Mama Jo
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I'm sure this is old news to all of you who have an EFTA, but I played with this thing for close to half an hour at Target today and was just amazed at how much I like it! I've never taken the time to really mess with it much, because I honestly thought it was god-awful-ugly, and I thought the harness straps looked stupid with the red things at the top of them. But the adjustable height harness strap idea was just knawing at the back of my mind, knowing how convenient this would be to use for a small RF 18 month old and a tall, solid FF 2.5 year old.
So today I decided to play with it a little bit. I didn't get any pics of Elias in it, though he did look very comfy and he didn't even protest when I buckled him in.
What shocked me the most was how Liv fit in it! I've put her in Elias' BV and her ears are pretty much right at the top of the shell. But she had alot of head room left in the EFTA. Slightly less harness room than head room, though. (Side note: I have not tried her in either the BV or the EFTA installed in any vehicle, only sitting on the floor. She could lose a little room in both if they were actually installed.)
Also note, the infant insert is still in the seat. I didn't bother with taking it out, so it does add a little padding underneath her.
Please excuse the quality of the pics, my camera phone is awful.
The seat is in the middle recline position. I didn't read the manual, but I assume this is the FF recline position, because it's way too upright for RF.
The crotch strap is a little shorter than the FN and the GN. (Also please excuse the purple thumb nail... I slammed my finger in the door of the van because I'm an idiot )
I drew a line where the crotch strap sits, but I can't get it to show up. :shrug-shoulders: Anyway, it's not bad for her, but she's pretty skinny, so I don't know if this would pose an issue for a bigger kid. And since I didn't bother taking out the infant insert, I also forgot to check if there were other crotch strap positions (I know, I'm a terrible review-er...)
My finger is at the top of the harness "track". Approximately an inch above her shoulder. This could change upon installation and also upon removing the infant padding.
And finally, I knew it was time to go when Elias started eating the tags and labels off the other seats lol
On the floor, the EFTA *seemed* like it might fit well next to the Nautilus, both FF and RF. I don't know if that would be the same actually installed or not. Does anyone have a Nauti and an EFTA and know for sure?? I tried the Scenera, the AOE, the MA, and the EFTA next the GN on the floor, FF and RF, and the EFTA seemed like the best fit. I tried to line them up back/back and back/front as best I could, but I suppose it's hard to know for sure without actually installing them.
And like I said, I'm sure this is all old news to you who have this seat, but it was fun and exciting for me! LOL
So today I decided to play with it a little bit. I didn't get any pics of Elias in it, though he did look very comfy and he didn't even protest when I buckled him in.
What shocked me the most was how Liv fit in it! I've put her in Elias' BV and her ears are pretty much right at the top of the shell. But she had alot of head room left in the EFTA. Slightly less harness room than head room, though. (Side note: I have not tried her in either the BV or the EFTA installed in any vehicle, only sitting on the floor. She could lose a little room in both if they were actually installed.)
Also note, the infant insert is still in the seat. I didn't bother with taking it out, so it does add a little padding underneath her.
Please excuse the quality of the pics, my camera phone is awful.
The seat is in the middle recline position. I didn't read the manual, but I assume this is the FF recline position, because it's way too upright for RF.
The crotch strap is a little shorter than the FN and the GN. (Also please excuse the purple thumb nail... I slammed my finger in the door of the van because I'm an idiot )
I drew a line where the crotch strap sits, but I can't get it to show up. :shrug-shoulders: Anyway, it's not bad for her, but she's pretty skinny, so I don't know if this would pose an issue for a bigger kid. And since I didn't bother taking out the infant insert, I also forgot to check if there were other crotch strap positions (I know, I'm a terrible review-er...)
My finger is at the top of the harness "track". Approximately an inch above her shoulder. This could change upon installation and also upon removing the infant padding.
And finally, I knew it was time to go when Elias started eating the tags and labels off the other seats lol
On the floor, the EFTA *seemed* like it might fit well next to the Nautilus, both FF and RF. I don't know if that would be the same actually installed or not. Does anyone have a Nauti and an EFTA and know for sure?? I tried the Scenera, the AOE, the MA, and the EFTA next the GN on the floor, FF and RF, and the EFTA seemed like the best fit. I tried to line them up back/back and back/front as best I could, but I suppose it's hard to know for sure without actually installing them.
And like I said, I'm sure this is all old news to you who have this seat, but it was fun and exciting for me! LOL