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Keep your child safe and secure in the car with the Triumph Advance LX, Harbortown from Evenflo. Designed for children two to 35 pounds in rear facing, and 20 to 50 pounds and up to 50 inches tall in forward facing, this changeable car seat allows your child to stay in a 5-point harness over a year longer than traditional car seats with a 40-pound rating, which helps keep your child safer as he grows.  | The Evenflo Triumph Advance LX car seat offers: - Forty-pound rating.
- Simple harness adjustment thanks to InfiniteSlide system.
- Multi-position recline for extra comfort and flexibility.
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The InfiniteSlide harness lets you easily adjust the harness. | Endless Slide Harness Adjustment
The Harbortown meets or exceeds all U.S. safety values, making it a smart, dependable choice. One of its key safety features is the InfiniteSlide harness system which allows you to change the harness height by simply sliding the red tabs up and down. This system also does not demand re-threading, saving you time and decreasing the chance of inappropriate positioning. Additionally, the 5-point harness easily tightens with a quick turn on the TensionRight knobs on each side of the seat. Proper Positioning for a Safe, Comfortable Ride
Proper positioning of your child in the car seat is exceptionally valuable, not only for his or her comfort, but also to ensure optimum safety and protection. That's why the Harbortown has a multi-position recline and removable body pillows to surround baby in soft help. Two buckle straps accommodate on the rise children by being simple to adjust, and the EPP foam liner helps absorb energy to maintain proper positioning in the case of sudden or jarring movement. There's even a removable, flip-down cup holder to hold your child's pet drink in a convenient location that they can easily access. This holder also folds out of the way when not in use. The Harbortown also offers perks for parents, including a apparatus washable pad that's a snap to remove and clean. Simple to bed in and adjust, the Harbortown features a parent-friendly design that's durable, dependable and, most importantly, safe. About Evenflo
For over 85 years, Evenflo has been a worldwide leader in the enhancement of innovative infant gear and is now one of the nation's leading manufacturers of high feature baby care and juvenile harvest. Evenflo started as a company that solely distributed baby care harvest. They have now prolonged to manufacturing harvest, like car seats, strollers, high chairs, play yards and activity centers, that meet all the needs of children from birth to the pre-school years.
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 Fantastic car seat lacking spending Britax bucks |
| Review Date: June 5, 2008 |
| Assessor: Heidi mother of 3, Bronx, NY |
This is a fantastic car seat. I bought this one about 6 weeks ago when my son (child #3) outgrew his infant car seat at only 9 months ancient. I had earlier bought an before model of this car seat for my first child, and sadly our car was stolen with the car seat inside. I liked the first one I had, and I like this one even more. Here are the key points:
*It seems to be exceptionally comfortable for the child. It's huge and cushy. My son likes it. My daughter did, too.
*It really seems to offer a lot of protection with its huge seat that kind of curves around the child. On the down side, if you plot on moving the seat around a lot (as a further assessor mentioned), it is quite heavy. But the truth is, it's not designed to be portable--most changeable car seats are not. And if you have a small car, you might have vex making it fit (I don't know this for sure since with three playgroup children, I have a minivan).
*It is simple to bed in. I have installed a honest share of car seats, and this one is one of the better ones.
*It is very simple to adjust the straps. You can adjust the height of the shoulder straps from the front. How wonderful is that--it is such a hassle to rethread straps like you need to in many car seats that now and again you can be tempted to leave them on a setting your child has outgrown for a while. You can also adjust the tension of the straps from the front very easily. You can really make sure they are tight enough every time in any case of whether your small guy is wearing a sweatshirt and coat or a t-shirt. And if he likes to squirm while you place him in, you can loosen the straps, fasten him up and then tense up it to a safe tension. No problem at all.
*It is not too expensive. I paid $117 for mine, which is no small amount of money, but it is not as expensive as a Britax. I'm sure the Britax is fine, but I reckon a lot of people buy them since they are trendy or since they reckon they have to spend a lot to make sure their kids are safe. The evenflo is a fantastic car seat. And it is much better than some of the cheap brands like the Cosco I have to use when visiting my parents (no padding, hard to adjust straps, hard to fasten clips, yuck).
All in all, I reckon it is a fantastic choice for a car seat if you need or want a changeable. |
Like IT, Like IT, Like IT!
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| Review Date: March 27, 2008 |
| Assessor: Kristy Woodward, Birmingham, AL |
| What a fantastic carseat! I bought this for my 9 month ancient son after he outgrew the Graco Snugride (loved it too!). It is super simple to bed in and getting him in and out of it is a breeze. You never have to rethread the straps as the child grows taller since they are easily adjusted even with the child sitting in the seat! I like how the straps tense up with the use of a knob at the base of the seat. My 3 year ancient has the Alpha Omega Elite and you have to pull the strap in between his legs to tense up the straps. I thought really liked the Alpha Omega Elite until we got the Triumph Advance. Also, washing the carseat cover is a snap...a few hooks to loosen and the whole cover comes off and can be thrown in the washing apparatus. Our other carseat has to be taken out of the car and nearly completely taken apart...what a pain. I really just boght a further Triumph Advance for my 3 year ancient and retired his Alpha Omega Elite...it just didn't compare! All in all, the Evenflo is simpler to bed in, simpler to buckle and unbuckle the kids in, simpler to clean, and so much more comfortable! |
Fantastic seat - better than the older DLX version
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| Review Date: December 5, 2008 |
| Assessor: Koby, AZ, USA |
We recently bought this carseat since our youngest outgrew her infant seat. I should tell you that our oldest has been luckily using an older Evenflo Triumph Advance DLX Changeable Car Seat we bought her about 1.5 years ago. But since then, Evenflo has come out with the "Advance LX" line of seats and it looks like they are replacing the DLX line. We really liked our older DLX seat, and we like this one even more.
It does solve a few of the quirky issues that the older DLX line had: the harness belts no longer run from the seat to the shoulder and then back down to the buckle again - now it's just a single belt that goes from the shoulder to the seat. That makes buckling and adjusting a lot simpler! A further new feature is that the shoulder belt height is adjustable lacking taking the back of the seat off - you simply go it up or down by grabbing the red tabs and moving them. To top it all off, this seat can handle kids weighing up to 50lbs forward-facing - the older DLX line goes up to 40lbs.
Aside from those differences, all else is pretty much the same as the DLX line, and that's a excellent thing. The harness is still adjusted very easily by using the two knobs on the front sides, and it's just as comfortable for the kids as the original. I can't tell you how convenient it is to be able to adjust the harness by using those knobs, rather than by pulling a strap in the front.
ONE YEAR UPDATE:
It's been over a year that we've been using this seat and it's still as fantastic as ever. For those who are having small issues with adjusting it while it's installed rear-facing: those issues will become moot once it's installed forward-facing. Since my review, we've installed this seat in 3 different cars - one of which didn't have the Latch system (a 1996 Cavalier). In all 3 cars I was able to get the seat installed tight enough to pass an inspection. The nice thing is that my kids are ancient enough now to climb into the seats by themselves and place their arms in the straps (they know the routine). Of course, we still need to buckle/adjust them in. I reckon we'll get at least a few more years of use out of these seats with no problem, then it's onto the next size. But then again, the way that seatbelt laws are going, our kids will probably have to sit in some kind of car seat until they are 16! :P |
Feature Car Seat that's Made in the USA (Ohio)
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| Review Date: February 8, 2010 |
| Assessor: Cedar, |
The Evenflo Triumph Advance in my opinion is one of the best changeable car seats available right now. The construction is top-notch (Britax is not the only game in town for picky parents anymore), it's simple to bed in accurately, and I like how simple it is to adjust every facet of the harness (you tense up the harness with knobs, the shoulder height adjusts by sliding the straps up or down, and the crotch strap easily shifts to one of two positions). My son seems just as comfortable in the Evenflo as he does in his other seat--a Britax Roundabout. The Evenflo is certainly more roomy, which I can see that he likes. I am mainly satisfied with the placement of the two crotch strap positions. They are perfectly placed--not too shallow and not too deep. We are, by the way, very pleased with our two Roundabouts. We needed a further set of convertibles since our daughter will outgrow her infant Delivery service--a 2006 Combi Tie--in a few months. So she will take the Roundabouts (rear-facing up to 35lbs) and our son will be in the Evenflos (we regularly drive two cars). We didn't hold a further set of Roundabouts since they only go up to 40lbs/40 inches and are, well, expensive.
If you are considering the Triumph Advance, you are probably also considering the Graco Nautilus and the Britax Lengthy. I reckon those are fantastic seats too. You just have to see what works for you. I skipped the Lengthy since of price and skipped the Nautilus since it's made in China, cannot rear-face at all, is priced too high in my opinion, and lacks the awe-inspiring harness adjustability of the Triumph Advance (the 65lbs harness is awe-inspiring but the Nautilus only gives you two additional inches for height than the Triumph Advance--50 inches v. 52 inches (most kids outgrow seats by height not by weight)). Other seats you might consider: Safety 1st Exact Air (a fantastic but pricey extended rear-facing seat); Graco My Ride 65 (a pet of car seat aficionados and rear-faces to 40lbs); Sunshine Kids Radian 65 (recommended by a lot of car seat techs); Britax Frontier (hugely ordinary harness-to-booster seat (no rear-facing)); and The First Years Right Fit (high ratings by NHTSA and very ordinary with parents).
Rear-facing is truly the safest position for your child. In the event of a high-impact collision from the front or rear, a rear-facing seat will stop your child's head from traveling and allow it to "ramp up" the seat back, minimizing the chance of what is called an internal decapitation (the spinal cord gets stretched to the point of separating from the skull). In draw a distinction, in the forward-facing position the car seat back does not absorb nearly as much of the crash force, which leads to the child's head traveling further and at a higher velocity. This increases the risk of severe spinal cord hurt for kids under 4 since their bones are not yet ossified. You Tube features several videos showing how crash forces effect kids differently in the forward-facing position. Since of its tall shell, you will probably really be able to use the Triumph Advance rear-facing until your child hits the 35lb limit (unlike the Roundabout, which most children outgrow by height long before hitting the 35lb rear-facing limit).
Finally, car seats "expire." Most expire at the 5-6 year mark. The Triumph Advance in draw a distinction expires at the 8 year mark. Car seats are largely plastic after all and years of hot summers and cold winters in an automobile will take a toll. And so will time spent in a warehouse. That's why the date of manufacture is one of the first things I check when I buy a car seat. |
The best seat for the money
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| Review Date: April 7, 2008 |
| Assessor: J. Vannoy, |
| This seat was very simple to bed in. It is very comfortable for my 9 month ancient. Reclined nicely in the rear facing position. It is very nicely padded. The straps adjust so easily! Just turn the knob to accommodate thicker or thinner clothing. Plenty of on the rise room. At home with a manufacture date of just 1 month ago. Cons: This seat is huge and heavy. It would be hard to use if you plot on switching cars a lot. |
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