have ranked high on our vehicle, child, ease of use, and features scales.

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What About Seats We Don’t Recommend?

Just like anyone, we have preferences! This goes for car seats, too. If we don’t recommend a car seat, it’s not because it’s unsafe for your little one. All car seats are safe if they’re installed and used properly, are not expired or damaged, and when they’re made and sold by a reputable manufacturer and/or retailer. Click here for our full list of car seats that we do not recommend.

A note about crash-tests

How does the Clek Liing perform in crash tests? 

Well, that’s a great question. The Clek Liing meets the rigorous crash test standards mandated for all car seats sold in the United States and Canada. While Clek provides crash test data on their website, it is not possible to directly compare its performance with other car seats, as official crash test data from other manufacturers or government agencies like NHTSA is not publicly available.

There are a few third-party websites that claim to offer objective crash test data for a variety of car seats. But we at Safe in the Seat don’t pay attention to that data for a few big reasons. First of all, third-party crash tests don’t actually give us meaningful data! Car seat manufacturers crash test their products hundreds, even upwards of a thousand times. They crash test the finished product in every single installation configuration using every applicable-sized crash test dummy, not to mention a whole lot of testing at each stage of the development process too. So one or two crash tests completed by another organization just can’t give the same level of information! One or two crash tests aren’t going to represent the overall average performance of any car seat across its lifespan.

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