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Manufacturer's age: 1 month and up
Features:
- Extra-wide base; padded seat for comfort; fold-up, padded
armrests
- 5 to 35 pounds rear-facing; 20 to 40 pounds forward-facing;
belt-positioning booster for 30 to 100 pounds
- 5-point harness adjusts in front of seat; LATCH equipped for
safety
- One-handed 3-position recline; 3-position crotch strap
buckle
- 4-position headrest adjusts with harness for better fit;
harness never needs rethreading
From Babiesrus.com & Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Kids ride in sporty style through the better half of their
childhood with this Eddie Bauer-endorsed car seat covered in casual and rugged
fabrics. Designed for long-term use, this convertible seat starts babies out
rear-facing when they weigh between 5 and 35 pounds and then becomes a
forward-facing car seat for 20- to 40-pound toddlers. The seat even extends
through the grade school years, transitioning into a belt-positioning booster
for kids between 30 and 100 pounds. To accommodate your child through these many
growth spurts, the car seat has many adjustable features, such as a back that
reclines to three positions, a three-position crotch strap buckle, and a
headrest with four possible heights. Adjustments are easy to make: the seat
reclines with one hand, alternations to the harness may be done from the front
of the seat, and the headrest is also positioned with a harness to avoid the
hassle of having to rethread straps. For safety, the 3-in-1 car seat belts
younger children in with a five-point harness and is equipped with LATCH for car
travel and approved for aircraft travel in the forward-facing position. For
comfort, the seat has an extra-wide base to accommodate bigger kids, plush
padding on the seat and infant head support, and padded, fabric-covered, fold-up
armrests. The Lakemont pattern features navy fabric accented with an outdoorsy
light blue plaid. --Cristina Vaamonde
From the Manufacturer
The first and last car seat you will ever have to buy. The
Eddie Bauer Deluxe 3 n 1 Elite is a convertible car seat that grows with your
child from infant to toddler mode as well as becoming a belt positioning
booster. Latch equipped for both rear-facing and forward-facing travel, the
3-in-One Elite Convertible Car Seat safely accommodates a child from birth to
age eight and beyond. As recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, this
car seat includes a 35-pound turnabout that keeps baby.
Customer Reviews
 Love it,
January 18, 2006
My daughter got this seat as a christmas gift! My mother found it at BJ and
only paid $89.00. I love it,its big enough for my 8 months old but still is
comfortable and big enough so she can grow in it. I have a small car and could
use it as a rear facing seat but we dont! I will say it is a hard seat to set up
as rear facing so I would recomend to use it only in front facing! unless u have
the time and patience to mess around with it! Also Bj's,Sams,and Cosco do sell
infant gear at a better price and are name brands.
 questionable safety,
January 10, 2006
I just bought the carseat today, and after an hour of struggling to install
it safely so there is minimal movement, I gave up. I tried both the latch system
and the car seatbelt and couldn't find a way of securing it. Also, in rear
facing position the recline handle becomes hard to reach. I am going to return
it for another brand.
3 of 4 people found the
following review helpful:
Don't be fooled--GREAT car
seat!!, January 7, 2006
I have never written a review here, but I hate to see a great product look
bad because a few people can't use it!! I have this modle for my 4 month old,
and the older brown model for my two year old. I love them both! And so do my
sons! Although the size is large in the rear facing position, they are only
going to be in that position for a few months. I have an Expedition and I have
both of these seats in the second row. Although the passenger seat can not be
put all the way back and reclined all the way down, my 6'8" husband can sit
there comfortably. In the directions, it says that if you have narrow or shorter
seats you can remove the base to get a better fit. And Latch can still be used.
As far as not getting a tight fit with a seat belt, the 3-in-1 comes with an
extra metal seatbelt tightener attached at the back of the seat (it gets removed
to use it). I could never expect that I could tighten and hold the seatbelt
enough while trying to buckle it, so this device "holds" the seatbelt in place
while being buckled and provides the leverage needed to tighten it as much as
possible. I will not have to buy multiple carseats as my boys grow to accomidate
foro their size. This one does it all. It is a great product and as of yet
(almost three years)I have no complaints! All the little things like tangled
straps ect have happen with every seat I own, a Safety First (in husbands car)
and with the Graco snugride carriers. So on the occasion that this one tangles
it is no different.
3 of 4 people found the
following review helpful:
PRETTY BUT ANNOYING,
November 17, 2005
We have many Eddie Bauer products so we decided to buy this car seat since we
were happy with their other products. This car seat is very nice looking BUT
unfortunately I've had nothing but PROBLEMS with this car seat. It started from
when I tried taking off the material to wash it. FORGET IT!! It was too hard, it
wasn't worth it. Then, trying to remove the infant head rest - I wanted to THROW
this thing out the window! Finally, I installed it (a little hard to tighten)
and it looked so straight up, but I decided to try it anyway. My 7 month old
still needs to be rear faced so I reclined the seat as far as it could go. Still
too straight up when I put my son in. He looked so uncomfortable which really
bothered me. Anyway, as we were driving my son fell asleep, as he almost always
does in the car, and his head and neck were completely forward! He was being
choked by the seatbelt and it woke him up as we turned a corner. I was SO
DISAPPOINTED. I gave this carseat so many chances, but when my son was getting
choked, that did it. For this much money this car seat should not only be user
friendly, it should be comfortable!
I am going to return this and look for something LESS ANNOYING.
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