How does this seat fit in small cars when in the infant position? I have a Kia Rio and am having difficulty finding a seat to fit.
73046
Well, I can attest to the fact that it fits in a Dodge Dakota and a Kia Sorento with no problem, but on both vehicles the passenger seat had to be moved up a bit to make room in order to get the seat to the right leveling position. Does the Kia Rio have a LATCH setup for the center of the back seat? If so, that might be the best way to mount the seat. You might also want to look at the Cosco Scenera seat. That is similar to this one, but without the built-in cupholders so it has a smaller profile.
73047
I bought this for my grandson and they put it in a Hyundai sonata. I'm not much on car names and sizes, but I think that is considered a mid size. They have 4 of the same seats now for their two boys. I hope this is helpful.
73048
I have a Hyundai Santa Fe and it's rear facing for my grandson show it three months old and it works perfectly. Depending on who the seat is behind. In the case of my son (his father) who is 6 ft. 5 in. he would not be able to have it behind him as a driver because he needs the seat back so far.
493478
The size small works in the infant car seat & toddler seat until the baby is 18 months old or so... the size large works only in the toddler seat and works for bigger kids.
1339616
A lot of car seats stats are greatly exaggerated. Maybe in some circumstance with a tall 5lb baby it worked, but 99.9% of the time it won't. I've heard this seat doesn't fit most babies until at least 5-6mo. Since your baby is on the smaller side I would give it a couple more months.
1339615
What do you mean by she doesn't fit? How? Too short or what?My newborn daughter fit when she was 8lbs and 21 inches just fine. She is now 20lbs and 29 inches long and still fit great. She loves this seat very comfortable and she falls asleep with in 2 minutes of being put in it :) my s don who is now 3 also has the same one as she does he had it since birth and still fits into his great! It was well worth the money and glad they both like their car seats :)
1872581
Babies R Us and most stores will let you try out installing carseats in your car. Offhand I would think the car would be too small, rear facing would probably make the front seat unusable. Forward facing it may fit, the seat allows for an inch or two of overhang.
1199911
Yes it very snug! Please do not get the supports that go in, they are designed to not need them and they are very dangerous. The car seats head rests are close together. My daughter who was premature transitioned to this seat at 3 months old and she was the size of a newborn at that time, she fit perfectly!
110052
I had a Camry and the older model of this seat, this model I hear is smaller. We had the car seat in the middle of the backseat, rear-facing (the safest position) and I was still able to sit in either seat next to the car seat. We never tired it behind the passenger seat, but we were recently in a serious car crash and my son only had minor bruising. This seat saved my son, so I don't mind the size.
1504573
This car seat is rather big. I imagine it would be pretty tight in a smaller car especially rear facing. We have it in a Hyundai sante fe crossover and decided to put it forward facing because of the leg room for or daughter
1911638
I have a dodge caliber and it fit great...my husband has a even smaller car a kia forte 2 door and it fit nicely as well! We didn't use the base (but we never tried to because my car was the main car and didn't want to bother taking it in and out, plus he has bucket seats). My mom's dodge neon fit the base and carseat just fine as well.
430630
My baby just turned 10 months she is comfy in it. Especially after I took the pads off in the shoulders. I can't help you with the car but I do have a huge SUV and it's still tight but honestly any car seat is..... any safe car seat is going to be tight. Once you turn it around you will be fine. I put mine behind my seat which is why I say it's tight o can't move my seat back much that's my only issue hope this helps. It's a great seat I'm glad I chose it. Safest one out there beats all of them.
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Hi Camila, I was very disappointed to find out that "it doesn't" the way the prior models do, which as you may know, you just pull the handle between the child's fit and adjust, that easy... this model has 3 different positions but you can only change it by removing the carseat from the seat, adjusting the new position pulling a lever from the bottom back of the carseat and then installing it again, witch is very disappointing to me, I have 4 children (always have bought Maxi-Cosi) and that was the main thing I loved about this car seats.. the child is asleep, pull and change position, the child woke up, pull and seat him/her up again, sadly doesn't work like that with this one.
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I haven't used this seat yet in my crv.. it is fairly large. My baby came at 7 months and then was way too small to fit in this seat when she was able to leave nicu. A friend let me borrow a carrier car seat. We will probably start using this seat next month. It seems nice and easy to use but I have also read other people having issues with it fitting in non suv type cars. If you get it and it doesn't fit you can send it back. I will say that when this was sent to me, the car seat was already expired, check the date if this is a concern.
2258191
It fits just perfectly in my Prius in rear-facing, and I have to believe that's smaller/tighter than an Impala. It's much smaller than similar Graco models. I used a loaner that took up two seats in the back! With this car seat, grandma and I can still squeeze in the back seat with the baby and let dad and grandpa have the long-leg seats up front.
1039756
It does fit the cars eat you just have to buy the car seat adaptor, I will say when the car seat is in it is a snug ride for my 2 1/2 year old especially in the shoulders, so she usually just leans forward...now that I think about it she is pretty snug in there even without the car seat.
28418
I loved the seat, but only had it for one, and didn't use it for her as a newborn. It's certainly one of the smallest footprint seats I've seen. It would not allow you to pop the seat in and out of the car with the baby in it, which one big advantage of the other sort of seat.
405918
This car seat is a little big. I have an older Subaru & have issues with it fitting in the back seat. I just can't have a passenger in the front seat. They have to sit in the back. This is just my commuter car so I don't worry about it too much. I figure that I will put up with the issue since it was one of the higher safety rated car seats that I could find,
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Hey! I have this carseat cover its amazing! it looks great my sons carseat was a graco but no matter te type I think it could fit any infant seat. I may even try it on her toddler seat when we switch. It is big but the excess fabric I just pull down the outside of the carseat more. One concern for me is how the fabric would wash because of the fur.... It washes great, looks as good as new... plus never looks dingy or look like it needs washed.... Great buy! Expensive but great buy! Oh always getting compliments too!!! Makes me fill my daughter is original and has something no one else has. Well a select few!! :) good luck! See what their return policy is if it doesn't fit, it's defiantly worth it! Hey! I have this carseat cover its amazing! it looks great my sons carseat was a graco but no matter te type I think it could fit any infant seat. I may even try it on her toddler seat when we switch. It is big but the excess fabric I just pull down the outside of the carseat more. One concern for me is how the fabric would wash because of the fur.... It washes great, looks as good as new... plus never looks dingy or look like it needs washed.... Great buy! Expensive but great buy! Oh always getting compliments too!!! Makes me fill my daughter is original and has something no one else has.... » Read More Hey! I have this carseat cover its amazing! it looks great my sons carseat was a graco but no matter te type I think it could fit any infant seat. I may even try it on her toddler seat when we switch. It is big but the excess fabric I just pull down the outside of the carseat more. One concern for me is how the fabric would wash because of the fur.... It washes great, looks as good as new... plus never looks dingy or look like it needs washed.... Great buy! Expensive but great buy! Oh always getting compliments too!!! Makes me fill my daughter is original and has something no one else has. Well a select few!! :) good luck! See what their return policy is if it doesn't fit, it's defiantly worth it! « Show Less