Graco SmartSeat All-in-One Car Seat
Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 20 x 25 inches ; 42.5 pounds
- Shipping Weight: 42.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
- Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
- ASIN: B004Y99M52
- UPC: 047406114344
- Item model number: 1802320
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 2,220 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
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By : Graco
Price : $291.69
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Product Description
Color: Rosin
Amazon.com Product Description
With an intelligent design engineered to fit children from 5 to 100 pounds, the Graco Smart Seat All-in-One Car Seat can provide years of safe, reliable travel for your child. The Smart Seat's features include a stay-in-car base, adjustable six-position headrest with no-thread harness, five recline settings, flip-up armrests, seat-to-base locking indicators, and child's cup holder. Constructed with heavy-duty steel reinforced frame for durability, this car seat delivers the perfect combination of safety and convenience.
Smart Seat All-in-One Car Seat(Rosin)
At a Glance:
- Smart Base offers one-time installation for both rear- and forward-facing harness modes
- Seat features five-position recline, six-position headrest, and no re-thread harness
- Engineered and crash tested to meet or exceed U.S. standards; side impact tested
- Age/Weight Requirements: Fits infants 5-40 pounds rear-facing in harness; toddlers 20-65 pounds forward-facing in harness; youth 30-100 pounds in belt-positioning booster
- Warranty: Limited one-year warranty
Seat Adapts to Your Growing Child
The Graco Smart Seat changes as your child grows from infancy to childhood. For infants from 5 to 40 pounds, use the car seat in the rear-facing position. Forward-facing toddlers can use the integrated 5-point harness system from 20 to 65 lbs. For kids weighing 30 to 100 pounds, you can remove the harness and store it in the harness storage compartment, turning the car seat into a belt-positioning booster.
For ease of use, a six-position headrest and no-rethread harness allow you to easily adjust the headrest and harness to your child without rethreading--valuable time-saving features.
Smart Base Offers Easy, One-Time Installation
The convenient Smart Base needs to be installed only once, making the transition from rear- to forward-facing a snap. Correctly install the base (which features a seat belt lock off that makes seat belt installation easier), then simply unlock the seat and move it to use as a forward-facing harness car seat. An easy-to-read level indicator indicates the seat has been installed properly. In addition, locking indicators on the base ensure the car seat is securely attached. The Smart Base is also LATCH-equipped, providing you the option of either LATCH or seat belt installation.
For added convenience, you can buy an additional car seat base (each sold separately) to easily transfer your car seat to any of your family's vehicles.
Steel-Reinforced for Strength and Durability
The Graco Smart Seat All-in-One is not a lightweight car seat. Weighing 33 pounds with the base, it features a tough, steel-reinforced frame and base to ensure safety and durability through years of use.
Comfort Features for Growing Children
The Graco Smart Seat's flip-up armrests make it easy to place and remove your child from the car seat. The Smart Seat also allows for five recline positions so your child can lean back for some relaxation or sit up to enjoy the scenery. An integrated cup holder keeps drinks close at hand.
SafeSeat Engineered with Side Impact Protection
All Graco car seats are Safe Seat engineered and crash tested to meet or exceed stringent U.S. safety standards. In addition, the Smart Seat has been side impact tested for occupant retention by the harness system and with a standard vehicle harness system when in high back booster mode. The Smart Seat also features EPS foam, which absorbs energy for effective impact energy management.
The Graco Smart Seat All-in-One Car Seat is designed for vehicle use only and is backed by a manufacturer's limited one-year warranty.
What's in the Box
Graco Smart Seat All-in-One Car Seat with Smart Base and instruction sheet.
The Graco Signature Series Smart Seat All-in-One car seat is the ultimate in car seat longevity. This convertible car seat fits your child from 5-100 lbs and features a convenient stay-in-car base so you only have to install the base one time.
Product Features
- Fits infant 5-40 pounds rear-facing in a harness, fits toddler 20-65 pounds forward-facing in a harness and fits youth 30-100 pounds in a belt-positioning booster
- Smart base stay-in-car base for one time install for both rear and forward facing harness modes
- On-the-go, 5-position recline
- Side impact tested
- Engineered and crash tested to meet or exceed US standard
Customer Reviews
I had this seat for a few weeks but ended up returning it. Its a really great concept and will work great for a lot of families. I just think they need to work out a few issues and then I would be more than happy to buy another for my daughter.
Its extremely easy to install and transport between different vehicles because of the base. Its on the heavy side for carseats but thats not a big deal for me as I dont carry it around on a daily basis ;) Everything is extremely easy to adjust and use.
The 2 things I think they need to fix are the humungo thick harness covers that are required in the rear facing position, then not allowed in the forward facing position. They have thick foam in them so it makes it tough to get the straps tight like they need to be. My daughter and I both prefer the using strap covers and wouldnt be able to when she switches to forward facing :( How about we just get normal thickness pads like the My Ride 65 has so they can be used in both positions
The 2nd thing I couldnt get over is how reclined the seat has to be in the rear facing position. Its great for newborns and infants with no head control to be at the 45 degree recline, but older rear facing riders may not like being so reclined. That was the case with my daughter and the biggest reason why I returned the seat. If I put the seat in a more upright position it make the level indicator bubble fall outside of the "okay" area, which Graco says not to do. It was very confusing to me as to why they would make a seat with so many recline positions but you can only use 1 or 2 and have the seat be at an ok angle. When the seat was at the most upright and still ok according to the level indicator my daughters feet were horizontally level with her head :( Not to mention it took up more front to back room then her Graco Snugride 32 infant seat. I was pretty much eating my steering wheel! (and I drive a huge Envoy Xl suv)
We now have the My Ride 65 and that allows a MUCH more upright install and is just as easy to install. I just really really wish this seat would have worked for us as I loved it before I actually installed it.
We spent a lot of time comparing and deciding on a convertible car seat to replace the infant one we had been using for our now 6-month old. We finally settled on the Smart Seat as the features and design really stood out. But, after using it for 2 weeks, including a couple long trips, we returned it. In every-day use it just doesn't back up its price and is missing some final design ; engineering touches that would make it frustration-free.
The Good:
- Nice material design with good fabrics
- Plenty of cushioning
- Removable for use in multiple cars
- Easy installation (installing the base instead of the seat makes maneuvering and tightening the straps a whole lot easier than other convertibles). The leveling bubble also makes MUCH more sense than other brand's "make sure this line is parallel with the ground".
- Comfortable recline angle and head support that prevents head slumping while sleeping
- Wings aren't huge. Our daughter really likes to look out the window and the head wings don't block the view like the Britax.
The Bad:
- Incredibly heavy. I'd rather have features and safety than lightweight, but this does become an issue when swapping between cars - which is the purpose of this seat. My wife could not lift it comfortably.
- Very wide. We have a full-size CUV and have had other car seats set up on the 40-side of the 60/40 split middle row so that we could still fold down the 60-side. With this seat in place, we could no longer lower the other side of the seats - making our 3rd row seats unusable. There was also a large amount of extra hip room that I don't see her growing into - suggesting that the seat is wider than it needs to be.
- Huge front-to-back length when rear-facing. We were able to make this work in our large car with the sliding headrest in the lowest position and pushing the front seat back hard against the car seat. However, with the headrest up, or in a smaller car, the front seat has to slide up so much that is mostly unusable for anyone over 5 feet tall.
- The harness latch is hard to use - both latching and unlatching. The button requires more force than other brands and the male parts of the harness buckles would refuse to engage cleanly. This usually resulted in a frustrated mother and an annoyed baby.
- With the sliding headrest in the lowest position, the harness was difficult to slacken as it would get snagged on some internal part of the seat.
- There was a constant rattle inside the seat as if the metal belt retainer was clanging against the seat shell.
- The shoulder pads on the shoulder belts are way to large and would either push the belts to the edges of our daughters shoulders (not a safe position), or smoosh up against her face and again make for an annoyed baby.
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