Baby Trend Protect Sport Convertible Car Seat, Celeste
(Last Updated On: July 25, 2016)
It'due south most impossible to introduce the Infant Tendency PROtect Sport Convertible without mentioning its roots. The new PROtect line of convertibles: Sport, Premiere, and Protect Elite, are versions of a seat that some of us used to know and love: the First Years True Fit.
Baby Trend took many of the features that made the Truthful Fit a good value and added their own flavor to the seat. Lower ballast connectors, crotch buckle and breast prune, splitter plate, clear labelling, and an updated comprehend that's a large hit at my house!
Infant Trend PROtect Convertible Sport
CSFTL Quick Stats
- Rear facing weight range: 5-22 without headrest fastened; 5-40 lbs with headrest attached
- Rear facing height range without headrest fastened: Until the top of the child's head reaches the max blood-red line on the seat back
- Rear facing height limit with headrest attached: Until the child'southward head is within 1 inch of the acme of the seat
- Forward facing weight range: 23-65 lbs
- Forward facing height range: 50″ or less
- Lowest harness position: 6″ with insert
- Highest harness position: 16.5″
- Lower ballast weight limit: 45 lbs
Measurements
- Shell height: 21″ without headrest; 26″ with headrest attached
- Width at widest point: 18.five″
- Seat pan depth: 12″
- 2 crotch buckle positions: the innermost position is for rear facing use; the outermost position is for forward facing mode
- Weight: 15 lbs without headrest attached (for children weighing 22lbs or less)
- Weight: 18 lbs with headrest attached
Features
- Expiration: 7 years
- No-rethread harness
- EZ Off-N-On Cover
Associates
Babe Tendency PROtect Convertible Sport without headrest
The PROtect convertible Sport arrives in ii pieces — the shell of the seat and the headrest. When used for children who weigh less than 22 lbs, the headrest can exist left off. This makes for a pretty meaty rear facing seat when used for the tiniest of passengers. In rear facing manner, the headrest is required for apply when the child'south head is to a higher place the max red line on the back of the seat.The headrest is always required when the seat is in forwards facing mode.
Attaching the headrest is pretty simple — line the metal rods on the headrest up with the holes on the dorsum of the seat. The angle of zipper is a little misleading but one time they're correctly aligned, the headrest will slide in without issue.
Harness Aligning
Baby Trend PROtect Convertible Sport harness adjuster
The seat features a no rethread harness that works a niggling differently than the blazon of harness adjuster we see on other seats. Instead of a handle that squeezes to raise a caput rest, or individual slots through which a harness must be threaded, the PROtect Convertible Sport has a bar that holds the harness in place. To suit, pull the bar upwardly and out from both sides while holding the seat firmly.
The lesser iii harness positions can be used for rear facing; the top two harness positions can be used for forward facing. The characterization conspicuously shows these positions and their employ.
Installation: Rear Facing
Baby Trend PROtect Sport Convertible lower anchor connector
The PROtect Convertible Sport includes Baby Tendency's lower anchor connectors. These can be used with children who weigh 45 lbs or less. Attaching these anchors isn't difficult, merely they aren't identical to other premium lower anchor connectors we see on other seats.
Infant Trend PROtect Convertible recline indicator
The PROtect Convertible Sport has one angle for rear facing recline. Information technology took a rolled towel tucked into the seat bight to go a solid install at the right angle. Unsnapping the cover made access to the belt path easier.
Babe Tendency PROtect Sport Convertible recline block
The recline adjuster is a cake that flips forward for rear facing mode and back for forward facing style. The language printed on the block is a picayune vague.
Babe Padding
Baby Tendency PROtect Convertible Sport newborn recline
The PROtect Convertible Sport includes a set of infant padding. The transmission nosotros received doesn't mention this padding at all but Baby Tend shared the following guidelines with u.s.a. when we asked most it:
1-Never use forward facing.
two-Practise not use above 18 lbs.
These guidelines will be reflected in an upcoming version of the transmission.
Front end to Back Space
Baby Trend PROtect Convertible installed rear facing with headrest attached
Children who weigh less than 22 lbs can use the seat without the headrest. That makes for a pretty compact seat — roughly 27.5 inches front to back. With the headrest attached for children who weigh more than 22 lbs, the seat measures 32 inches front to back.
Harness Loops
Like some other Baby Trend seats, the harness features an boosted set of loops that are stitched into the harness. Presumably, these loops are for use with the tiniest of passengers since they'd make the harness smaller. However, the manual doesn't mention them at all.
Baby Trend shared the post-obit information with us about these loops:
The extra set of loops was added in example a consumer needs extra adjustment. The outer loops that are installed splitters from the manufactory will requite the consumers the snuggest fit for their child.
Nosotros take this to mean that the loops can be used whenever necessary. They split from the main harness to give the consumer the best fit for their child. One word of caution: the splitter plate on the PROtect Convertible Sport is a scrap more complex than traditional splitter plates so nosotros'd suggest keeping the transmission handy when switching to these smaller loops.
Fit to Child
Newborn Doll
Baby Trend PROtect Convertible Sport: newborn doll
Our newborn doll is 7 lbs and 17 inches long. With the harness covers on the straps, the shoulder straps are correct at her shoulders and the harness fits her reasonably well. An comeback over the First Years version of this seat is the smaller Baby Trend breast clip, which will help the harness fit newborns quite well in terms of shoulder width.
We did detect that the harness pads made getting the chest prune into the right position a challenge. With work and careful placement and conscious focus by the parent, the chest clip can exist positioned properly.
Newborn Doll — No harness covers
Baby Trend PROtect Sport Convertible newborn doll, no harness covers
Since the harness covers are optional, we removed them to see how the seat would fit our newborn doll. Removing the harness from the splitter plate was a bit tricky — we'd recommend following the manual when making this change. Without the harness covers, the straps are to a higher place the doll's shoulders.
three Weeks One-time
Baby Trend PROtect Sport: iii weeks onetime, x lbs, 21 inches tall
This young model wasn't too thrilled well-nigh testing this seat for united states of america only we're glad that he did! He's 3 weeks old, weighs 10 lbs and is 21 inches tall. With the babe padding in the seat, the lowest harness slots were just at his shoulders.
The manual does not address whether or non the harness pads are required. Baby Trend permit us know that the harness pads could be removed by disconnecting the harness from the splitter plate for a better fit to child.With both of our newborn models, the chest prune was too low with the harness pads left on.
2 Years Old
Baby Trend PROtect Sport: two years old, 28 lbs, 36 inches tall
This young model just celebrated his second altogether. He had mixed feelings about the seat just his father reported that buckling him in was pretty painless. The simply struggle was in finding the buckle tongues — they tended to hibernate down in the cover a bit. Once he was secured in the seat, it fit him well. He's got plenty of room to grow in this seat!
When marketed by Starting time Years, this seat had a comparatively low 35 lb rear facing limit. As my youngest daughter reached that 35 lb marking, I lamented more than once that she would outgrow the seat by weight. We're beyond thrilled to meet that the PROtect Convertibles take a 40 lb rear facing weight limit. This increased weight limit means that most children tin ride rear facing in this seat until close to their 4th birthdays.
Installation: Frontwards Facing
Considering my primary model is over the 45 lb lower anchor weight limit, my default installation method is with the seat belt. I'g working with a 2016 VW GTI that's fabulous in about every way. Except for installing car seats. It'southward got a dip in the seat, fixed and recessed buckle stalks, and a nonremovable headrest. This combination makes for a very small number of seats that install without as well much trouble.
This result is definitely the fault of the automobile, non the car seats I've been reviewing!
That disclaimer aside, installing the PROtect Sport in my machine went about like I'd expected. Information technology took a petty time, but here'southward what worked: raising the vehicle headrest to the highest position, so pushing the PROtect Sport back into the seat with all the force my non-ascendant hand could muster. I was able to wedge the seat into a good spot and remove the slack from the vehicle belt for a solid install.
The chugalug path on the Protect Elite model of this seat features a very nice lockoff device that helps keep the seat chugalug or lower anchors tucked nicely into the belt path. This model of the seat doesn't have that lockoff so I found the belt slipping out of the chugalug path a flake. Our contact at Baby Tendency assured us that wasn't an issue.
Fit to Child
4 Years Old
Baby Trend PROtect Sport: 4.5 years sometime, 32 lbs, 38 inches tall
This little cutie is 4.5 years former, weighs 32 lbs and is 38 inches tall. She finds the seat comfy and likes the seat. There's lots of room for her to grow in this seat.
She's able to buckle herself in without issue but isn't able to unbuckle herself. She's besides establish that the harness straps tend to twist a bit as she's getting in and out of the seat.
6 Years Old
Infant Trend PROtect Convertible Sport: half dozen years erstwhile, l lbs, 45 inches tall
This model is six years sometime, 50 lbs, and 45 inches tall. Though she's 15 lbs below the seat's max weight of 65 lbs, she'due south at the very top of the height limit. The deep headwings offer a lot of side support but did tend to make her a bit cramped in the seat.
She uses up all of the harness length. She'southward able to buckle herself in and out of her seats and then I left that to her. She struggled with undoing both the breast clip and the buckle on every ride. This could make the PROtect Convertible Sport a prissy option for children who like to escape from their machine seats.
Overall Thoughts
We're pleased to see that Baby Trend has taken this seat and made a lot of significant improvements without sacrificing the features that made the True Fit a solid choice in well-priced convertible seats.
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Originally published March 11, 2016. Updated July 25, 2016 with info nearly the harness straps.
Source: https://csftl.org/baby-trend-protect-sport-convertible-car-seat-review/
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