Graco Smartseat Questions

sunnyday

New member
What is the general opinion on this seat? How does it fit newborns and how does it do as a booster? Also, another (possibly dumb) question: how does the height adjust? Worth the money?

For someone that already has an infant seat and a couple of convertibles, would this seat ever be worth it for me? I think it looks really nice and I wish it had been available before my daughter was born. The girl cover is so pretty too :p
 
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Kobain's Mommy

Well-known member
Re: Graco Safeseat Questions

Do you mean Smartseat? I believe someone posted a picture of her newborn in one and the harness was to high.
 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
Fixed the title. Here's a blog review... http://carseatblog.com/8834/the-ultimate-graco-smart-seat-review-with-tons-of-pics/
For me, it has a lot of room for improvement, primarily the ease of snapping it in the base, and the ergonomics of the padding aren't terrific for a lot of kids (ie, not comfy). One parent at BRU told me she put it away till the infant seat is outgrown, won't use it RF because it was like her kid was sitting in a bowl with his feet straight up, so it seems like it might have the potential to make people FF younger than they would if they thought their kids looked more comfy RF (just a speculation there...I'm sure none of the rules of average parents apply when we are talking about US and our passion for RF as long as possible no matter what :cool:)
 

Pixels

New member
I posted DS in it as a newborn. Definitely does not fit. I tried him again at 4? months and still didn't like the fit.

With older kids, it often pushes the head way forward.

IIRC, the height adjusts by squeezing a thing on the top, like the Nautilus.
 

Pixels

New member
Even with the infant insert, the bottom harness position was about an inch too high, and the bulky harness covers (required) wouldn't fit into the non-space between his shoulders and head because he was shaped like, well, a newborn, with no neck. I wasn't able to tighten the harness near adequately and he was complaining. Also, the harness covers pushed the harness out to the edges of his shoulders, not on top of his shoulders where the harness should be.

When I tried him again at 3 months, the harness was finally below his shoulders (It should be, he shares seats with DD without changing harness slots - third slots of the Radian) and he finally grew a neck so the harness covers had a place to go, but they still pushed the harness out to the edges of his shoulders. The infant insert ended at an awkward location on his back.

Three year old DD's head was pushed forward without the infant insert. I don't know precisely what her complaint was, but she did not like the SS at all. She usually loves playing carseat and won't get out of seats, but she asked me to get out of the SS.

http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=160107 has photos. First post is with DS at 15 days, last post is at 3 months.
 

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