graco mosaic strollers

1. Posted: Aug 31 2008

   This is a great car seat. The front adjust makes it SUPER easy to make sure our baby is nice and snug. I've tried a rear-adjust seat, and they are MUCH more difficult to tighten. Front-adjust is definitely the way to go! The seat is easy to clip in and out of the base. The fully-adjustable sun shade means she is protected from the sun, no matter which way we're carrying her. I do wish that it would fit her until more than 22 lbs, but since she was less than 6 pounds at birth, I'm sure she'll turn a year old well before she'd outgrow it. As for weight, they'll all fairly heavy once you've got a baby in them. We get tons of compliments on this car seat. Since it's not available in mass-market stores, it gets a lot of attention for being unusual and stylish.

2. Posted: Aug 30 2008

   I ordered Graco SnugRide for a baby shower present through a Target Gift Registry, processed through Amazon. It was shipped to me in the same thin single-ply cardboard box you buy it in stores. The box is very large and flimsy. It arrived with the box seriously dented on all sides, hardly worthy of presentation. But worse, when I opened it up, I found a 2 inch white stress line in the plastic, where apparently the beige plastic of the car seat (which seems fairly thin) was over stressed during shipping. The box had no padding inside whatsoever, the car set is simply wrapped in a plastic cover. I've done a lot of shipping, and I know you have to have 2 inches or more of padding on all sides, or double boxing, and a box this large should be double corrugated for strength. It was convenient to be able to return the car set at a local Target store, but I was not refunded the shipping cost of $15, even though it was very clearly the faulty packaging by Amazon/Target that caused the unit to get damaged. I was also informed that Target does not carry the item in their stores, so it is only available through mail order. I'm going to try to find some other local seller. The Super Saurus model in the Gift Registry that I ordered is apparently in the premium line of SnugRide car seats, having the "GracoPedic" foam padding for comfort (in addition to the EPS which is in all Snug Rides for safety). I wouldn't buy one of these without the GracoPedic foam. Baby should not be resting on the hard plastic (oh, well, maybe the plastic isn't that hard anyway). I think they should all come with the extra GracoPedic foam (though reportedly it doesn't hold up to washing), or at least it should be mentioned on the box. But it didn't mention the GracoPedic foam on the box, I only learned it from a review, and it is hard to tell otherwise. For a top-rated product like this, I was not impressed by the thin plastic construction, which looks and feels cheap and flexible. more like a toy than a car safety device. And if you look at the 1-star reviews, these things can break in normal use, which I don't find reassuring. But I'm not sure what if anything is actually better than this from a safety perspective, as long as you replace it at the first sign of damage so it doesn't actually come apart in use.

3. Posted: Aug 19 2008

   I wish this pattern had been available in stores, but am quite happy with it so far. Love that it has the separate base to leave in the car, and the additional products that work with this carrier (swing, stroller frame). Only wish there was more padding under baby's bottom instead of just fabric & plastic.

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