Safety 1st Grow Convertible Carbon Reviews Summary

Installation & Fit

Pros:

• "The car seat is safe and installed fairly easily."
• "The rear facing belt goes bad so fast."

Cons:

• "It seems fine, but it didn’t fit in my Sienna."
• "While I like the car seat so far I want to mention that the installation in my car was difficult."
• "The seat was nice for a few months, but it rattles like crazy when empty."
• "Difficult to install or remove, if you need to transfer a seat regularly from one car to another consider another option."
• "Very difficult to properly install and very frustrating."
• "It's just ok. It takes up a ton of room front to back when it's rear-facing though, so the passenger seat (even in our SUV!) has to be pushed way forward to accommodate it."
• "I put my 7.7 lb daughter in the car seat to go home from the hospital and it was just not a good fit at all."

Comfort & Design

Pros:

• "I like this car seat…it’s cute & comfy."
• "I love the car seat it’s great, definitely spacious and perfect for my 2 year toddler."
• "This car seat is really comfy. It’s definitely nice and soft."
• "The fabric is very soft and I love the color."

Cons:

• "Just purchased 2 for my soon to be 1 year old, I don't line the install, it still wiggles quite a bit."
• "Very bulky, doesn’t fit into GMC Yukon back row seat as well as behind drivers seat."
• "This car seat looks comfortable but it is NOT stable."
• "It’s a very beautiful looking car seat. Extremely big tho."

Safety & Security

Pros:

• "Overall I loved this car seat but had to return it due to the fact the base is to narrow which caused way to play in it both rear and forward facing even with bottom and top anchor straps pulled as tight as they would go."

Cons:

• "Sometimes the straps gets so tangled in the back, I can’t even tighten it all the way which is unsafe."
• "The rear facing belt goes bad so fast. It actually will not tighten no matter how hard you try to pull, adjust, loosen and retighten, etc. this is a huge safety hazard and concern."
• "I don’t like how it gets dirty quick and my daughter doesn’t even eat in the car… it’s hard to clean and to install took forever definitely finding a better car seat."

Quality & Durability

Pros:

• "The description said the origin for this product is the USA. Unfortunately, it is actually made in Vietnam."

Cons:

• "A bit cheap feeling, plastic does not feel that sturdy."
• "I bought this car seat because the reviews on it were really good. While the safety of it seems to be up to my standard the assembly and amount of space it takes up are not."
• "This car seat feels cheap. The installation isn’t terrible, but it is hard tightening the strap that clips to seat anchors."
• "I am very disappointed at how my carseat arrived, as you can see in the picture it's like a forklift ran into it and they meagerly taped it up."