Reclining Rear facing: Does anyone know if this seat reclines well in the rear facing position?
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You can use pool noodles to increase the incline to closer to 45 degrees. I would contact a local car seat safety inspector to help you with this.
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It doesn't need to. It sits so deep and is at a effect slant. It wouldn't be safe if reclined rear facing.
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No. It reclines with a towel under the front, but that's required to get the seat in the correct orientation.
1986369
There are two positions: one reclining for rear-facing, and one very upright for forward. We ended up buying a Graco My Size 70 after this and I really like that you can adjust the reclining a number of ways. Also, it seems a little sturdier than this one.
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Yes! The reclining positions are nice, We had it a bit reclined when first using the highchair when our daughter was younger. Haven't used the seat adjustments yet so I can't speak to those, but I know it's an option. Overall a great chair so far!
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If your child is rear-facing, how can her head tilt forward?? I don't see how that is possible if the seat is correctly installed. For the love people, read the instructions or go down the your local fire department to get it installed properly! Your child's life depends on it!
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You cannot adjust the recline of the seat back. The seat, as a unit, slides forward and backward only. Note that the rail it sits on has a slight incline front to back so sliding it back also raises it up slightly.
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Yes, according to the Owners Manual, the seat must be in the most reclined position. http://www.evenflo.com/Portals/0/instructions/Inst-Triumph-0784.pdf
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1. No assembly was required that I can recall. If anything, it would only have been sliding the backs into place. No sweat. 2. Yes, I would call it that. The back doesn't go any further back when you recline. The seats and footrests slide forward. 3. When fully reclined, it isn't quite fully horizontal, but it comes reasonably close to it. It's quite comfortable.
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Yes. My baby is 16 mon. old and still using the deepest reclined position (rear facing) so that she is comfortable if she falls asleep.The recline feature is one of the main reasons I chose this seat.
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we just received our seat from amazon and the seat does recline . it has on the bottom e wedge that can swing from the back position to the front and tilts the seat a little bit but not to much because Recaro says the seat looses some of it's safety features if the seat reclines too much.
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It also depends on the slope of your seat. My 2011 BMW 528i rear seat (center) is pretty sloped. So rear facing almost cancels out the recline. You can shove a towel underneath the front of the car seat (towards the rear of the car) to account for that slope of the seat. I have the same seat in my 2007 BMW X5 and the recline is much better as there is not much slope to that seat.
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We have it rear facing in a 4-door wrangler. Its not terribly comfortable sitting in the seat in front but for short rides its not a problem.
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I have mine rear facing for my 13 month son. We mostly have it reclined but can not recline to all positions. I think it would sit up to all the positions but this is not necessary because his head would slump forward. He is reclined enough though. I can adjust it whenever I need and it is already belted into the seat. The annoying thing for us is tightening the dang straps!
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It is only a forward facing car seat. Yes it does recline. It is a little tricky and YouTube has a great tutorial on how to get it to recline.
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We have yet to open the stroller since our second bundle of joy isn't due until January, but we checked the manual online, and there is no indication that the rear seat reclines. Sorry.
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So, it's a bit deceptive, in that the Graco seat has to be in recline mode in order to be rear-facing. Basically, you pull out these "feet" from the underside of the seat in order to put the car seat into recline position when you install to face backwards, and it can't be adjusted into an upright position unless the seat is facing forward, which is one of the drawbacks of the seat and one of the pluses of the Britax Marathon. That said, my daughter loves this seat. She's a year and a half, but on the smaller side, and she has been riding (and napping) in this seat comfortably since she was a little over a year old. So, it's a bit deceptive, in that the Graco seat has to be in recline mode in order to be rear-facing. Basically, you pull out these "feet" from the underside of the seat in order to put the car seat into recline position when you install to face backwards, and it can't be adjusted into an upright position unless the seat is facing forward, which is one of the drawbacks of the seat and one of the pluses of the Britax Marathon. That said, my daughter loves this seat. She's a year and a half, but on the smaller side, and she has been riding (and napping) in this seat comfortably... » Read More So, it's a bit deceptive, in that the Graco seat has to be in recline mode in order to be rear-facing. Basically, you pull out these "feet" from the underside of the seat in order to put the car seat into recline position when you install to face backwards, and it can't be adjusted into an upright position unless the seat is facing forward, which is one of the drawbacks of the seat and one of the pluses of the Britax Marathon. That said, my daughter loves this seat. She's a year and a half, but on the smaller side, and she has been riding (and napping) in this seat comfortably since she was a little over a year old. « Show Less