( 18 reviews )
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Posted: Jul 7 2009
I purchased this car seat for road trips & for use in my family car (Toyota Matrix). It is a very warm car seat so the air conditioner has to be run at full blast to keep the baby cool enough. You'll want to keep jackets in your car to keep the adults and other children from freezing. It is a very cushy seat and kept my 13 month old from getting extremely sore during our 7 day road trip from Macon, GA to Louisville, KY and back. She spent a lot of time in the seat during our trip because of various day trips, but didn't get sore until we drove 7.5 hours in one day (which we broke into three parts: 4 hrs driving, 3.5 hours eating/playing/resting, then 3.5 hours driving. If she had been riding in a less padded seat, there's no way we could have driven the 7.5 hr return trip in one day.
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Posted: Jun 29 2009
This is a large car seat. However, like most convertable car seats, it does not fasten easily. When rear facing, the adjustable straps for the baby are all but useless due to them being jammed against the seat. It does work well though, and is the most plush carseat around. Our little man falls asleep in it easily, but had I known, I wouldve most likely gone with the evenflo model with the easy, ratcheting LATCH system. I find myself not using my suv simply because i dont want to move this damn seat and have to reinstall :) I miss my old setup with the base. :(
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Posted: Jun 25 2009
I bought this car seat after my baby outgrew the previous car seat. The previous seat was great, so I chose Graco again. However, the straps on this car seat are not even, so if one side is tight, the other side is loose. That seems like a serious safety concern to me. And it's nearly impossible to get my baby's arms into the seat after tightening the strap (the one side) properly. I'm returning this seat, as I'm tired of fighting it. On the plus side, I liked the heavy plastic re-usable bag it came in.
