Emblem 3 Stage Convertible Car Seat
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Web ID: 9597495Great car seat, over a year old upon delivery.
We are very happy with the car seats. They are comfortable, easy to install and seem well made. It is disappointing that the expiry is 7 years (as opposed to 10 years). It is also disappointing that the seat we received is over a year old already.
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Great Seat
It looks comfortable for my child. Everything is working well. The only negative point is that there's not a lot of reclining position.
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Not ideal for our newborn
The instructions are very unclear on how to achieve the correct recline angle for infants. It needs to recline more than the straight line indicator would lead you to believe to achieve the correct 45 degree angle. Even after figuring that out, it was very difficult to achieve the correct angle in our Honda CR-V and required additional material to prop the seat up. Even then, we were still 5 degrees short. That, in addition to the infant positioning pillow, caused our baby's head to push forward onto her chest in a way that seemed unsafe. We will keep it for when she gets bigger, but in the meantime we decided to switch to an infant car seat to ensure she is comfortable and safe.
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GREAT FEATURE AND DESIGN
I bought this for my son 1 year old and i like a lot. Easy to set up and very quick.
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Nice Quality, worth the cost
Not the cheapest but when you consider its good till 65 lbs and 49" so the difference between it and cheaper seats turns out to be a few dollars more a year, small price to pay for safety! Love Britax as it well made. Sturdy with steel enclosure and lots of padding. Very well made harness. Easy to install and fits snugly into car. Harness takes some muscle to tighten properly but well worth the sense of security. Feels like a very safe seat. Not possible to rate impact protection at this time and hope I never do, but it feels as if protection would be very good, ratings say it is.
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Not happy
I just bought this 5 days ago. It was easy to understand directions and install. But it smells really bad. The package was sealed, the bag around it was even air tight. Not sure what could have happened, but it smells like urine. I used it the day after I got it. My daughters clothes ended up smelling like it as well. The smell transferred. So far I am not a happy camper. Not very happy with my purchase yet. I will give it time to air out completely though. Although I still don't like that I would have spent so much on a smelly seat. It looks like the construction is well made, and that is the only reason I may stick with it. My daughters safety is most important. Her head doesn't fall forward like other car seats I have had for other children. Also the belts come up from the bottom in an odd place, they either cover the whole thigh or I have to tuck them in so she can move her legs freely, but then the velcro is scratching her skin. Lose-Lose. Just not happy with this purchase yet.
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Very strudy, but also bulky
I was lucky enough to be a part of a Stellar Product testing panel in order to receive and review this car seat. Upon opening the box my first impression was that it was a very sturdy car seat that felt like it was built with safety and comfort in mind, but not portability or a compact size. The padding was very nice, although the head rests have very stiff pieces under the padding that feel a little uncomfortable to me, but my child didn't seem to mind. I like how the reclining adjustment is easy to get to, its a little hard to move at times (putting in the car and adjusting was a little tricky for rear facing) but I like the idea. I also like the fact that adjusting the height of the shoulder straps is done by pulling up on the handle as opposed to having to take off the cover and pull the straps though like other car seats. It is heavy and bulky so it isn't the kind of car seat you want to have to move between vehicles. It also might not work well if you have a small car-especially for rear facing as it may hit the back of the seat in front of it. I have an SUV and it is full of kids in car seats, boosters, and without anything, so this was not the easiest fit as it is a bit wide. Over all I feel like it is made well and has nice safely features- I also like how the straps are covered with a thin rubber piece instead of those thick fabric things. It was a little tough to get it into my car, especially the center seat. When I moved it to a window seat, it was a little easier. The latch system is really nice so I didn't bother trying to install it using the seat belt method. As mentioned before, it is a little on the heavy and bulky size, so I felt like I kind of had to really struggle with that in the install versus a lighter smaller seat. My fave feature by far is how easy it is to adjust the height of the shoulder straps. It is so frustrating to put you child in a seat only to realize after they are buckled that the straps are too low- in other seats I have had, You have to take the child out, pull the straps off and it can be another 10-15 minutes before it is all put back together to install! The Emblem just has a handle and within seconds, the straps are adjusted comfortably.
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Carseat
This has helped a lot and i will use it for a while. It has a lot of features and can transform with the baby growing with age. Easy to install and is lightweight. I love the fabric and way it fits in the car and doesn't take much space. I got this at stellar product testing panel.
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