Review for Chicco KeyFit 30
December 18, 2011
This car seat is amazing. It is SO much easier to use than the infant seat I had with my first. With the last one it was so very hard to get the straps adjusted correctly, and to loosen them to put her in. With this one, we put her in, then just pull the bottom strap. We had some problems getting it installed in our car however. We had an older (97 I think?) Chevy Lumina w/o LATCH and the seat belts aren't down into the seats, they come up some, and it came up too high so we couldn't get it tight or get the seat to latch into the base all the way. But, even if we had been able to get it in, we couldn't get our 2 year old's seat secure anyway. So we did have to get a new (to us) car.With our newer car, it did have LATCH. The seat was SO easy to install with the LATCH. Because of my older daughter's seat we did have to put it on the side instead of the middle, as her seat is too wide for them both to fit with one in the middle. But it installed so easily. The seat clicks in and out very easily.We haven't had any problems with her getting too hot, but it is winter here, so I guess we'll see how she does come summer.The seat is heavy, but I think it's compareable to other infant seats.The only issue I have with it is the canopy. It's pretty useless. Pulled out all the way and with the little visor flipped, it doesn't cover anything. Plus you can't really pull it forward to where the sun is hitting. I had a mesh canopy I used with my last infant seat, that had a sun shade too. Unfortunately that doesn't fit this one. I've just been throwing a receiving blanket over it to block the sun/wind/rain etc. Would prefer a positionable, larger sun shade, but oh well.Other reviews complained of a smell, but I didn't have any problems with that.Even with the sun shade, this car seat is amazing. The ease of use/installation easily outweighs any negatives. REMEMBER: Proper use of a car seat means that the straps are SNUG-no pinchable slack at the shoulders, and the chest clip should be at the CHEST-at the nipple line. Please use your seat correctly. I've seen so many car seats used improperly, and it won't keep your precious child safe that way.