all evenflo infant seats (so far... HINT anyone from evenflo who ever comes here) have the horrible rule that the the handle must be all the way down AND that it must be 1.5" from the front seat.
I remember reading they were going to change it on certain seats, but anyway.
Also, evenflo seats just don't fit on other brand strollers nearly as easily as graco/chicco do simply because of how the seat is designed to attach to a stroller.
Graco now has lots of front adjusts.
Now granted, the price is GREAT and if you have a roomy vehicle where room for that handle is no issue, then if you like the seat and it installs well, go for it.
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As someone (probably the only one here) who has their child in a Serenade (and only because I won it), I'll say I probably would look elsewhere if your budget allows for a front adjust, but mainly because of the stupid handle and clearance rules. It isn't a bad seat, and it does install easily, but if either of those things would be an issue I wouldn't get it. The handle thing drives me CRAZY and I have forgotten to put it down more than once.
I don't know yet how long it will last DS2, but he is nearing 13 pounds with a fairly long torso and seems to have lots of room to grow taller.
The other annoying thing I have recently encountered is that the straps are somewhat close together and Evenflo does not carry strap covers for it to keep them from rubbing on DS2's fat neck!
I e-mailed Evenflo on this one, and it doesn't look like an easy feat to try to get the straps undone so you can put thin socks on them...I won't even attempt it.
I have only used the seat in a Joovy Caboose, so I don't know how it would fit in other strollers. With the Caboose I can't put the stroller sunshade all the way over the Serenade because the sides protrude where the seat belt path is, but that isn't really a problem considering the huge sunshade on the Serenade.
If I had been able to sell the seat I would have gotten something else but that didn't happen, so...