The Best Winter Car Seat Covers to Keep Your Baby Warm

What to Look for In a Winter Car Seat Cover

As with all baby products, you need to check for safety ratings. Car seat covers should be a safe alternative to blankets and coats, but not all covers are created equally.

Look for car seat covers that fit over the entire car seat. Most covers have an elastic bottom that stretches to fit over the car seat and cinches securely when in place. Avoid covers that have a layer beneath your baby.

Other features to look for in a winter car seat cover include:

• Weatherproof or weather-resistant materials. The point of a car seat cover is to protect your baby from the elements. Your baby should stay warm and dry inside. Some brands also tell you their temperature rating, meaning the lowest temperature that is still safe to use the product.
• Ventilation. Many covers have a face flap for maximum coverage in extreme weather conditions. When in use, these covers should include proper ventilation so baby doesn’t suffocate. If a cover has a face flap and no ventilation, you’re only meant to use it for a brief period—like walking from the car to the house.

Skip Hop Winter Car Seat Cover

Manufactured for a universal fit around standard car seats, the Stroll & Go Car Seat Cover from Skip Hop had the highest overall customer ratings. Users loved the quality, warmth, and comfort of the product. They found it easy to use and durable.

This cover features a fleece-lined collar that folds up or down for maximum temperature control. When it’s up, the face flap leaves a gap for proper airflow. When it’s down, the collar snaps in place for safety.

Specs:

• PVC-free, Phthalate-free
• Polyester
• Dimensions (inches): 16l x 3w x 27h; (cm): 41l x 8w x 69h
• Zip-off front flap
• Machine wash & dry

liuliuby Winter Baby Car Seat Cover

The liuliuby Winter Baby Car Seat Cover keeps babies warm in temperatures as low as 23°F / -5°C. That’s because it’s made with durable windproof and water-resistant materials. It also uses a front zipper and snaps to cocoon baby inside. The interior is ultra-soft, lined with high-pile coral fleece, which means it’s furrier than your average fleece.

The face flap has a magnetic closure to cover baby’s face. For your convenience, the flap has a storage pocket when you want to keep it open.

A note from the brand: “The face flap will shield baby’s face from snow and wind in unfavorable weather conditions, however should be only used when transporting baby for a short period, such as going in & out of the car. The flap is not a full seal and has been tested at a CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) approved lab. The flap should only be used for young infants and should never lay on baby’s face.”

Specs:

JJ Cole Car Seat Cover for Infants

Simple and sleek, the JJ Cole Car Seat Cover has a quilted design and a soft fleece interior. There aren’t a ton of bells and whistles to this one, but customers aren’t complaining!

The front unzips completely for easy access to baby and temperature control. Similar to the liuliuby cover, this one rests over the face opening, though the JJ Cole doesn’t have any fasteners. Generally, the baby is deep enough in the car seat that the cover should not touch their face. However, you should still only use the face covering for short transitional periods.

Customers love the shower-cap-style bottom, giving it high ratings for easy installation. Many reviews mentioned the cover does not get in the way of car seat safety features. This cover also fits over standard-sized strollers.

Specs:

• Outside Fabric: 100% polyester; Inside Fabric: 100% Polyester; Filling: 100% Polyester
• Dimensions: ‎10.25 x 3.13 x 10.87 inches
• Machine wash

Zerato Car Seat Cover for Babies

The Zerato Car Seat Cover has the most infant-friendly features thus far. First, the entire interior is fleece—full 360-degree coverage to ensure your baby stays nice and toasty. Second, the exterior is wind and waterproof with a front flap that zips all the way around.

Here’s the best part: this car seat cover has air vent holes and a kick-proof design!! When the zipper is fully closed, baby still receives ventilation from two air holes on either side of the cover. Additionally, the cover is structured in such a way that baby never comes into contact with it. It sits far enough from baby that they can’t kick it or pull it over their face.

Customers gave the Zerator Car Seat Cover high reviews for quality, durability, value, and ventilation.

Specs:

• Dimensions: 3.94 x 3.94 x 3.94 inches
• Coral fleece lining
• Waterproof
• 24-hour customer service

Yoofoss Baby Car Seat Cover

With features like its universal fit and high safety ratings, the Yoofoss Baby Car Seat Cover wins the most user-friendly award. Its patented design allows you to remove baby from the car seat without removing the cover. The front cover unzips completely, and you can roll it to the side and fasten it to get baby out of the car seat.

The face flap features three magnetic buttons for 360-degree coverage. The magnets were a point of contention for some users, with one reviewer saying they wouldn’t line up so the flap kept falling on the baby’s face. However, the brand claims its cover meets safety standards and is approved by CPSC certifications.

Specs:

• Polyester
• Dimensions: 15.63 x 10.91 x 1.77 inches
• Temperature rating: as low as 23°F / -5°C
• Available in 7 designs
• Single stroller compatible

Cozy Cover Infant Car Seat Cover

The Cozy Cover is the only infant seat cover on our list featuring a dual-zipper design. To access baby, all you need to do is unzip and go. So simple!

Customers love the durable material, stating it keeps their babies warm and dry. Made from high-quality polyester, this cover is weather-resistant and provides insulation and versatility depending on the weather.

The brand markets the face covering as a “breathable” face flap that secures in place with Velcro. However, there is no additional ventilation, and some customers say their child gets too warm when the cover is in place.

Customers have also given this cover low ratings on stability. They say that because it’s so stretchy, the cover doesn’t always stay in place. It lays close to baby’s body and face when fully zipped, allowing baby to kick and pull at it. This can create instances where baby kicks it off.

Specs:

• Polyester
• Dimensions: ‎9 x 8.39 x 4.29 inches
• Available in 3 colors
• 25 years of quality assurance

KENKYO Winter Car Seat Cover

Like the Zerato cover, the KENKYO winter car seat cover’s design leaves baby with plenty of internal space. It’s structured to sit far from baby’s face, preventing the cover from falling and causing suffocation.

On either side of the cover, there are two kick-proof fixing straps. These secure around car seats and strollers to keep the cover in place against strong winds and kicking infants.

Additionally, the KENKYO offers three window modes to keep baby appropriately comfortable. Mode 1 keeps baby totally covered with a large ventilation hole for maximum airflow. Unzip the small window for Mode 2, where baby remains mostly covered by the polar fleece interior. In Mode 3, you can easily remove baby from the car seat by rolling down the front and securing the fixing strap.

Specs:

• Polyester exterior, polar fleece interior
• Available in two colors
• Single stroller compatible