Evenflo Triumph Advance LX Convertible Car Seat - Harbortown

This seat is wonderful. I did lots of research and this seat is one of the best and is reasonably priced. My 1 yr old loves it. She can see out of the window and it is very comfy. Very happy with this purchase. I also received it super fast!

We chose this seat over the Britax due to price. I don't like putting expensive items on our registry, so this is a very reasonable item to request. We bought one and got another as a gift. We never own another convertible seat before, and this seat was very easy to install. The instruction manual (unfortunately) was not very easy to follow, but after flipping through different sections, we realized that it wasn't difficult to install the seat anyway. Both the shoulder strap height and the crouch belt can be adjusted easily, even with the baby in it. We installed the seat rear-facing, and we can access the strap knob easily. We installed it in our Ford Escape, which isn't a large car. Originally we put it on the passenger-side back seat, and it blocked my blind-spot view. I then moved it, without anyone's help, to the driver-side back seat. It is a rather large seat, so it may not fit a smaller car.

I have an 8 month old and he seems very comfortable with this seat! My husband calls it his "lazyboy"! Not only will it last until he turns 5, but the straps are very easy and conventient to adjust and tighten! It is definetly worth the money to spend on this seat! We bought this for the car we use most often and bought a cheaper seat for the other car, but he prefers this seat. I would definetly recommend buying the seat! Well worth the money!

Car seat tethers are not long enough to hook up to car anchors. Company provides extenders if you pay for it. Won't fit a Mazda 5 or GMC Acadia.

I drive 2 vehicles regularly, so I hesitantly ordered 2 carseats before knowing how I'd like them. I liked the idea that they had the 2nd best safety rating. (The first one cost around $300 and I had to get 2). I got a great price on them. I paid $14 less than my sister did for hers on sale at Kmart, and it was even delivered to my door! I also liked the idea that this was the only brand where the belts adjusted with the tension knobs. My Camry does not have the LATCH system, so the carseat was installed by the seatbelt. We had to use a noodle for the correct and recommended 45 degree angle and it worked out fine. We did get it installed so nice and tight that the belt-adjusting knob is a little awkward to access for rear-facing. It was fairly easy to install after we figured it out. Our RAV 4 is equipped with the LATCH system and I thought it would be a piece of cake like the infant carrier was to install. We also used a noodle in the RAV 4 for the right angles. The adjustment buckle for the LATCH belt was very difficult to loosen. My husband had to thread a screwdriver through the loop for leverage to get it to budge as I put my weight into the seat to get it tight enough.

What caused me to hate them in the beginning was that the owners manual, that I thought I read thoroughly more than once, did not describe in detail enough that you have to push the tension release button and pull VERY HARD on the straps at the same time to lengthen/loosen the straps. (I especially noticed it in the Camry, since the car seat is plushier than the RAV I guess). I did not see how on earth that the carseat would accomodate him to 50 pounds. The belt was very snug on my baby's chubby thighs. It took a frustrating outing on a Saturday morning to figure out by chance how hard you have to pull to get them to release. Once I figured it out, I do like the carseats. They seems fairly comfortable, but he doesn't seem to doze as much as in the infant carrier...maybe because he's older? I am pleased and think I will like them even better as forward facing seats.