 "Its Ok but could be better." | 2008-09-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2CYZOOV6KDFNO |
| I got this car seat as a gift from my sister (and I'm grateful for it) but the fabric could be better. It feels like plastic, is not comfortable. Also the canopy does not extend enough to block the sun. It's not attached to the back of the car seat, so every time I extend it, the back side also moves! Its annoying... Looks beautiful, but I was expecting more from GRACO. |
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| "Like Canadian elections - Choosing from the mediocre" | 2008-09-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3GFLVYIX7V3KS |
| I am a first time father. Having spent many hours looking in stores and reading reviews on infant car seats, my wife and I chose this one. Here is why:br /br /Pros - it's light, the base attachment is similar to most othersbr /- it fits into shopping carts; the Graco swing and the Graco strollersbr /- it has a Winnie the Pooh cover, it also cost only $80 (or $140 in Canada)br /- it has the same safety rating as all the rest etc. br /- the seat can used in another car without the base and attaches nicelybr /br /Cons br /- The seat belt safety clip is stored under the babies right thigh. (yes, we couldn't believe it either, so we bought some high impact foam to fix it so it was more even and soft)br /- The straps tightens from the rear of the seatbr /- The chest harness is hard to open for a mans fingers because they are to small and for a woman's fingers because it is stiffbr /- The plastic shell is bulky and a little cheap feelingbr /- The handle is not well designed like that of the Baby Trend or Evenflobr /br /My wife and I wondered why some many of the seats looked and felt so similar and seems to have many of the same problems. Interestingly we noticed that even though there appear to be many different brands to choose from, there are in fact only two or three different manufacturing parent companies and the brands are kept to create the impression that a healthly competitive market exist. If you take the cover off most seats and infant seats you will find most of the same plastic shells. For example Eddie Bauer, Maxi-Cosi, Quinny, Cosco, and Safety 1st are all produced by the Dorel Juvenile Group.br /br /- The comfiest seat we found was the Chicco (and they have one that goes up to 30lbs like the Graco SafeSeat only have the weight), but it doesn't fit into a shopping cart or the Graco swing we liked. Chicco's strollers feel very solid too. Much more than Graco, Eveflo, etc.br /- The easiest one to carry was the Baby Trend triangular handle, but it did not fit into things too well either and it was a little heavier.br /- The more expensive brands like Peg Perego etc. have nice features but are similar to the Chicco and Baby Trend quality so the price is not justifiable.br /- Evenflo has a great handle designed but their seats and strollers seem rather flimsybr /br /I hope this helps. God bless. Paul and Flavia Beriault, Toronto, Canadabr / |
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 "Great little seat" | 2008-09-19 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2AQ3ZB12K8ATG |
| We bought this seat because it was the slimmest one available and we were trying to fit it, along with two other toddler size car seats, in the back of our 2003 Toyota Corrola. Things I love about this seat are: 1) it did indeed fit and 2) it's very stylish. Things I don't love so much: 1)it's sometimes a little hard to tell if it's seated properly in the base (because I have another car seat next to it, I can't easily check the level), 2) the release catch to remove it from the base can be a little tricky to find at first without bending over and looking and 3) the straps tighten with a mechanism that's not as nice as the one on other car seats. But overall, it's safe, it's nice and it's slim. I like it! |
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| "Great car seat" | 2008-09-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3ADWNNDAEF8LG |
| Nice car seat. Would recommend. No issues so far. Kinda heavy, but its ok I guess. |
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 "Easy to use, and stylish" | 2008-08-31 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1PZCXOS099VDS |
| 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. |
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 "Shipped in thin box, arrived damaged, incomplete refund" | 2008-08-30 |
| - Reviewed By charlesp44 |
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. |
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| "Good Carseat" | 2008-08-19 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2JZ3DSCU88ZLZ |
| 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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| "good seat" | 2008-08-18 |
| - Reviewed By nicksprincess |
| this is a great seat. can only be found online. if you alread have a graco stroller this will fit it. |
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| "Handle is hard to move!" | 2008-08-06 |
| - Reviewed By kdyer18 |
We decided that our last Evenflo car seat was too old for baby #2 (6 years) so we bought the Graco Snugride (Winnie the Pooh from Walmart). I checked carefully that it had the full canopy, not the mini-canopy that attaches to the back of the seat. However the handle is really hard to adjust -- it takes two hands to press the red lock releases -- if there is any pressure on the handle one or the other of the lock releases won't depress. I had forgotten how critical it is to be able to do this with one hand -- with milk, a diaper bag, or an older kids hand in the other. I wouldn't buy this again, and I'm trying to decide if we can stand it long enough for the baby to hit 22 pounds (she's 12 at the moment).
When the baby is sound asleep in the car seat (surely why you bought a snap-out car seat) the handle has a habit of sliding from an unlocked into locked position with a loud "WHACK!" that actually jars the seat -- waking the dead, let alone the sleeping baby.
The straps are also very hard to tighten -- you have to feed left and right separately through a metal fitting to adjust. Our last carseat (an Evenflo?) had a one handle release -- you pushed down, then it rotated, and there was enough stiffness in the handle that even in a non-locked position, it never adjusted itself when the baby was asleep. |
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| "car seat with bad design and hot fabric" | 2008-07-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1DUW51JN509QC |
| This is my first review on Amazon, because I felt compelled to share my thoughts on this product. I am a first time mom and did a lot of research on car seats.This one seemed to get good marks . The positives: yes, its very cute, relatively light, installs fairly easily. However, as some reviewers pointed it does not adjust in the front, you have to mess with the metal buckles in the back. Does not seem like a big deal to you? Trust me, it will when you have a screaming child to deal with. VERY USER UNFRIENDLY! ON top of it, the fabric is awful , she sweats so bad in it, even with AC on high. Granted I have not tried other car seats, maybe they use similar fabric, because of flammability requirements. I just know this one needs to be redesigned. But to each his own, I guess, a lot of people love it. For first time parents, I urge you to try it out at WAl Mart or Target first, before ordering it online, based on good reviews. I would not buy it again, thats for sure. |
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