The quietly luxurious spinner — steel-aluminum frame, no-rethread everything, and merino-blend fabric — if budget isn't the constraint.
Nuna makes the seat you notice in a nice stroller-brand kind of way: a steel-and-aluminum frame, a smooth rotation, all-in-one no-rethread headrest and harness, and soft flame-retardant-free fabric (a merino-wool blend on some versions). It rear-faces to 50 lb for extended rear-facing and forward-faces to 65, with an anti-rebound feature via the rotating base. It's demonstrably safe and lovely to live with. The only real knock is value: you're paying a big premium for materials and finish, not for meaningfully more protection than the seats above, and there's no booster mode. Buy it if you want the premium object and the extended rear-facing; skip it if you're spending on the badge and would rather put the difference toward the booster years an all-in-one covers.