I have a 1 year old and a 3 year old, so we bought two of these seats and used one rear-facing and one as a forward-facing 5-point harness seat. I returned them both after less than a week of use.Pros:It was very easy to adjust the car seat brand new. Moving the buckles around to where I needed them and the latch system belt paths.I have not yet taken the car seat apart to wash but it seemed like it would be very easy to do. I partially took it apart to move the belts around and getting the cover on and off was a breeze!These were easy to install in the vehice and tighten with the latch system.The cup holder is nice and deep so cups don't go flying at every slight movement, and easy to remover for cleaning.Overall I really liked this car seat in the rear facing position.Cons:Not really a big deal but the color is off from the photos. It looked very pink online but in person it is more of a mauve/ Dusty Rose sort of color. Also side note the pink seat pad can only be used up to 18 lb and then has to be removed. So for both of my kids I had to remove it and then the car seat was basically all gray. Again not a big deal, but kind of a bummer.The center buckle at the crotch sits way too far back. Both of my girls are small for their age and this buckle, at the farthest adjustment, sat in the middle of their butts. It was very hard to buckle as it wouldn't reach out far enough.Also the system to adjust the harness tighter and looser worked fine in the rear-facing position but with the car seat installed in a forward-facing position put too much pressure on the belt that feed under the seat, and so I could not loosen or tighten the straps. This made getting my child in and out of the car seat very difficult!The main reason for my return, is the inability to adjust the seatbelt from the front of the car seat and the center piece of the buckle at her crotch sitting so far back would make her cry every time I got her in or out of her car seat because the belts were pinching and squeezing her. Read more

It's much darker than the pictures. More of a reddish color The lap buckle is ridiculously hard to adjust. The anchor doesn't fit through the slot to move the bottom buckle farther out for an older baby. The length is also shorter than in my other carseats Read more

Fits perfectly with three across (2 baby trend brand and one safety first)2019 chevy Equinox. Read more

This car seat was just what I was looking for. Something compact for the middle back seat but still comfortable and affordable. This carseat is just that! Fits great in the back of my Ford Fusion with an infant carseat next to it. 1 built in cup holder. I read reviews of people complaining about the bottle buckle strap being to short resulting in the buckles cutting into their kids thighs. This was almost a deal breaker for me but decided to give it a try anyways. When it arrived I noticed the bottom buckle strap was through another loop securing it further down. This would be good for infants and makes sense seeing as they are alot smaller than a toddler. But as kids grow the straps need to too. There are 2 or 3 slits in the bottom to adjust the buckle strap. I simple moved it to the furthest slit and did not insert the metal end through to another slit. I just let it "catch" itself there. Problem solved. Hope that makes sense and helps someone else! Read more

Pros: This carseat is AMAZINGLY slim while not trading out any of the comfort. The cup holder is spacious yet sturdy and allows for even wider based sippy cups to fit. My little one loves this seat. The color is absolutely gorgeous, however, it is more of a lilac than a pink.Cons: installation is a bit extreme. It does not work well with small SUV seats, the Nissan Kicks angled back seats don't allow for it to sit well without a towel or noodle in the crack for toddler's to rear face. It took almost an hour of trying various things and adjustments to get the seat to sit correctly both level and stable. The flip foot is stupid, it is either sitting straight up for front facing or it's laying WAY down for newborn rear facing. The seat has the level indicators for infant and toddler rear facing, but the foot doesn't really allow you to use them. It could not be done without using something to prop the seat up level, which is frustrating. But, in the end we used a noodle and were able to get the proper install angle and the stability a carseat should have. Read more

5 Star!!! We love our Baby Trend Trooper car seat!!! To start the car seat has a shoulder routing for our little one that allowed her to come home from the hospital as a preemie. The nurses at the hospital helped us move the shoulder straps to a narrower spacing at the hips to fit our baby. The instruction book was easy to follow and the smaller children harness strap routing was easy to follow. Thank you to our nurse for helping!!! The color of seat padding is wonderful pink!!! We can use the Baby Trend Trooper for years to come as the car seat fits children 4-65 lbs. Safety does not have to come with a big price tag. Read more

I liked that the sides of this seat are higher than some, and that it was a slimmer fit for my daughter and the backseat of the car. That’s where the good news ends. This seat was so so difficult to install and I’m a seasoned car seat person. It was also extremely difficult to adjust the setting to make it right for my daughter. For example, there are 3 notches in the base for the center buckle….but only 2 in the fabric cover. I needed up finally cutting a third slat to line up with the notch in the seat! Another issue was that the straps were so short it was impossible to loosen them enough to get my daughter in and out easily like I do with my other seat. Finally, my daughter told me she was uncomfortable. Last straw. The seat is now for emergency back up only. Hate it. Go buy something else. Read more