Pros: Comfortable, Stylish, Sturdy, Easy to install, Safe
Best Uses: Infants, Toddlers
Describe Yourself: First Time Parent
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

If you absolutely can't afford the Britax Advocate 70, then purchase this carseat!! I did tons of research and spoke with experts.

I purchased two carseats - this one for my husband's vehicle, which my son and I are not in as much as in my vehicle. Shopping around and using coupons (Great Trade-in event) helped bring the price down. However, considering the number of years my son will be in this seat and how safe this seat is (its safety is unparalleled by any other seat on the market), it's worth every penny to purchase. The price difference is less than a single car payment for those who don't purchase vehicles in cash.

Things that are great about it:
* The side impact technology
* It's safe for use onboard aircraft.
* Manual was easy to read... Read more

My wife picked this one out for the side-impact protection, plus our daughter had outgrown her other car seat. I like the new LATCH connectors. Very easy to hook and unhook. And the ratchet feature makes it a lot easier to tighten the seat. The only thing I don't like is the strap you use to tighten the harness. We have another car seat that tightens with a knob and releases with a lever on the side of the car seat. It is easy to access and operate. This car seat has a strap between the legs at the front that you have to somehow get the leverage to pull on to tighten the harness and a square button that you have to use to release it. I don't like this setup as well.

Well-padded and apparently quite comfortable.

Would it be too much to ask that car seat manufacturers put a carrying handle on their car seats? Carrying this thing through the airport is a pain. Even back-and-forth from the house to the car is a pain. This is a general complaint about ALL... Read more

I'm very picky on carseats. I have to feel that my baby is very safe like we all do. I definitely feel this way about this seat. I picked this one up at Toys R Us for $190 including tax (I had a coupon for $50 off). The latch system is so easy to install (about a 1 minute install) and you don't have to mess with the safety belts. Other people wrote that it did not install in their car using the latch system. I drive a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta and it works perfectly fine. Maybe it's a Honda thing? This seat was purchased for my 10 month old son (31" and 25lbs). I like this seat so much that I bought the Evenflo E3 Booster seat for my almost 4 year old daughter. Hope this helps.