Jive 2-in-1 Convertible Car Seat

Thanks to Buzz Agent for sending me the Safety First Baby Jive car seat to try out free for an honest review! I'll start by saying, my 1yr old wild child hates everything about ANY carseat, except for the large box that is delivered in. It's a total fight EVERY.SINGLE.TIME! So.. I wasn't able to get a decent picture of her buckled up in the seat for the review. However, we did defeat the beast a few times to get a good review. The car seat is a great quality! The padding is thick, soft for comfort but firm for protection. It hugged around her body just right and the adjustable head/body pillow gave extra support for her upper body and head. The fabric is soft and smooth, which is not only nice and breathable for her skin but allows easy wet cloth spot cleaning. The carseat also has not only 1 but 2.... 2! Cupholders, that are detachable and top rack dish washer safe! (I wish my car cupholders did that!) The car installation was a breeze! The instruction book that was included, is very detailed and broken down for you step by step. Safety First even has a YouTube channel with videos, showing the proper way to install their various seats/products, just in case you get stuck. Between the instruction booklet and YouTube channel you can feel confident that the seat is installed properly. Also, inside of the instruction book, you can find other important safety information, such as the weight/height limits on the rear facing, how to adjust all the harness straps, even information on installing on an airplane. The only thing that we did notice was the the red button that is used to release the harnesses from around her was a little tough to push. The buckle was not jammed or stuck, its just you have to pressed down pretty hard to get it to release. This comes as a blessing and curse. Our "old age" hands tought it was tough but on the flip side of that, We never had to worry with our toddler being able to unbuckle herself ,Which she would totally do! We Loved it!

My 1.11 year old has tried this car seat out. She loves sitting in it and the mickey mouse design. It was very easy to install it in the car. It's also very easy to buckle the seat belt. A couple of things I don't like about it though. It's hard to take the seatbelt out quick. It easily gets stuck and the latch requires a couple of strong tugs to pull it apart. Another thing is the cup holders fall off easily. I like how it's easy to put them on and can put a cup in, but they aren't strong enough to stay on in my opinion.