my dd in the evenflo sureride.

java · Aug 4, 2012

She is 2yrs, 2 mths. She is 21lbs and 32.5 inches tall. So what is so bad about this seat? The only thing I can really see is that she is even with the second slots already (with the pillow in, not sure if it is allowed or not) and as far as I can tell no other slots for rfing? I haven't looked at a manual so I really know nothing about it, just trying to learn, so educate me please

I like that it has a 22lb limit for ffing. My petite 2yo can't legally ff in it yet

Brianna · Aug 4, 2012

The bottom 3 slots are for rear facing, it's on the back of the shell. It also has a 37" height limit for rear facing.

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java · Aug 4, 2012

Brianna said:
The bottom 3 slots are for rear facing, it's on the back of the shell. It also has a 37" height limit for rear facing.

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oh wow I totally missed a slot lol. Talk about being distracted! So I have no idea where she was...I am thinking she was even with the top of thee bottom set of slots, so the third slot then. I was going fast, trying to get a pic while she was actually playing along lol.

37" height limit...wow. That is low! That is less than 5 more inches for my kiddo, now I get it! Too bad, what a great seat! otherwise. Seems really decent for ffing though. Maybe a bit narrow...but nice and tall!

Brianna · Aug 4, 2012

Given the price point, I can see it being recommended for a tall FF child if the child would outgrow the Maestro by height soon.

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christineka · Aug 4, 2012

Brianna said:
Given the price point, I can see it being recommended for a tall FF child if the child would outgrow the Maestro by height soon.

It's a great seat for someone looking to spend as little as possible on the longest lasting car seat and are not intending to rear-face past 3 years (and their child isn't above average in height).

HaileysMommy · Aug 4, 2012

Lame...why no RFing past the bottom 3 slots? I bet it over-rotates.

Stelvis · Aug 4, 2012

christineka said:
It's a great seat for someone looking to spend as little as possible on the longest lasting car seat and are not intending to rear-face past 3 years (and their child isn't above average in height).

Past 3 years? That top slot is only 11.5". My DD would already be well above it. I can't imagine most kids even getting to 2 without the straps being so low that they slip off.

jacqui276 · Aug 4, 2012

Stelvis said:
Past 3 years? That top slot is only 11.5". My DD would already be well above it. I can't imagine most kids even getting to 2 without the straps being so low that they slip off.

The top slot for RFing is 11.5"? My 5 month old has an 11" torso. He is big but not nearly as big as even an average 2 year old.

The seat looks nice. It's too bad it can only RF on the bottom 3 slots.

tentoes · Aug 7, 2012

Can someone clarify something for me.. does Evenflo not allow a RF kid's shoulders to go above the third/top RF slot?? If not, a taller torso will be fine until harness starts to slip off.

Jessica61624 · Aug 7, 2012

tentoes said:
Can someone clarify something for me.. does Evenflo not allow a RF kid's shoulders to go above the third/top RF slot?? If not, a taller torso will be fine until harness starts to slip off.

They do allow it. There is a big gap between the rf slots and FF slots. I don't remember the exact height but I believe the FF slots start at 14 inches.

tentoes · Aug 7, 2012

Jessica61624 said:
They do allow it. There is a big gap between the rf slots and FF slots. I don't remember the exact height but I believe the FF slots start at 14 inches.

Thanks. I was wondering why a lot of people keep saying 'its only a max of 11.5" high for RF slots' when Evenflo has no wonky rules against going over them. Yep, tried DS in it the other week and saw the large gap in slot difference between RF and FF.

KaysKidz · Aug 7, 2012

Considering the straps are supposed to be AT or BELOW for rf'ing, I don't get what the big deal is? The can rearface for a good while before straps slipping becomes an issue....usually 2" of torso growth. Which would be about the time to flip FF and use the bottom FF slots without them being so high they are by their ears.

My DGD is only 16mo, but already on the 3rd slot of her Radian (and 2nd in her MA). I'm wondering if she'd make it to 2 in this seat rf'ing...

jenfrogmom · Aug 7, 2012

Jessica61624 said:
They do allow it. There is a big gap between the rf slots and FF slots. I don't remember the exact height but I believe the FF slots start at 14 inches.

So you can use the forth slot?

Brianna · Aug 7, 2012

jenfrogmom said:
So you can use the forth slot?

No. The back of the shell clearly labels the bottom three slots are for RF only, and the top three are for FF only.

Stelvis · Aug 7, 2012

KaysKidz said:
Considering the straps are supposed to be AT or BELOW for rf'ing, I don't get what the big deal is? The can rearface for a good while before straps slipping becomes an issue....usually 2" of torso growth. Which would be about the time to flip FF and use the bottom FF slots without them being so high they are by their ears.

My DGD is only 16mo, but already on the 3rd slot of her Radian (and 2nd in her MA). I'm wondering if she'd make it to 2 in this seat rf'ing...

A 13.5" torso would still not get a lot of kids to age 2. Certainly not mine. And then you still have the height restriction on top of it.

java · Aug 7, 2012

My DD in the pic was even with the top slot for rfing...so sure she could grow some more in the seat. But 2 or so more inches and the harness would not stay on her shoulders, and she would have SO much shell above her head still! She is a tiny kiddo, but even for her 37 inches is a bad height limit

. Such a nice tall seat with nice tall top harness slots but narrow at the shoulders, low rifing slots, and that horrid 37 inch rfing rule!

KaysKidz · Aug 7, 2012

java said:
My DD in the pic was even with the top slot for rfing...so sure she could grow some more in the seat. But 2 or so more inches and the harness would not stay on her shoulders, and she would have SO much shell above her head still! She is a tiny kiddo, but even for her 37 inches is a bad height limit . Such a nice tall seat with nice tall top harness slots but narrow at the shoulders, low rifing slots, and that horrid 37 inch rfing rule!

But she was on the pad too. I wonder how much more room she'd of had if she wasn't on the insert. Or is that required?

Brigala · Aug 7, 2012

Bottom line is that this is not an ERF car seat. It will get almost all kids to age one, and average kids to age two RF.

I still hope to see some scaled-back version of it as a program seat. But I can't imagine wanting to buy one for my own kids unless I needed the uber-tall FF slots but couldn't afford a Frontier.

It seems to me like overall Evenflo is just not on board with the whole ERF thing. They don't have a single good ERF seat on the market (by ERF I mean a seat that will get an average kid to age 3.5-4 RF).

Carrie_R · Aug 8, 2012

Won't the EFTA get many kids there?

I agree, the 37" thing is a real shame.

Eta: And it's odd that Evenflo is joining in with Graco's "___ride"naming convention... Although I suppose they did have the Joyride many moons ago.

momtoo3 · Aug 8, 2012

Ds3 still fits in the EFTA/EFT65 RF at almost 4. He is small for his age at 31 pounds and 37.5 inches but he has a little growing room in it too. The EFTA is my favorite seat. I wish it fit in my van with all the other seats.

my dd in the evenflo sureride.

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