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Maxi Cosi Priori Convertible Car Seat |  | Brand: Maxi-Cosi
Category: Baby Product
Buy New: $289.99
as of 7/30/2010 08:36 CDT details
Seller: Action Packaged, Inc.
Rating:  2 reviews
Availability: Usually ships in 6-10 business days
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Product Description
The Priori convertible car seat can be used rear facing from 5-35 pounds and forward facing from 22 to 40 pounds. The Priori features energy absorbing foam, an independent recline™ system that lets you recline the car seat while installed, and a 5-point harness.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great seat, hard to install tightly. May 13, 2010
Heidi Gretchen (Bluffton, SC)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just received this 2 days ago. First, I suspected it may have an older manufacture date based on the price being about $50 lower than the other MaxiCosi Priori's on Amazon. I was right. The manufacture date was Sept. 2008. Not a HUGE problem, since the expiration date on the seat is 2015, so I still have 5 years to use it. Both of my kids will have outgrown it by then, and even if we have a third child, I would probably want a newer seat by then since safety standards are always changing.
I chose this seat because my Jeep Grand Cherokee has fixed headrests in the back and so most other car seats sat too tall to fit properly on either side, and I needed to move the car seat from the middle position to make room for the infant carrier for my new baby. This seat fits very nicely. Tha material looks great and I will say, the seat bottom is much more cushiony than the Britax Marathon we had been using. The colors are very nice too, and I chose them because we live in the south, so I wanted light colors to help reflect some summer heat.
My son loves this seat so far. He says it's comfortable and he really likes that he has a cup holder. He's just over 2, but tall - 37 or 38 inches. I had to adjust the harness to the highest height, so I"m not sure how long this seat will really last, but it says it goes up to 43 inches in height, so hopefully a while longer until we get a different vehicle. But then I realized that I was just about to move the harness to the highest position in the Britax Marathon as well, so that's really no big deal.
The only real reason I gave this seat 4 stars instead of 5 is that I had such a hard time tightening it in the car. The lower latches only tighten on one side, meaning that you hook both sides, then pull on the one side to tighten both latches. I couldn't pull hard enough even when kneeling completely in the seat to keep it from moving more than 1 inch side to side. And the upper latch was also difficult for me to tighten. I needed my husband to sit in the seat and pull while I pushed the seat back tight into the car seat in order to get a fit I was happy with. Now the seat fits securely, with little to no give. However, I will definitely not be taking this seat out any time soon. It was WAY too hard to get in tight. I never had any trouble getting my previous car seat or the infant carrier in securely by myself.
Overall, I like this seat very much. The 4 position recline is terrific and super easy to use, the material seems good quality, the size is just right, and my son loves riding in it. The installation could be better if the lower latches tightened independently, but you can always take the seat to a police or fire station to have them check the installation and fit, so it's not anything to worry about.
 The good and the bad July 15, 2010
mommymom
I have had this car seat for about a year and a half and just replaced it with a different seat.
First the good about this seat. There is a lot of padding that makes it comfortable. It is very easy to recline even while the child is in it. I have done so at a stop light when my daughter has fallen asleep all you do is pull a handle underneath the seat. Also when it is not reclined it sits up very strait which my daughter really likes. The cover washes well and cleans up easily. I found this car seat very easy to install/unistall by myself with the latch system and I am on the petite side. The other review said it was hard to get it tight but I did not have this problem. This fabric also does not get very hot (I also live in South Florida so this is an issue).
Now the BAD. The main reason we are replacing the car seat is the buckle. It is very bulky and my daughter finds it VERY uncomfortable. She wants out 5 min into the trip b/c she says it is hurting her. Other carseats have a way of moving the buckle to make it farther from their crotch area this one does not so it is right up against her (this became a real problem when my husband was in a hurry and pinched her thigh in the buckle). In fact I have to make a concious effort not to do that everytime I put her in the seat. My daughter is only in the 5% so she is very small I can not imagine trying to put a larger child in. Another issue with the buckle is that you have to push really hard to get it to release. This is not a problem for me but neither of my daughters grandmothers can get it unlatched. (this could be a plus if your child is escaping thier car seat) Also the car seat is somewhat heavy compared to some other ones on the market for traveling, it was not fun carrying it through the airport compared to my friends carseat. Although the cover cleans up very nicely it is a real hassle to remove. Also food can get stuck in some of the nooks and it is very hard to get out.
This car seat does have some good features and I will probably use it with my son when he grows out of his infant carrier until the buckle becomes a problem for him but I expect I will need to get a new seat for him once he gets a little older and taller.
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