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not yet I can express an opinion on the matter since liberty not yet has given the product to me in Venezuela. This company has presented/displayed many delays.
Rating: 5 / 5

I have purchased the Graco Comfort Sport based on the reviews on Amazon and the generally good crash test ratings. We also own a Britax Roundabout (our primary car seat) installed in a Volvo. The plan was to have the Graco as a second car seat in my BMW. Our child is a little over 20lb. and has outgrown the infant seat, thus we decided to buy convertible car seats. For maximum safety, it is recommended to keep your child rear facing as long as possible (and the weight limit on the Graco for this is 30lb., on the Britax it’s 35lb.). Upon installation of the Graco, I was really shocked at how poorely a fit this car seat is in the rear facing position. Since the center rear seat is by far the safest, and preferred, I tried installing the Graco with the seat belt option (since most cars have no latch connectors for the center seat). Upon reading the manual and trying the installation, I was shocked to discover that the Graco has no seat belt cutoff (unlike many other car seats). As such, the car seat installation primarily depends on the locking feature of the automatic seat belt (which you will never get as tight as needed). After proper installation in rear facing position, I pulled the seat belt as tight as I could (I am 6 ft, 180lb.), and yet I could pull the seat side to side several inches, downright scary. Keep in mind that most car seats in a rear facing installation will not be very tight, since there is no side hugging the back of the seat (unlike in a forward seating position). The manual also mentioned several times that you MUST NOT use the tether strap in the rear-facing position. After some research on the web, I found out that only Britax and the Radian car seats are approved to use a tether strap in the rear-facing position. For all other car seats, it says it must not be used under any circumstances. When installing the Britax, only after the tether was connected tightly, I felt that the seat was really solidly installed.

I then bit the bullet and wanted to install the Graco in a forward facing position. Together with the tether strap, that allows for a somewhat solid installation, but I am still bummed by the non-existant seat belt lockoffs. Also, the seat is pretty wide and (compared to the Britax Roundabout) and makes sitting next to it (when installed in the center seat) extremely cumbersome, even installed in a pretty spacious 5 series BMW.

In general, I would not recommend this car seat due to the installation difficulty and possibility of not being able to achieve a solid fit. Also, keep in mind that you should keep your kid in the CENTER rear seat, and rear-facing as long as possible. The center seat is best since it will protect your child in a collision from the side. The rear-facing position is ideal since most collisions are happening frontal, and while you might merely get some whiplash, a forward-facing child might occur spinal injury causing death. As a result, I would not recommend any car seat but the Britax or Sunshine Radian seats.

Rating: 2 / 5

Let me start by saying that this car seat is pretty easy to install. The problem comes in when you want to remove it from the car. I use the LATCH system to secure the seat (recommended by Graco and by my vehicle manufacturer’s guidebook), and the lower anchor connection gets stuck in a lock position. The only way to remove the seat is to unhook this connection, but it can literally take up to an hour and many hand, nail, and finger injuries to accomplish this.

I called Graco and asked for a refund or exchange of this seat, explaining that the only way to remove it from my vehicle was to cut the straps, thus rendering it completely useless. They said they would only accommodate my request if the problem was a manufacturer defect. The customer service rep said that I couldn’t unhook the anchor because obviously I was not ‘doing it right’. I explained that the top anchor is designed EXACTLY the same as the lower, and that I never have a problem unhooking the top one, so the problem is with the seat, and not with my method. She responded by saying “Yeah, we get a lot of people calling with the same complaint. The only thing I can tell you is keep tugging and adjusting it. It will eventually come loose.” Well, two broken nails, two bleeding knuckles, and an hour and fifteen minutes later, she was right, it did come loose. It seems to me that if this is a common complaint, then it IS a manufacturer’s defect.

Also, I have had this car seat for six months, and it is already falling apart. The elastic around the cushion that secures it to the seat is frayed and torn after two washings on the gentle cycle (as described in the user manual), and the clips that hold the cushion on were bent and didn’t hold from the first time I put the seat together. It is obviously very cheaply made.

I should have taken this seat back to the store the day I bought it!
Rating: 1 / 5