I uninstalled the seat and switched it to recline position 5. This time the installation was better, but again it wasn’t tight enough to have less than 1″ of movement in every direction at the belt path. I tried again at recline position 4, and was able to get a very tight install with the seat belt in that recline position. Now, if I had not been able to get a tight install with the seat belt in any of the three recline positions, I would have had another option.
There are 10 positions for the harness height and the harness is no rethread. Instead of having to remove and rethread the harness to adjust the height as your child grows, the Graco 4Ever harness height is adjusted with the grey handle at the top of the seat’s head wings. When adjusting the harness height for your child, the harness straps must be at or just below the child’s shoulders for rear facing and at or justabove the child’s shoulders for forward facing. When adjusting the headrest height for the high back booster, the seat belt guides should be at or just above the child’s shoulders.
The Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. The belt paths are color coded and match the relevant pages by color in the manual. While we have no idea if this means it’s actually safer, we do know the trend in child restraint manufacturing is toward energy flow management and not just retention in the car. The cupholders require assembly before the seat can be used. Directions for assembling the cupholders are in the manual — they slide into a channel and click into place.Once assembled, the cupholders are required to remain attached to the seat.
The forever seats can be installed using your car’s seat belt restraints or by using the LATCH system. The optional recline positions, easy-adjust headrest, and harness system keep your little one comfortable without too much stress or reconfiguration on your part. I was able to move the driver’s seat all the way back with the 4Ever graco jogging stroller installed at recline 2 rear facing. We’ve been using the Graco4Ever for over a year (I’m a US reader) and agree– it’s a wonderful car seat! It is definitely a bit spendy and not–I think–on the smaller side for convertible car seats, but it installs and adjusts so easily that if it needs to be moved from car to car its no big deal.
As the 4-in-1 name states, this seat is an ALL IN ONE convertible car seat. If your family is larger, you may wonder how multiple 4Ever 4-in-1 car seats will fit into your vehicle. We drive a mid-size SUV and are able to fit two Graco seats and an infant car seat across the back row without any issues.