A lot of reviewers complained of fwd facing "head slump" Can this be avoided by reclining the seat? Isn't that how other car seats work? ty!
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We recline when we think our 23 month old will fall asleep and it works well and prevents the forward head slump. If we forget though she slumps her head.
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Hi! The seat does have an adjustable recline. However, it may not provide enough recline depending on your car's seat cushion angle. When my foonf is in a car with really flat seats, I make it more reclined by boosting the front of the seat up with a piece of a styrofoam pool noodle. The Foonf manual includes the range of angles that are acceptable for both forward and rear facing. I check the angle with my iPhone app just to be sure. This is how we avoid head slump. But in some vehicles it is not a problem whatsoever.
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The chair doesn't recline, and the back has very little give, just the natural flex of the chair's frame. It's a comfortable chair, but with one major flaw, at least in mine: It tends to lower itself, often with no one in the seat. There must be a leaky valve in the piston. It's very annoying.[After reading the other answers, I wonder if there are two models of this chair: The adjusting knob on mine seems to do nothing at all. I've tried it tightened all the way, loosened all the way with no difference.]
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The only that I found to be any type of an issue (and it was not that bad) was that when using the carrier in the back I was not able to recline that front seat too far back. Just a small bit of advise, is have the heavier kid in the back. It is easier to push that way. I did it the other way once and it was harder. I also put my carrier in the front if kiddo was sleeping so I could recline the back seat all of the way so he could lay down.
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Yes my 2 and 3 year olds can slump, but they also rest on the side "pillows" too. As a mom of 8, I have had more car seats than I can count. This one is by far the best in quality, safety and design for parents/children. I bought 3 for my toddlers and for my infant. Since she will be rear facing, I also bought the wedge to help with the slumping issue and the amount of space the seat will require in this position.
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My Altima doesn't really have a head rest, but more of a bump where a head rest would be. If that makes sense. So when I hang it from that it falls. So, I just kind of prop it up on the car seat. She's still too little to reach it to kick it yet. Maybe if that seat fold forward you could rig it to fit around the seat?
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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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Agreed with previous comment that the seat needs to be at the most reclined position for such a young baby. I myself did not use it when my daughter was that young. She was/is small for her age and felt her infant car seat gave her a much "cozier" feeling. We just bought an adaptor to use with the UppaBaby frame.
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It depends on if you plan on using it rear facing or foward facing. My kid has no problem napping on a long car drive and he is still using it rear facing. The foward facing postion has less of a recline but to be honest it still looks like the child would be really comfortable.
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The car seat itself does not recline at all. If you want to change the angle, then you'll need to use a separate angle adjuster or spacer when installing it in your vehicle.
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How far it leans back depends on the seats of your car. I have an Impala and when my 6 month old child sleeps her head has never leaned forward, same with wife's car. We have both a Marathon 70and Advocate 70. Tried an Evenflow seat and just couldn't get the correct angle rear facing.
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The seat has 2 or 3 recline settings. I set it at maximum recline in my car and still had the issues I wrote about in my review.
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I have not found this to be a problem. My son's head does not slump. He sort of tilts it to the side and the seat does have a head "pillow" of sorts. I liked the upright factor because it seemed more comfy than a "C" shape that would curl his back. I also like the Radian b/c he can see more out of the sides than the other seats that I investigated.
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It would be difficult if you secure it tightly to the car seat properly. You can recline it then buckle it into the seat. My car has the easy hook rings at the bottom of each chair so I don't need to use the seatbelt. I guess if I were using the seatbelt feature I could recline after a child has fallen asleep in it.
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My car does NOT have a head rest, but the back seat does flip down. The straps where adjustable enough so I could attach it around the entire seat. I have to use a blanket to get it at the right angle, but it does the job.
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READ THIS! Yes, my seat when brand new felt wobbly after a few miles. That's because the screws on the pair of main springs were getting loose! All you have to do is tighten them real tight, preferably with a non-adjusting wrench. But don't apply too much torque that you start stripping the threads. And also check what UNHAPPY CAMPER was talking about. He makes very good sense. This seat is excellent if properly adjusted and installed, but it is not plug-n-play, I'm sorry to say.
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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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They don't recline like a lazy boy. It's a convertible car seat. There is a part on the bottom that flips so that it can sit up more for forward facing & lean back (recline) for rear facing.