I'm impressed! FInally...What a wonderful car seat!
February 3, 2011
Our first car seat three years ago was the Peg Perego Viaggio 30/30. I have used the Graco car seats a few times as well. After reading every review available on the web, we purchased this seat for our new baby and I can't be more pleased. Some of the reviews mentioned a toxic odor due to fire retardants on the fabric...I do not smell an odor. This review is for the Midori, which has a wonderful cotton fabric insert...and more cotton throughout the seat, so it may be this seat is treated differently or does not retain the odor due to the cotton fabric vs. some of the other plastic sticky ones. If you are considering buying this seat, this is the model to go with. Another you tube review I was concerned about was a complaint that the sun shade did not move all the way forward... so that when the child is rear facing with the sun directly behind the car...you have a screaming baby with no solution but to GET HOME QUICKLY or drape a blanket over the seat, which isn't a great option. Well, to my surprise .. THE SUN SHADE DOES ADJUST ALL THE WAY FORWARD and this is not a problem at all.... could have been addressed after complains with older models. Everything about this seat is great. You will not be disappointed, much better than the Graco (which is cheaper, yes, but does not stand up to this car seat), as well as the more expensive Britax and Peg Perego models. One more thing... it is the best seat for smaller cars...actually fits without having to dig your knees into the glove compartment when the baby is behind you. Very impressed! Wish I had it with our first baby...