( 4 reviews )
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Posted: 09-23-2008
I bought one of these car seats because quite honestly it looked and measured to be the most compact, hence the "best" seeming fit for my rear-facing car seat needs. I've bought a bunch of other Eddie Bauer accessories and found the quality to be pretty good, so I went with my instinct and made the purchase for $119 at Target. After installing this in the back of my Mazda CX9 (by no means a small vehicle) the car seat would not stay in position and jostled out of alignment time and time again. No matter how hard I tried or how diligent I was with the latch system, the seat would not stay in position...very very dangerous for your baby. Also notable is that the seat is 100% plastic and very cheap feeling. There's an "adjustable" stand that makes it convert from rear to forward facing, but it does a horrible job at keeping this unit in place. Lastly I should note that the child has zero protection in this seat...my little girl is only 9 months and 18 lbs, yet she seemed like a giant in the seat and you could see she was fully exposed. We decided to go with a different unit...evenflow has an awesome new one that rivals a britmax safety wise. Take a look at that one...or any other one, but do yourself a favor and don't buy this...you'll just end up returning it.
