Eddie Bauer® Deluxe 3-in-1 Convertible Car Seat - Kingston

Comment: I bought this carseat to go in my Honda Pilot. That's right kids, an 8 passenger vehicle. Adults sit in the 2nd row comfortably with LOTS of leg room. So I thought that I should have no problem installing this car seat in the rear facing orientation for my 8 month old daughter. WRONG! The first issue I had was that you can't fit it behind the passenger seat. It's just downright impossible unless your passenger wants their seat ALL THE WAY forward. Even then, it's a tight fit. Once you cram it in backwards you'll notice this friendly little plastic line near the top of the car seat that will be at a 45 degree angle to the ground. Of course that line is supposed to be parallel in the rear facing orientation. Not sure how they thought that was going to work. You have to cram a small dog (or 2-3 bath towels) under the front of the car seat in order to achieve the proper installation angle. Oh, and you can't possibly do that without leaning the passenger seat forward. Once you've rendered your passenger seat useless and blocked the view of the driver by leaning it forward towards the windshield, the car seat fits, but it is WOBBLY like you wouldn't believe (probably from the bath towels/small dog underneath it). Being the smarty I am, I thought AHA! I'll just put down the 2nd row of seats and install it in the 3rd row!! That worked until I realized I had to enter the car from the trunk to get the baby out at that point, or crawl over a row of folded down seats. Basically, it wasn't practical.

By the way, the "owners manual" that came with this car seat was for the Alpha Omega Elite seat by Safety First. That one retails for a lot less than the Eddie Bauer, but it comes in slightly more hideous patterns.

So in review, this car seat is totally useless as a rear facing seat and they really shouldn't try to sell it as such. Only purchase this seat if your son/daughter is old enough to be forward facing.

Comment: I did not buy from this seller but I got this same carseat on Amazon and I am EXTREAMLY pleased with it! For being a convertible carseat it's actually light weight when it comes to carrying it from car to car! I back has a nice handle to carry it with and there are place's for the LACH belts to clip on to in the back so that there are no belts hanging around or dragging on the floor. I love how easy it is to adjust as they get bigger. No re-threading, it's practicly one-handed to adjust! Fit's 5pound baby's snug with plenty of room for you toddler as they grow big. Very easy to put in and out of car's rear faceing as well and forward facing. I well tell you though in a small car in order for the carseat to be on the right angle while rear facing the front seat has got to be all the way forward leaving not a lot of room for the person in the front seat. But we love this carseat and it was most deffinantly worth the money! I maybe wish I would of invested in it from birth and not just when we needed a bigger one!