UPPAbaby Mesa vs Britax B-Safe 35 Ultra

The UPPAbaby Mesa and Britax B-Safe 35 Ultra make for very strong choices and are great Infant Car Seats for their respective $299 and $215 asking prices. Depending on how much you're willing to spend, either of these options will serve you well.

While the UPPAbaby Mesa wasn't able to make it to the very top of any roundups from sources that perform quality hands-on testing, it still got featured in a large number of them. Baby Gear Essentials, BabyGearLab, MadeForMums, Tom's Guide, Wirecutter (NYTimes), and The Nightlight have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

As for the Britax B-Safe 35 Ultra, it was really well-received by reviewers at Your Best Digs, a reliable source that's known for conducting its own, high-quality, in-depth testing. It performed great in its "The Best Infant Car Seat" roundup and was named its "Top Pick", which, on its own, makes it a product that warrants a closer look.

When we thoroughly analyzed their review scores, we learned that all of the sources that tested both Infant Car Seats, including BabyGearLab, preferred the UPPAbaby Mesa over the Britax B-Safe 35 Ultra.

We also took a look at which sources they managed to impress the most. The UPPAbaby Mesa was liked best by BabyGearLab, which gave it a score of 10, while the Britax B-Safe 35 Ultra got its highest, 7, score from BabyGearLab.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review ratings and observed that the UPPAbaby Mesa, with its 9.8 average, performed considerably better than most Infant Car Seats - the mean score for the product category being 7.3 out of 10 - while the Britax B-Safe 35 Ultra managed an average of 7.0.

There's one caveat here - it might not be entirely justifiable to do a direct UPPAbaby Mesa vs. Britax B-Safe 35 Ultra review average comparison since they aren't priced the same and more expensive products tend to get higher review scores from some sources.