Whats the deal with this seat? The good bad and ugly!!

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mykidsmylife

Well-known member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #1

http://www.evenflo.com/product.aspx?id=176&pfid=68

The Evenflo Discovery...

We have 2 snugrides as of now but if I am going to have a girl then I was thinking of getting this seat from my friend. It is a cute pattern but I dont know much about these seats.
I know Evenflo doesnt have the greatest reputation either.

But this seat is so freaking cute.

 

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Maedze

New member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #2

That seat doesn't have a front adjust, I wouldn't buy it. Rear adjust seats are a pain in the neck and parents never bother to tighten them properly.

 

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mykidsmylife

Well-known member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #3

I wouldnt be buying it. It would be given to me for free.
What do you mean by rear adjust??
I guess I could just ask her. LOL. I know it is installed correctly so she knows..

 

Patriot201

Car-Seat.org Ambassador

• Sep 28, 2008

• #4

As far as I know, Evenflo still requires 1.5" of space between the handle and the seat, which makes it very difficult to install in most vehicles.

Your link goes to a Discovery seat, not an Embrace. The Discovery is a total PITA. It has a "lip" on the base that makes it more difficult to remove from the base. The harness is a PITA. The handle is a PITA.





Never mind on the note about the Embrace vs. Discovery. I see you fixed it.

 

Patriot201

Car-Seat.org Ambassador

• Sep 28, 2008

• #5

myboysmylife said:

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What do you mean by rear adjust??

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TO adjust the harness tension, you have to pull on the straps in the back of the seat instead of between the baby's legs.

 

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mykidsmylife

Well-known member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #6

Patriot201 said:

As far as I know, Evenflo still requires 1.5" of space between the handle and the seat, which makes it very difficult to install in most vehicles.

You link goes to a Discovery seat, not an Embrace. The Discovery is a total PITA. It has a "lip" on the base that makes it more difficult to remove from the base. The harness is a PITA. The handle is a PITA.

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Okay you made it sound like a PITA overall. LOL. I use my infant carrier as a carrier when my kids are sleeping so I DEFINETLY cant have something that is a PITA to get out.

Thanks..

 

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mykidsmylife

Well-known member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #7

Patriot201 said:

TO adjust the harness tension, you have to pull on the straps in the back of the seat instead of between the baby's legs.

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Oh yeah.. That is what both of my snugrides have. I HATE it...

I wish that I had my Central Park snugride but I sold it thining we were done. It was the PERFECT seat...

 

MissAllyLou

New member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #8

I just wanted to add that it's a total PITA. The bases are kinda wonky, feel flimsy, are hard to get in tight, and then like the PP said, the seat gets stuck in them a lot. If I had to choose between a snugride with a rear adjust and a discovery, I'd take the snugride hands down.

 

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HEVY

New member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #9

Really cute cover
I personally don't have any issues with a rear adjust, but other than that I don't know anything else about the seat.
Love that cover

 

cpsaddict

New member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #10

I'm another one that cannot get that thing out of the base for anything. I do think the seat is overall better than the Embrace and I prefer the Evenflo rearadjusters to the Graco rearadjusters.

 

BookMama

Senior Community Member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #11

What is the DOM of the seat? All Discoveries made before February someting of this year are recalled. The recall "fix" is an absolute joke - basically you have to attach the seat to the base with a LATCH-like strap every time you install it - and I can't imagine that you would be happy using it. There are a couple threads with pics of the fix, which I'm sure you could easily find with search.

 

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Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• Sep 28, 2008

• #12

Yeah, I have pics of the "fix". Oh, I went off on Evenflo for that, lol. Such fun.

To sum it up, there is no good with the Discovery, just bad and ugly.

 

CaseyRN

New member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #13

I was at a large consignment sale in my area and was looking at all the nasty carseats b/c I just knew some were expired. Came across an Evenflo one and I could not for the life of me get the carrier off of the base. I must have struggled for 3-4 min b4 it came out! Then I couldn't even find an expiration date or even DOM! Arghh!

 

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tanyaandallie

Senior Community Member

• Sep 28, 2008

• #14

With all the issues that Evenflo has had with this seat, I just could not put my child in it if I had a perfectly good snugride. I LOVE cute seats as much as the next person but in this case I would have to go with a non-adorable snugride if the other choice with a Discovery.

 

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Maedze

New member

• Sep 29, 2008

• #15

Has there ever been an Evenflo infant seat that DOESN'T have major problems

I really like the Triumph Advance but the infant seats are awful. I hate their Big Kid boosters. They are on my son's school bus and they are terrible. Flimsy and they don't fit the little kids well at all.

 

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hunypooh77

New member

• Sep 29, 2008

• #16

When ds was a baby I had an evenflo because i thought the handle was a neat idea...I hated that seat!!!! The snugride I had for dd was sooooo much better and she fit in it much longer than he did in the evenflo...