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» Graco | | | | | | | Description: | | America's favorite infant car seat, SnugRide in Spring Meadow. Equipped with a 5-point harness, an ergonomic carrying handle, a stay-in-car base, and a canopy, this infant car seat will serve you and your baby well. Also now includes EPS, Energy Absorbing Foam Liner. | | | Features: | |
• EPS energy absorbing foam
• Easy to read level indicator for proper installation.
• 5 point harness for a secure fit
• 180* adjustable canopy for weather protection
• Newborns 5-22 lbs.
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 26.72 inches | | Product Width:
| 17.25 inches | | Product Height:
| 24.16 inches | | Product Weight:
| 12.66 pounds | | Package Length:
| 27.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 17.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 17.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 15.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 58 reviews |
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 New design is horrible!Jun 25, 2008
I registered for and received this car seat in the Chelsea pattern when my triplets were born. We had two hand-me-downs (both Graco SnugRide seats, one from a friend which was 6 months old and one our oldest daughter used as a baby which was 18 months old) and only needed one new seat. I liked the cute pink pattern of this seat and assumed that the mechanics and quality were as good as the one I was used to using with my oldest. Assuming is where I went wrong.
The quality of this seat went way down in the 18 months since I bought my original: the handle is now open in the back where it used to be solid; the grippy area on the handle is 1/3 the size it used to be; the handle up and down operation is rough, not fluid or easy. The mechanical ease of use took a complete 180 too: the shoulder belt straps move independently of each other and the mechanism used to secure the straps are a very difficult tooth type that you can't just tug to adjust - they need to be pulled loose on one side of the buckle and then tightened on the other side, similar to a bra strap; there is no longer a single strap in the front to pull the shoulder straps tight - it has to be done in the back of the seat where you have to mess around with that stupid metal buckle again... every time you take your baby out or put her back in and need to adjust the straps!
Bottom line: The overall feel of this seat is cheap. Things are hard enough with a newborn without having to do extra work to make them safe. This seat is a burden and I would never recommend it.
So good so farJun 25, 2008
I've only used the car seat for 2 1/2 weeks, but so far I like it! It is by far the cutest one I could find, and I love the easily accessible tightening strap.
The only things I don't love are: it seems like the seat base is able to move forward and back too much; the fabric is really stiff; and there is no elastic strap to keep the fabric cover in place like most other models have. It's not a problem yet but I'm sure it will be.
In short, I like the seat overall and even with the negatives, I would still probably have bought it.
CBD K's MomJun 25, 2008
I registered for the graco quatro travel system and this car seat. It is durable and once you break out the directions and practice using it before you get to the hospital it makes like pretty easy. My daughter is now 4 months old and we love the car seat. She is just getting a little heavy to lug around at 13lb+the 8 plus pounds of car seat. It can be used with or without the base so I can leave her with my parents in it and they can use it in their car without the base and I can use it in mine with it. I'm not sure if all models have that feature, but mine does and that was important to me. I never really used it by attaching it to the stroller very often, I found strolling that way was annoying so I laid her in the stroller as a newborn-2+ months. She got great head control early so we were able to put up the recline on the stroller and she was happy to just see the world in her stroller. With the car seat attached to the stroller she could only look back at mom or dad and that got old quick! Good luck! This car seat does the job and is comfortable with good padding!
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 NOT THE "SAFEST" CARSEAT... HANDLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED...Jun 13, 2008
Do not buy this car seat! My husband and I did research on Consumer Reports and the Baby Bargains Book to find the best, safest carseat and decided to buy the Graco Snugride in Milan. This car seat is neither the best nor the safest! Our daughter is 4 1/2 months old and we have been dissatisfied with this car seat from the beginning. It feels so cheap compared to my sister's Chicco Key Fit - especially the handle. Like other reviewers say, the red things you push down on to raise and lower the handle stick about half of the time. They are extremely frustrating to use. Before I had a baby I didn't realize that you are raising and lowering the handle every time you get in and out of the car so this is a very important part of the car seat! Another feature of this seat that feels cheap and doesn't work is the sun shade. Unlike other reviewers I didn't have too many problems with the size of it, although it is a little small. The problem I have is that the "bones" of the shade come apart in the middle and the sun shade sags. Even when the shade is working it gets tangled up with the handle. This carseat is designed very poorly!
Unfortunately, I have a much bigger complaint than these... Last week I was putting my daughter into the car. I lowered the handle and then gave it a quick tug to make sure it was in the locked/down position. The handle was apparently locked on one side and not on the other and when I pulled the handle up it BENT IN HALF!!!!!!!!! Imagine if I had been carrying my baby when this happened!!! This is a huge safety issue and the seat needs to be recalled. I returned it to the store (luckily I bought it at Great Beginnings in MD and they have wonderful customer service) and they gave me a brand new one. They called Graco who apparently said this was the first they had heard of such a problem, but I am very concerned! If it happened to me it is bound to happen to others (especially because the defect happened because of the red handle levers not working properly which other reviewers have complained about!). I have never written a review in my life but I was so concerned I felt I needed to share my story... Be forewarned!
2nd snugride very niceJun 09, 2008
This is our second Graco Snugride and it has proven to be a great car seat. After some research, we decided on the Snugride because of it's high safety rating and cost. I have read concerns about the base becoming unlatched during crashes, thus I wouldn't invest in separate bases. The good thing about this car seat is that it can be installed safely in the car without the base. It also works well with car seat covers and the lambskin pouch inserts for cold days.
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