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I have a love/hate relationship with our new carseat

Brynnie2010Brynnie2010
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I loved the safety ratings on the My Ride 65 and that the weight limit for rear-facing goes up to 40 lbs.  Livy loves it.  She is much more comfortable and doesn't fuss when I put her in like she did with her infant seat (she really hated being so far reclined) and she even took a nap in it on our way up to the Bumps & Babies Fair.  

My problem is that rear-facing, it is nearly impossible to access the strap to loosen and tighten the harness!  I've only taken her out in it twice now, and both times it was so difficult to access that I was yanking and pulling on the seat and the strap and my poor baby was looking at me like I'd lost my mind.  When I finally get her situated, I'm out of patience and breath!   

So what would you do?  Would you return the seat and try another one (my second choice was a Britax Roundabout 50)?  I'm worried that the problem is with the seats in my car and that I'll have the same problem.  Or would you try moving the car seat from the middle spot (where we currently have it) to behind the passenger seat?

Our car only has the LATCH system on the two outside seats, so right now it's in the middle seat, fastened with the seat belt.  Not sure if this would make difference.  TIA! 

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Re: I have a love/hate relationship with our new carseat

  • KNemoKNemo member

    My car doesn't have a back middle seat, so we have always put Max's carseat behind the passenger seat of my car. In the rear facing position, I never had a hard time with the harness. I have an Evenflo Triumph and I cannot sing the praises of that seat enough. It has a knob that you can dial to tighten the harness, and a release lever to losen it.

    Try installing your car seat in one of the other seats, only if you are comfortable with this option, and see if that helps. If it doesn't, then that seat is not a good fit for your car, and you should return it. If that solves your problem, then you are golden.

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  • StellaZStellaZ
    If it's the same as my Britax convertible with the very low little latch, I commiserate. I really wish we had gone with a another model with a wheel-style crank tighten/loosen feature (EvenFlo Triumph I think has one, not sure?). Especially if you keep her RF (good for you!)...it is a riduclous pain-in-the-a**...I'd return it if you still can.
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  • gina000gina000

    I have a bit of the same issue with our Britax Marathon 70, it is hard to pull the strap tight, and then loosen it again.  I find that if on the first pull it doesn't loosen, if I let go and try again it works fine.  DS seat is behind the drivers seat because of where I park at home, can't access the passgener side of the car very easily.  ( our boat is under the carport as well)

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  • Seattle_JiLLnSeattle_JiLLn
    It doesn't hurt to try the side positions. Give it a whirl and see if it's better. You might also need a pool noodle to prop it up to get the right level for it. That might pull it up. Otherwise the evenflos are cheaper, just as safe and don't have this issue.
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  • mrssmith717mrssmith717
    I have the same one and it's difficult in my car as well.  One thing I found is that I needed to get used to not loosening the straps as much when I took her out.  Tightening the straps, for me, isn't hard, it's the loosening.  I can reach my hand in and loosen it a little bit and it works for getting her out.  I understand though.  FWIW, I obviously did not return it.
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  • Brynnie2010Brynnie2010

    Thanks ladies!  I think I'll give it some more time and if it doesn't get better I'll try it in the side seat.  Then if that doesn't work I guess we'll be looking into the Evenflo Triumph.

    Nemo, what seat is it?  The regular Evenflo Triumph looks to have a similar system, but one of the other ones, maybe the XL something, looks like it's different. 

    ETA: Never mind, Nemo, I'm retarded.  The seat I thought has a similar system is the Evenflo TRIBUTE. 

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  • KNemoKNemo member
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    Thanks ladies!  I think I'll give it some more time and if it doesn't get better I'll try it in the side seat.  Then if that doesn't work I guess we'll be looking into the Evenflo Triumph.

    Nemo, what seat is it?  The regular Evenflo Triumph looks to have a similar system, but one of the other ones, maybe the XL something, looks like it's different. 

    ETA: Never mind, Nemo, I'm retarded.  The seat I thought has a similar system is the Evenflo TRIBUTE. 

    No worries. I have friends that have the Britax and had issues with it at first, but now they love it! I think some seats take time to get used to.

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