Are you aware of an age stipulation for the Evenflo Chase?

ShumNum · Mar 20, 2010

Okay, so I'm procrastinating doing work and was browsing around on walmart's website at the car seats.
In case you didn't know, Walmart allows a person to post a question regarding the product on the product's site....and then the public can respond to answer that question.
Well, companies like Evenflo and Dorel have created accounts to answer questions about their products. No surprise there.
I was reading a question about the Evenflo Chase Combination seat.
Someone asked:
"Can my 42lb 2 year old use the lap belt position?" (aka: booster mode)
Evenflo's response is this:
"Children must be at least 3 years old to use the Chase without the internal harness"

WHAT?? I mean, yeah, I like the idea, but is that just something I missed in the manual? (I rarely use this seat). So this person now thinks they should continue to use the harness past the 40lb weight limit until the child reaches the age of 3??!
:thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown:

carseatcoach · Mar 20, 2010

That's a poorly written answer, but a 3yo minimum for booster use is fairly standard. The representative should have made clear that the child can no longer use the seat, because s/he is too heavy for the harness and too young for the booster.

scariestone · Mar 20, 2010

I would respond to the question to clarify. When I was looking to buy a new seat for DS a few weeks ago I was looking at walmart's site and the manufacturers answers to peoples' questions were totally unclear and often had nothing to do with the question being asked! You would think they would want to represent themselves better than that.