Baby Trend Silverado Flex-Loc Infant Car Seat

by Baby Trend

Product Features

• One-hand A-Loc adjuster
• Universal steel joint to accommodate a wide range of installation angles
• 5-point safety harness
• Rear facing for up to 20 pounds
• EPS Urethane foam

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 25 x 25.6 x 16 inches ; 16.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20.7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000LECM0G
• UPC: 090014009793
• Item model number: 6348
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,593 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Baby Trend Silverado Flex-Loc Infant Car Seat helps you to carry and cart baby in pure comfort and ultimate safety. It has EPS urethane foam composite structure in the head area provides 700% better head impact energy absorption. This car seat features with a rear facing for up to 20 pounds and the base is fully compatible with pre-2002 non-latch equipped vehicles. The universal steel joint is available to accommodate a wide range of installation angles.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Carseat, Excellent Price, June 15, 2007

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Michigan Mommy (Fenton, MI United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Baby Trend Silverado Flex-Loc Infant Car Seat (Baby Product)

I was using the Chicco Key Fit system for my 10 month old daughter but I am expecting another baby in 2 months and needed a larger stroller and a second carseat. I chose the Baby Trend because 1) it matched the stroller and 2) it was rated #1 by Consumer Reports. Although they are going to be issuing new reports, it still impressed me. It is lightweight for a carseat, easy to use and looks fantastic. I would have bought another Chicco had they made a tandem stroller but I am very happy with the Baby Trend. Also, I placed my order around 1 p.m. and got the very next day at 6 p.m.!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME car seat!!!!!!!, September 19, 2007

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R. Glick (Jackson, WY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Trend Silverado Flex-Loc Infant Car Seat (Baby Product)

I had another car seat that I was planning on reusing for our second child, but was never VERY fond of. I got this one based on a great customer review and a prayer! :) hehee! I got it, got it into the car with the base...and have never looked back since. I LOVE IT!!!! SOOOO easy to use (in and out of the car from the base), LOVE the design, LOVE the way my little baby fit in it with a kidopotumus insert (just the head one, not the full body), and she was only 5lbs 10oz leaving the hospital! Her head never bobbed forward, and I was VERY comfortable with her in it!!!!!!!! I am SO thrilled with my car seat.....I was surprised to never have heard about it before...esp for the price!!!!!!!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great car seat except for ONE THING...., May 17, 2008

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K. Cody "farmers wife" (rural eastern Colorado USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Trend Silverado Flex-Loc Infant Car Seat (Baby Product)

We bought this carseat based on CR's ratings for safety and the price. It is very "chic" and I get compliments on it all the time. Some reviews I'd read said they were concerned about the material being too scratchy on their baby's head/body, but I have not found that to be an issue in our 6 months of use.
I LOVE how easy it is to adjust the straps WHILE she's in it. Hooray---after fighting with previous car seats with my other 2 kids, this is a great thing, as we all know if you don't go anywhere for like 5 days, the baby WILL GROW! LOL!!
It is also fairly easy to take in & out of the car; the release mechanism is slightly close to the seat so if you have a large hand, you might struggle a bit to release it.
Now, for the CAVEAT....I can hardly release the handle to rotate backwards to get my daughter out of it. Really. If I get the R side, I cannot release the L side, or vice versa. I know, maybe I'm a wimp. But my LARGE, STRONG husband has trouble too (although not as much as I do). It is so bad that 95% of the time I grab her by her shoulder & thigh and kinda slip her out underneath the handle. She wants to sit up but then she'll bonk her head on the handle. It sucks and I honestly have thought more than once of returning it. Due to the design of the release, its not like you can grease it or something.
A friend of mine has an older one, purchased a few years back, and hers doesnt have that problem, so either its this model (grey with the lime green inserts) or just my carseat. Just wanted to share the information.