 Better than a BRITAX!! Like THE SEAT & THE PRICE!! |
| Review Date: September 19, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Laura Powell, NC |
The First Years Right Fit Unstable carseat is the BEST Carseat I have ever seen! If I had seen it when my 3 1/2 year ancient was on the rise out of her infant Delivery service seat, I would have refused my FREE Britax Near here and paid for two Right Fits to replace them. I'm so amazed that the seat can go from a tiny infant to a 65 lb. & 50 inch tall child!
I did prefer the infant carseats that detach from a base and have a comfortable carrying handle until my child was too heavy to carry. It's nice to have a safe clean portable "bed" for the very tiny ones, but after that, the Right Fit is the safest and best option!
The seat has all the latest safety facial appearance plus a plush comfortable cover and padding. I like that the seat has side impact safeguard and that the company tests their harvest. My child is tall and very close to 40 inches & 40 lbs. and she likes the seat. We also tried a friends 8 year ancient in the seat and she works well too! Like the simple adjustable harness! No more removing the seat and rethreading! YIPEE! I also like that the seat reclines a small - fantastic for naps. One of best facial appearance is the built-in seatbelt locking clip. I like that it's under the seat and will work with any lap & shoulder combo seatbelt. It was simple to get to thanks to the smart cover design!
I have seen some halfhearted comments about there not being enough crotch space. If you leave the infant padding in the seat and try to place a toddler in the seat, yes, it's tight. The information weren't very clear about removing it. If you remove the extra pad for a larger child, the space is fantastic, even for an 8 year ancient.
It does take a few summary to install the seat and it's heavy, but we have a The First Years Compass Premier Folding Adjustable Booster - Appeasing Compass B510 booster seat as a second seat for moving from one vehicle to another for small trips. If we had had this seat as an option earlier, we would have bought one for each vehicle. Divide the cost by 7 or 8 and compare it to some of your other yearly expenses!
We also like the way that the straps can be pulled around the "wings" of the seat when unbuckling the child. They'll stay there nicely until it's time to get back in. No sticky velcro to rip your delicate tutus! The straps cushions are a nice figure, but would also like a crotch buckle pad.
Don't like: The instructions could be better. Do not like the black area under the infant pad and the buckles. Prefer all a lighter color, so it doesn't get so hot. We cover our seats with white towels to help. Light shades of tan or gray would be nice.
Like: Comfortable, safe, side-impact tested, soft fabric cover, plush padding. 5 point harness to 50 inches or 65 lbs. Installs tight and works well in small vehicles. Simple to customize the fit without removing and rethreading the harness, multiple crotch strap positions. Built-in locking clip.
Be sure to check out the demo at www.learningcurve.com
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I like this seat!
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| Review Date: May 5, 2008 |
| Reviewer: momof2, Iowa |
The First Years/Learning Curve Truefit is truly an awesome seat! The harness height goes from 10"-18" (with 4 total slots) and adjusts easily without removing the seat. It rear faces from 5-35lbs, and forward faces to 65lbs. It has lockoffs, so it installs easily with a seatbelt or the lower anchors-the locks offs are simple to use.
The seat has a removeable padding for infants who are less than 22 lbs (and whose head is 1" from the top of the shell). This makes the seat simpler to fit rear-facing. Once the child reaches 22+lbs, the padding needs to be place on (and the child should be kept rear-facing until s/he reaches 35lbs or is within 1" of the top of the shell). Rear-facing is 4x safer than forward facing. My 2 year ancient son is still rear-facing and will be until he is either too heavy or too tall.
It's a comfortable seat with lots of EPP foam and padding. The Misty Morning pattern is very soft and cozy. My daughter, at 44", 42lbs, and a 16" torso, still fits, height wise, in this seat. She really liked it.
I have (or have had) lots of carseats. Among them, the Evenflo Triumph Advance, the Radian65, Evenflo Triumph V, Britax Regent, and Fisher Price Safe Voyage Deluxe (Britax Marathon clone). The Truefit is easily one of my favorites.
The best carseat is one that fits your child, fits your budget, fits your vehicle, and will be installed correctly EVERY SINGLE TIME! Make sure to read the manual for any seat bought and know how to install it correctly. And go to a seat check/call a tech if you have any questions.
My for children safety, in the car, is of prime substance to me. I can keep them safer by keeping them harnessed, in the safest seat/s I can afford, for as long as doable. |
Fantastic seat once you figure out how to install it...
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| Review Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Nathan C, Los Angeles, CA |
First let me say that this is a fantastic seat. It's padded, comes with several inserts to support different size babies. The optional padding is nice. I have now installed two of these seats, one into a new Volkswagen Jetta, and one into the previous model Jetta (which has a slightly smaller backseat). There are a few inconveniences, but once you figure it out, the seat does just so what it's supposed to.
The largest conundrum, and this took me over an hour to figure out, is that the seat comes ready for a forward facing installation. I installed both of my seats rear-facing, and I was going NUTS figuring out how to get the latch belt/system to look like it did in the pictures. If only they would have mentioned in the information that of the box, the latch belt comes set in the forward facing spot, it would have saved me a lot of time. You really have to reposition the belt to make it look like the poorly worded pictures. Once I figured that out, installing seat two took less than 20 summary. Now that I be with you all this it makes sense. The latches themselves are made to go on in a fastidious way, and by default in rear-facing they were backwards. That makes sense now since it came ready for a forward-facing install.
Another conundrum I faced was achieving the proper incline. Coming from a chicco infant base that had simple to read bubble levels, the right fit simply has a skinny red sign on the side that is supposed to be parallel to the floor. I'll tell you right now, in the backseats of both jettas, getting the line parallel isn't realistic. First of all, I had to wedge something bottom to give it more incline (like a pool noodle). The conundrum with this is that my son is over 22 lbs, so I have to have the padding installed. At this incline, I would have to place it behind the passenger seat, and go that front seat up so far that no one could sit in it. If you're looking to get this seat for a small child that has very small neck control, you might look elsewhere. My son is over 10 months ancient and about 25 lbs, and installing the carseat with no type of wedge probably puts the red line about 15-20 degrees higher than parallel. For him it's fine, but for younger babies be careful. I know this is a conundrum in nearly all unstable car seats and small backseats, but you can never have enough info on how these things will probably fit in your car. My last complaint about the incline is that one of my red stickers is by now falling off and I had to place tape over it. I wants a bubble level!
My last comment is about the 5-point latch. By and large it's very simple to use. I had problems with it getting twisted the first couple times I used it, but now that I know what I'm doing I haven't had any problems. My other initial conundrum was that the strap you pull to cinch it all down onto the baby was never clarified. In my ancient chicco you simply pulled on it, and the harder you pulled the more it cinched. The right fit doesn't work that way. You really have to pull, relief, pull, relief, and it sort of works like a "pump" system. Everytime you pull, it will only cinch a small, and to get it to cinch more, you have to relief slightly and tug again. Once you figure it out it works fantastic and helps you to not crush your child, but again, it was never clarified anywhere that I could see.
I hope no one takes the above as reasons not to buy this car seat. I detail the above only to save other people the headache of figuring out a manual that is poorly worded at times. There's lots of pictures which is nice, but car seat makers don't need to assume we're all illiterate. Place a part or two in the manual that clarifies how your car seat works. Really, it would be fine.
Highly recommended! |
A must have car seat - best of all
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| Review Date: February 28, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Dixie DeBrunce, Missouri |
I just received our seat yesterday and I Like IT!! has all and it has a latch system that can even be used for rear-facing. My 4.5 month ancient smiled and was pleased when we place her in it and my 4 year ancient sat in it to see how it would be for when she is older and she said it was very comfortable! I like all about this seat.
I promote you though to read the instructions before trying to figure out where they store the latch system out and how to install the seat. It is an simple install and information are fantastic just make sure you read first! :)
Since the padding comes off for rear-facing it fits fantastic in a backseat!! |
My only regret....
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| Review Date: September 13, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Jacob I. Torres, Appleton, WI USA |
..... was not having exposed this carseat in the first place. My wife and I did not realize that this would have been the only seat we ever needed. We started off with a Graco seat from the Meridian Pool. Clear side is that we had all matching gear. Halfhearted side is that we had to go out and buy another seat. All in all this was simple to install and I am absolutely confident in it's wellbeing. Do not be dissuaded by a previous users post that she could push the seat up and back hostile to the backseat of the car. Making mention that she thought the baby's face would get slammed into it in a head-on crash (she went with a different brand). Shoddy physics aside, she either installed the seat incorrectly or has stock in the brand she is claiming to have switched to, since I checked on this claim and it is completely fake.
Lots of simple to use adjsutments... I especially liked the idiot-proof harness strap adjustment that the aforementioned poster/reviewer also could not get to work correctly :)
Fantastic seat, fantastic value... make it your first and last hold. |
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