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Nuna Pipa RX

The Nuna Pipa RX is recognized for its notable safety features, sleek design, and ease of use. With a focus on providing optimal protection for your child, it incorporates advanced safety technologies like rigid lower anchors, an anti-rebound bar, and a load leg, ensuring efficient absorption and distribution of crash forces. Furthermore, the Nuna Pipa RX seamlessly integrates with various well-known stroller brands, facilitating effortless travel system compatibility. As a result, it remains a preferred option for parents who value safety, convenience, and aesthetic appeal when selecting a car seat.

Seat is good for you if:
  • You are looking for a seat with extra safety features.
  • You would like a car seat with flame-retardant-free fabric.
  • You want a seat with an easy installation.
Use caution if you:
  • You have a vehicle that doesn’t allow the use of load legs.
Stand-out features:
  • Anti-rebound Panel
  • Load Leg
  • Rigid Lower Anchors
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Our Review of the 

Nuna Pipa RX

The Nuna Pipa RX is recognized for its notable safety features, sleek design, and ease of use. With a focus on providing optimal protection for your child, it incorporates advanced safety technologies like rigid lower anchors, an anti-rebound bar, and a load leg, ensuring efficient absorption and distribution of crash forces. Furthermore, the Nuna Pipa RX seamlessly integrates with various well-known stroller brands, facilitating effortless travel system compatibility. As a result, it remains a preferred option for parents who value safety, convenience, and aesthetic appeal when selecting a car seat.

Age

Our recommendation: From birth until it’s outgrown, between 9-12 months

Type

An infant car seat

When

From birth

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Stand Out Features of this Car Seat

Anti-rebound Panel

The base has an anti-rebound bar (ARB) built into it. The anti-rebound bar is an added safety feature for rear-facing that can reduce the secondary movement of the car seat, called rebound, during a crash. When a collision occurs, the car seat will move forward, towards the front of the vehicle, and rotate downward. And as we all know from high school physics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction — so after that initial movement, the car seat will rebound, or “bounce back” towards the backrest of the vehicle seat. The ARB minimizes this bounce-back effect, helping limit the car seat movement and your child inside it! ARBs may also limit the side-to-side rotation of the car seat in a side-impact collision. Overall, it’s a great feature on a rear-facing car seat!

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 is good for you if 

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You are looking for a seat with extra safety features.

This seat has a load leg, rigid lower anchors, and an anti-rebound panel. These features enhance stability, reduce rotation, and help absorb crash forces, providing an added layer of protection for the child.

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You would like a car seat with flame-retardant-free fabric.

All of the Nuna Pipa RX fabric options are flame-retardant-free, so you can choose any color that you prefer!

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You want a seat with an easy installation.

If you are someone who moves your seats around a lot or maybe you have struggled with installing car seats in the past, this might be the infant seat for you. The Nuna Pipa RX can be installed with rigid lower anchors on the outboard seats of most vehicles. This is the easiest way to install it. But it has a seat belt lock-off for those who prefer to use a center seat (and most center seats do not have lower anchor points). This lock-off makes the seat belt installation very simple as well.

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You have a vehicle with seats that have limited depth.

Some trucks have back seats that are shorter, which can potentially lead to overhang problems. When utilizing the load leg feature, this seat allows over 20% of the base to extend beyond the vehicle seat.

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Use caution if

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

There are a handful of vehicles that do not allow load legs to be used. 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 for more information.

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Quirks to be aware of

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The Sky Drape should not be used in full sun.

It does significantly raise the temperature that the baby is exposed to.

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Child Fit Information

Installation Information

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Airplane Use

The Nuna Pipa RX is a recommended choice 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.

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SITS Bottom Line

The Nuna Pipa RX is an excellent option for newborns of any size, including preemies! Overall, the Nuna Pipa RX sets a high standard for infant car seats, delivering exceptional safety, convenience, and style. With its advanced safety technologies and ease of installation, it provides parents with peace of mind and a hassle-free experience, making it a top contender for those seeking a reliable and stylish car seat for their little ones.

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Specifications

Nuna

Pipa RX

Product Information

Weight: 8.6lbs

Width: 17"

Rear Facing Limits

Height: 32"

Weight: 4-32lbs

Head Height Rules: at least 1″ below the top of the car seat

Forward-Facing Limits

No Back Booster Limits

Highest Belt Guide Settings

High Back Booster Limits

Other Important Details

Preemie Fit

good bet

Expiration Limit

7 years

Crash Replacement Policy

replace after a moderate or severe crash

Harness

rethread

Lock-off

yes

Handle Positions for the Vehicle

any locked position

Vehicle Seat Protectors

This brand does not recommend the use of a vehicle seat protector.