Go from infant to grade school with this Graco Extend2Fit 3-in-1 Convertible Car Seat. This car seat grows with your child as it can be used as a rear-facing infant seat, a front-facing toddler seat or a high-back booster seat. The 10-position headrest adjusts easily for your growing child and the Simply Safe Adjust Harness System ensures your child is properly secured. There are budget-friendly options to be had in this group with winners and lower-priced options to meet your needs and safety goals.
It is ridiculously easy and requires NO strap tightening. You push the rigid LATCH connectors onto the anchors, and that’s it! The Clek Foonf is tied with the Britax Boulevard ClickTight ARB for the highest LATCH installation graco booster seat score as both products do not need manual strap tightening. The Britax Boulevard connectors are a clip style of LATCH that we feel is more challenging; the clip itself is harder to remove and requires twisting to remove them.
If the seat is not reclined enough for the tiniest of passengers when it’s in the most reclined position , Graco allows the use of a rolled towel or pool noodle to achieve a more reclined installation. Once they have outgrown the forward facing height or weight restrictions and fit the measurements for the booster seat, you can transition them safely. It is best to keep the child in the car seat for as long as possible as there is a maturity aspect to the booster seat where they need to be able to sit properly with no slouching or leaning over. Both forward-facing and rear-facing car seats will come equipped with two lower anchor connectors that are attached to a belt and clip on to the lower seat anchors. Once you clip them in securely, you will tighten the belt as much as you can to ensure the car seat does not move around.
An excellent feature that this seat offers is that it can accommodate your small infant in a rear-facing position. Also, as your child grows the car seat transitions to a forward-facing position. Another great feature of this car seat is that the harness easily extends along with the headrest. This way, you can easily adjust the car seat for optimal comfort and safety. Once the 4Ever is assembled as a backless booster, it can be placed in the vehicle.
To adjust the recline position, squeeze the white handle at the front of the seat , then push the seat’s back. The recline adjuster glides smoothly and is simple to use. In rear facing mode, the harness should be positioned at or below the shoulders. Adjusting the harness itself to at or just below the shoulders is what the instruction manual dictates – so ensure the harness is positioned correctly even if the headrest appears “high”.
Well, for starters, it supports kids in both rear-facing and forward-facing car seat mode and switches to a high back booster in seconds. Busy day, cranky kids that can’t wait to get in the car, and you struggle with installing the booster or car seat. You want something comfortable to install, secure for everyday transport, travel, and light on the budget.
As always, if you choose not to use this feature, be sure to buckle the booster in when not occupied, to prevent it from moving unhindered through the cabin in an accident. Recline position 1 would typically be used for the tiniest of passengers. This position takes up the most front to back space but also reclines the seat so that those tiny passengers have clear airways as they travel.
It is even perfectly safe for them to walk their feet up and have their legs straight up when rear facing. The main concern with limited leg room would be with getting your child in and out of the seat easily. If your child is the planking kind, more legroom generally makes it easier to get the child in before they are old enough to climb up themselves. The amount of leg room for rear facing in the Graco 4Ever varies. The Heir was comfortable in position 3, but had noticeably less leg room than he’s been accustomed to in his other car seat. Recline position 2 offered him more leg room, and a comfortable recline angle for those infrequent car naps.