Car seat WOW!

Sleeping in Evenflo Symphony DLX

For anyone who has ever struggled with getting car seat in right I have found the answer!

I am a self proclaimed snob when it comes to children's products. I research and research and research when I buy things for Jillian. This research started when my like brother Howard was born when I was in 8th grade. I wanted to get him the best gift. I have kept up the research since then because I find it really relaxing (weird, i know).
Jillian put on a bunch of weight quickly so she was getting close to the upper edge of the weight limit of her car seat. She had a Evenflo Embrace 22lb. I loved her car seat and it fit well in my car (however it was a struggle in smaller cars). I was sad that she would need to move to a different car seat but her safety is most important! I started looking around at car seats and reading reviews. After a lot of reading I decided that the Evenflo Symphony DLX would be our best plan. Here is why:

• It has an infinite slide harness meaning you don't have to re-thread it into holes. I already LOVE this feature. With her other car seat it was hard to get her straps in just the right spot because the holes are so far apart. I know it does not look like it but when the baby is so little the few inch gap between the holes can make it hard to get the perfect spot.
• It is rear facing to 40lb! and 37 inches meaning we can keep her facing backwards longer. 
• It can be converted into a booster seat to hold Jillian until she is 110lb! It will last us a long time!
• It has really good safety ratings.
• It has a new SureLatch system

We bought the car seat a few weeks ago but it has been sitting in Jillian's room because we wanted to get as much use out of her infant car seat as possible. All weekend I have been struggling getting her buckled into her infant seat correctly because of her new tube. I went to put her in her old seat this morning and she screamed when I tried bucking her in. I decided I would see if her new seat's straps sat better with her incision. I tried it out first in the livingroom before putting it in the car. Her is what I loved:

• It sat nicely with her incision making it fit her better
• I felt that it fit her better then her old seat. Her chest is bigger around so I felt like in her old seat it was tight on her chest but looser around her waist. 
• She loved sitting in it
• It had a nice recline

Then I went out into the car to install it and this is where I was blown away! I have installed many car seats in my time as a baby sitter and therapist. I have owned multiple car seats before Jillian and have done the normal struggle of installing them. Her infant seat had a base that was installed with LATCH. I had to sit in the base to get it tight enough.
The Symphony claims it has a sixty second install. I thought that was a lot of a claim and figured it was not really true but I was hoping for something easier then the normal car seat install. I took it to the car, put the LATCH connectors on the LATCH bars and lightly pushed the car seat. It's self ratcheting system got it tight in less then 30 seconds. It is tighter then I ever got her old seat. It does not move! I was so impressed!
If you are looking for a car seat this is IT! It is just over $200 however we got it on sale for around $175. When you buy a convertible car seat and then a booster you spend over $200 for good seats. We will still use an infant car seat if we have another child because I love the convenience but I will transfer them over to this seat if possible. I recommend this seat to anyone in the market for a car seat!

Note: the LX model does NOT have the same LATCH system, otherwise it is the same. In my opinion it is worth all of the money for the better LATCH system.  


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