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The First Years True Fit Convertible Car Seat - Sporty Blue | 
| Brand: The First Years
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $161.99
You Save: $38.00 (19%)
New (10) from $161.99
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 7570
Color: Sporty Blue
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 10 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 24.1
Dimensions (in): 24 x 20 x 28
MPN: Y11013
Model: Y11013
UPC: 071463110131
EAN: 0071463110131
ASIN: B000YBK0H8
Release Date: April 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Removable head rest-better installation rear facing | | • | Harnesses to go to 65 lbs, as preferred by Safety Advocates | | • | Larger inside dimensions of seat to better fit your child as they grow- lower center of gravity allows for a deeper, taller and wider seating area without making the seat bigger on the outside | | • | "Easy Off" pad makes washing and keeping clean easy | | • | No-rethreading harnesses, adjust the harness height without having to uninstall harness strap; adjustable crotch strap |
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Product Description
The True Fit Convertible Car Seat can be used from birth right on through to when your child is 65 lbs. The True Fit adapts better and easier to more cars than any other convertible car seat, and offers the comfort and safety features you have come to expect from Compass car seats, Compass booster seats and The First Years travel gear products. It offers deep side wings that have been side-impact tested, a full EPP foam liner that absorbs energy, and built-in lock offs to provide a secure installation without the use of confusing locking clips. Features: - Removable headrest--better installation for the back seat
- Harnesses that go to 65lbs., as preferred by safety advocates
- Larger inside dimensions to better fit your child as they grow
- The lower center of gravity allows for a deeper, taller and wider seating area without making the seat bigger on the outside
- "Easy Off" pad makes it easy to wash and keep clean
- No-rethread harness: adjust the harness height without having to uninstall harness straps
- Deep side wings
- Side-impact tested
- EPS foam liner
- Built in lock-offs
- Multiple position buckle
- Super-comfortable pad
- For children 5 to 65 lbs. and up to 50 inches tall
Rear Facing Use Requirements without Headrest: - This child restraint without the headrest, in a rear facing position is, designed for use by children whose: Weight is between 5-22 lbs and head is 1 inch below the top of the seat.
- Child MUST meet BOTH of these requirements to use this Convertible Seat without the headrest installed
Rear Facing Use Requirements WITH Headrest:- This child restraint seat with the upper seatback installed in a rear facing position is designed for use by children whose: Weight is between 5-35 lbs, and head is 1 inch below the top of the seat.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 A must have car seat - best of everything February 28, 2008
Dixie DeBrunce (Missouri)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I just received our seat yesterday and I LOVE IT!! has everything and it has a latch system that can even be used for rear-facing. My 4.5 month old smiled and was happy when we put her in it and my 4 year old sat in it to see how it would be for when she is older and she said it was very comfortable! I love everything about this seat.
I encourage you though to read the instructions before trying to figure out where they store the latch system out and how to install the seat. It is an easy install and directions are great just make sure you read first! :)
Since the headrest comes off for rear-facing it fits great in a backseat!!
I love this seat! May 5, 2008
momof2 (Iowa)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The First Years/Learning Curve Truefit is truly an awesome seat! The harness height goes from 10"-18" (with 4 total slots) and adjusts easily without removing the seat. It rear faces from 5-35lbs, and forward faces to 65lbs. It has lockoffs, so it installs easily with a seatbelt or the lower anchors-the locks offs are easy to use.
The seat has a removeable headrest for infants who are less than 22 lbs (and whose head is 1" from the top of the shell). This makes the seat easier to fit rear-facing. Once the child reaches 22+lbs, the headrest needs to be put on (and the child should be kept rear-facing until s/he reaches 35lbs or is within 1" of the top of the shell). Rear-facing is 4x safer than forward facing. My 2 year old son is still rear-facing and will be until he is either too heavy or too tall.
It's a comfortable seat with lots of EPP foam and padding. The Misty Morning pattern is very soft and cozy. My daughter, at 44", 42lbs, and a 16" torso, still fits, height wise, in this seat. She really liked it.
I have (or have had) lots of carseats. Among them, the Evenflo Triumph Advance, the Radian65, Evenflo Triumph V, Britax Regent, and Fisher Price Safe Voyage Deluxe (Britax Marathon clone). The Truefit is easily one of my favorites.
The best carseat is one that fits your child, fits your budget, fits your vehicle, and will be installed correctly EVERY SINGLE TIME! Make sure to read the manual for any seat purchased and know how to install it correctly. And go to a seat check/call a tech if you have any questions.
My children's safety, in the car, is of prime importance to me. I can keep them safer by keeping them harnessed, in the safest seat/s I can afford, for as long as possible.
 Removable Headrest is Deceiving; Rear Facing Weight Only 22 lbs. May 1, 2008
B. Hartman
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am a mom of two and have been shopping for car seats for awhile. I wanted a car seat for my baby that was out growing her infant car seat. I wanted something that would go the distance; keep her rear facing until at least 18 months, and also would keep her in a 5 point harness longer than the average 40 lbs. This seat caught my attention because of the removable headrest for a better fit rear facing in average size cars. But I didn't know that when you read the manual it says :
Important Note!!
For rear-facing use without the headrest, maximum weight is 22 lbs, and the child's head must be 1" below the top of the seat. With the headrest, the maximum weight is 35 lbs, and the head must be 1" below the top of the seat.
My daughter is now 13 months old and weighs 22 1/2 lbs so in order to keep her rear facing, which I hope to do as long as she will allow, I will have to put on the headrest and then it doesn't fit any better in our car that any other car seat. I'm going to get another Radian 80 for my 1 year old. We bought one for my 3 year old when she outgrew her Britax roundabout and the Radian is solid.
 shifts constantly March 25, 2008
Nebraska Mommy
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Because this car seat perches on top of a base, you must fill in the gap between the base and seatback with either a rolled-up towel, which shifts, or a waternoodle, which gets squished down over time. I found the latch extremely hard to fully tighten because of a lip in the plastic base, which overlaps where my hand needed to be to tighten the latch straps. So i had to pull the tightening belt off to the side, from which position it refused to tighten. From the front seat, I could push the back of the carseat (in the rear-facing position) so that it would hit the seatback in the back seat. If I can easily do this with my hand, wouldn't baby be slammed face-first into the back seat's seatback in a head-on collision? I got a Sunshine Kids after this and it fastened so tightly and securely in the rear-facing position, I wonder how any baby is safe in a different seat.
Great Car Seat! June 13, 2008
D. Williams (Healdsburg, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just purchased this seat in Casino (gray) and it's comfy and low profile. It's easy to lug around with a handle behind the head rest. Installation was a breeze, I got a tight fit in under a couple of minutes - the lock offs are great! No need to re-thread the harness for kids of different sizes (I have a daycare). I like the microfiber cover, next to leather it's the most stain resistant fabric! I really wanted a Britax, but am much happier with this choice: This has side impact protection, and the base of the seat doesn't have a design that diggs into my leather seats, and I paid less. I like other products that The First Years makes, and this one is great quality too!
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