What kind of seat is this?

Baylor

New member

• Nov 30, 2010

• #1

I have never seen a seat with an adjuster in the harness like that??

 

An Aurora

Senior Community Member

• Nov 30, 2010

• #2

It's an Evenflo Chase.

 

Holly

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #3

Evenflo something or other. I've seen quite a few of them.

 

Baylor

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #4

Seems weird to me that it would have the adjuster there? Is it current?

 

mommy-medic

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #5

It's a FFin only combo seat. We have them as program seats. The harness is one long loop (pull on one shoulder strap, the other gets shorter) and thats how you take the slack out of it. It is a bit of a PITB and many parents don't bother to adjust it correctly. Still- it's a decent seat for tight incomes, and that pic looks to be adjusted snugly. :thumbsup: It does make a pretty bad booster though: http://carseatblog.com/865/evenflo-expresschase-as-booster-part-i-combo-seat-series/

 

Baylor

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #6

Thanks!! I can just see my son back there playing with it til he could adjust it himself!

 

nevaehsmommy

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #7

I have had two for Nevaeh. I have taken them both back.

I had bought the first one right ater the bucket seat then found out like a week later about RFing.

The second one was bought as a back up seat. I hated the way the seat "popped" when I would install it. I put my knee in the seat and it just made a weird sound.

The adjuster is easy to use once you figure it out. Oh and Nevaeh never did figure how to loosen it but, more then once she made her self to tight and was crying bc of it.

 

Baylor

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #8

How about this thing?

it was a picture in the State Farm magazine I got today!

 

aeormsby

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #9

Best thing about the harness adjuster on the Chase is that kids can't push the chest clip down.

 

cpsaddict

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #10

I actually really like that seat and the harness adjuster. I had it on my older Evenflo Express(precursor to the Chase) and found it super easy to use. I also like that kids can't get the chest clip down.

 

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menfusse

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #11

When A was 3, almost 4 our budget was such that we couldn't get a Britax, which at the time had the highest slots of any seat. She was thin, but VERY tall. The Chase fit the bill. It was a 40lbs seat, but the top slot was very tall. Easy to install, and while I was never thrilled with the adjuster (I didn't find it easy to adjust), I felt at least that I had kept my tall kid in a safe harnessed seat. It bought us time to save to get her a Regent.

 

Baylor

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #12

What about that other seat.. about 3 posts up? It looks like a back with no padding?

 

Keeanh

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #13

cpsaddict said:

I actually really like that seat and the harness adjuster. I had it on my older Evenflo Express(precursor to the Chase) and found it super easy to use. I also like that kids can't get the chest clip down.

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Had that one too. I remember there being circumstances where the adjuster would force the chest clip too high. Had bad headslump too.

 

luckyclov

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #14

Yep, it's an Evenflo Chase. My oldest (now 8) had one when he moved out of his convertible Triumph many years ago. It didn't have much padding, but I really liked the harness - the adjuster kind of positioned the chest clip so he couldn't fiddle with it. It was also a pretty easy install, via LATCH, and was rock solid in my DH's Nissan Frontier. I gave it to a friend a few years ago...I should probably have her check expiration date, come to think of it.

 

NannyMom

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #15

Baylor said:

What about that other seat.. about 3 posts up? It looks like a back with no padding?

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It's really hard to see it. But I can see there's no chest clip, so my guess is not American.

 

nevaehsmommy

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #16

The second seat looks like the flip down seat in my grandmas van. I dont recall a chest clip.

 

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babyherder

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• Nov 30, 2010

• #17

aeormsby said:

Best thing about the harness adjuster on the Chase is that kids can't push the chest clip down.

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:yeahthat:

 

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kaitlyn

Senior Community Member

• Dec 1, 2010

• #18

Oh I hate those Evenflo adjusters. I've seen too many kids loosen it because it's so easy, and once at a clinic someone managed to even get one on the top of the chest clip and amyd's husband got to have fun fixing it. That person's little girl used to loosen the harness when she got sleepy so that she could lean over and rest her head on her lap, and mom thought that was the best part of the adjuster. She was shocked when I told her it needed to stay tight.

 

Kat_Momof3

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• Dec 1, 2010

• #19

cpsaddict said:

I actually really like that seat and the harness adjuster. I had it on my older Evenflo Express(precursor to the Chase) and found it super easy to use. I also like that kids can't get the chest clip down.

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me, too... and I've never heard of a kid being able to squeeze it hard enough AND pull slack in order to loosen it.

the evenflo express (now chase) is still my favorite 40lb limit inexpensive combo seat... the straps didn't twist anything like the century breverra it replaced.

have know idea what the other one is.