So far so good

We have a 3.5yr old and a 12mo old. The older one needed a new seat because the straps of her old one was getting twisted and also would come undone. The younger one is creeping up on 20lbs. This meant 2 new car seats at the same time. We ended up buying 2 of these hoping they will be the last ones we buy for them. My initial reaction to it is that I love it. It was easy to put together. I love how the slip covers come off, just some elastic loops hooked around plastic hooks. This means I'll be able to fix it myself if one of the elastic loops breaks. The older ones car seat slip cover started coming off and a plastic piece broke. The drink holder location is exactly what I wanted - again the old one had it on the side and having two car seats side by side (one front and one rear facing) we had to remove the drink holder. The older one said it was more comfortable. It's very easy to buckle and unbuckle and it was pretty easy to install. One note is that it's heavy! We've done a lot of traveling this year and I'm so glad we weren't lugging this thing around with us! If you are transferring the car seat make a note of the weight of it. We have this next to a rear facing Peg Perego right now and they worked fine together. The younger one sat in it after we put it together and I can tell she's going to fit well in in. Very happy with the choice we made. And the price was right!

Update after a couple of weeks: still like the car seat. The only thing I didn't like was the liner that sits inside the seat. If you have to adjust the straps to a higher notch the liner doesn't fit well and makes it hard to tighten/loosen straps. I removed the liner and problem solved. So the black part you see inside the seat comes out leaving the silver liner.