How long before Graco wakes up re: MR65 covers?

[ZephyrBlue]

I went to BRU today and saw the My Ride- man, that's a chintzy cover :thumbsdown: Even the display model cover was coming off the seat and it's super thin! Without the infant insert, it would be downright uncomfortable for my kids (they're used to a plush cover). It doesn't seem to be sized correctly for the seat, either, because of the fit.

The seat itself is great, but man, the cover sucks. I wonder when Graco is going to do a re-vamp?

[Laurette]

I hope so... I agree with you.

[emandbri]

I agree, I never had any problems with my safe seat 1 and the nautilus covers seem to stay on, I don't have one but have played with them.

[cadensmommy]

yea the seat itself is great but when i saw the one at BRU i hated the cover i would put it on and it kept popping off! totally annoying

[jujumum]

I wonder if this a marketing tactic - that the first generation has cheap covers/padding and the deluxe/ultra/elite model comes out next with better covers & that 'Gracopedic' foam that they've used on other seats.

[valleyfam]

Not sure why Graco can't seem to make a cover that fits other than infant seats. My Nautilus is a total pain and it's only a back up seat. My friend uses hers daily and is so fed up with fixing the cover.

[heyruthie]

when i reviewed the seat, the cover was my #1 complaint. people kept thinking i was saying i didn't like the COLOR, but I tried to communicate--no! it's the quality! the quality of the cover and fit is totally lacking IMHO. it's basically a deal-breaker to me. even though i like most aspects of it better than the TF, I'm leaning towards a TF as our next seat, just because of the cover issue.

[Maedze]

The cover is pretty awful, but without this seat my child would otherwise be forward facing. So...yeah, not that big of a deal to me.

[atsuydam]

when i reviewed the seat, the cover was my #1 complaint. people kept thinking i was saying i didn't like the COLOR, but I tried to communicate--no! it's the quality! the quality of the cover and fit is totally lacking IMHO. it's basically a deal-breaker to me. even though i like most aspects of it better than the TF, I'm leaning towards a TF as our next seat, just because of the cover issue.

Yep. I went and played with the MR too but I couldn't stand the cover. The fabric felt awful and I was the first to play with it and it wouldn't stay on. Deal breaker for me too. I got the true fit instead (and I :love: the cover, even with mesh) I might reconsider if DD2 hit 35 before 4 years AND there are better covers.

[rexforever0]

I am pretty sure it is that 'Gracopedic' fabric that makes DS sweat all the time in his SR. And it stains like crazy.

[joolsplus3]

Gracopedic is the foam that's only on some seats under the cover (hence why it sounds like 'tempurpedic', it's a similar foam type). The covers are all polyester, so yeah, they can be kind of sweat inducing (so can sitting in a plastic bucket, lol).

It is just very bizarre how our floor model (at BRU) Graco convertibles (CS and MR) have horrible, falling-off-the-seat covers and the SRs are all just fine and stay on, though...you'd think they'd have it figured out by now, even on a new shape of seat...???