Installation of evenflo triumph car seat

Consult your vehicle owner's manual to determine proper placement of child restraint in your vehicle and familiarize yourself with your vehicle's components. Cleaning Instructions: DO NOT lubricate or immerse in water any part of this child restraint, unless rinsing is permitted plastic and metal parts may be wiped clean with mild soap and water and dried with a soft cloth. Do not use abrasive cleaners or solvents.

Take care not to damage any labels. The harness can be wiped clean with mild soap and water. Allow harness to air dry. Machine wash the seat pad separately in cold water, delicate cycle.

Tumble dry 10 to 15 minutes on low heat. Periodically inspect and clean the restraint's crotch buckle of food, liquids, and other debris to ensure proper latching. Place the buckle in a cup of warm water and gently agitate the buckle back and forth. Press the red button several times while the buckle is in the water. Do not submerge the harness strap.

To avoid damage to the buckle, do not clean the buckle with soap or detergents and do not use a lubricant. Beyond Government Standards: At Evenflo, we continue to go above and beyond government standards to provide car seats that are designed and tested for structural integrity at energy levels approximately 2X the federal crash test standard Dynamic Rollover Tested: Evenflo partnered with an U.

Evenflo Temperature Testing: All current Evenflo car seats are tested for product integrity at both high and low temperatures. Evenflo ships to physical addresses within the United States.

Child Fit. Weight 5. Height Rear-Facing Mode Weight 5. Forward-Facing Mode Weight 22 - 65 lbs. High Back Booster Mode Weight test weight min - test weight max lbs. Color Techno Fade Gray Item Techno Fade Gray. Flynn Blue. Fallon Purple. Charleston Gray. Buy At Retailer. With increased weight ratings both rear-facing and forward facing, and an easy and secure harness adjustment system you can transport your child in comfort and style.

Why you'll love it Accommodating children 5 - 65 lbs. Adjustable Headrest: accommodates your growing child longer. Free Video Support Need some real-time help? Buckle the kiddo in, and turn the knob counter-clockwise. The buckle tongues store in handy pockets on the side of the seat, which can keep them out of the way when buckling a kiddo into the seat. This feature can also keep the metal parts cool and covered during hot times of the year.

The harness adjuster is another thing that makes the Triumph a bit unique. It also means that adjusting the harness only requires one hand and relies more on gross motor skills than fine motor skills, so caregivers with mobility issues in their hands may find the Triumph a terrific option.

Like many other seats currently on the market, the Evenflo Triumph does not come with a locking clip, but does have a spot where one can be stored on the seat itself. Caregivers who need a locking clip can contact Evenflo directly to have one sent. The Triumph has two crotch buckle positions.

According to the manual, the crotch buckle must be in the position that is closest to but not under the child. The crotch buckle does not come out of the seat. Evenflo Triumph switching crotch buckle positions.

Evenflo Triumph lower anchor connector guides. The lower anchor connector guides can be very handy in vehicles where the lower anchors are buried within the seat bight. They come in a plastic bag in the box with the Evenflo Triumph. Evenflo Triumph rear facing with rolled towel. In those cases, a tightly rolled towel or a pool noodle helped me install the Triumph at the correct angle.

Note: the Triumph ships in a forward facing recline position out of the box, so it must be adjusted for rear facing use. To install the Triumph rear facing, thread the vehicle seat belt through the rear facing belt path, buckle it in, then remove the slack from the belt.

Once the slack is removed, lock the vehicle seat belt and feed the slack back into the retractor. Check your work by giving the car seat a firm handshake at the belt path, the seat should move less than an inch at the belt path. I encountered some difficulty with adjusting the recline, even when following the instructions in the manual. The manual indicates that the Triumph must be placed so that the recline indicator on the side of the seat is parallel with the ground, and then the seat should be tipped slightly as you pull up on the handle at the back of the seat.

Then you can pull the recline mechanism lever and it will release the seat to shift into a different recline. Evenflo Trumph handle for adjusting recline. Perhaps my problem was my shorter wingspan — since I am a smaller adult — but the other adults who I engaged to try the seat also felt that it seemed a bit complicated.

In most cases, this adjustment happens just once for rear facing and then again for forward facing, though there are two forward facing recline positions.

While the lower anchor connector guides included with the Triumph are a really nifty option, I did not need them in my Durango. In other vehicles, where the lower anchors are hidden or deeper within a seat bight, using the guides might be just the ticket for caregivers who find installing with the lower anchors more arduous.

The Evenflo Triumph ships with the seat set up for forward facing use, in a forward facing recline and with the lower anchors threaded through the forward facing belt path and attached to their storage spots.

While this is a convenient way to show parents where to store the lower anchors when not in use, it produces an additional step when setting up the seat for rear facing mode. The Evenflo Triumph has a plastic strap holding the lower anchor connectors to the shell. The lower anchor connectors on our Triumph are the push-on Quick Connect connectors, with a red pull strap to help with removal. Some models of the Triumph come with standard j-hook style lower anchor connectors. The lower anchor connector webbing is attached to the shell via a white plastic cord.

Caregivers simply swivel the lower anchor webbing into the correct belt path when switching the lower anchors between rear and forward facing modes. To install the Triumph rear facing with the lower anchor connectors, thread the lower anchor connector webbing through the rear facing belt path, then connect the lower anchors to the vehicle.

Remove the slack from the lower anchor webbing by pulling straight up while pushing down on the inside of the seat. Evenflo Triumph newborn doll with crotch roll.

Our Huggable Images newborn doll weighs 7 pounds and is 19 inches tall. She sits with her shoulders just under the bottom harness position. Without the rolled washcloth between her and the buckle, our baby could slide down, moving the harness above her shoulders. Evenflo Trumph newborn doll showing a forward slump. A real baby would have a real bottom and a diaper and would fill out this space better, providing a better fit.

As always, we suggest testing the fit on your real live baby before heading out for a drive. Evenflo Triumph 2 years old 31 pounds, 33 inches. Our 2 year old model was a healthy 33 inches tall and weighed 31 pounds at the time these photos were taken. He rides rear facing most of the time, and happily modelled the Triumph for me in my car.

In his regular car seat, he sits more upright so he seemed to want to sit up a bit more. Despite that change in venue for him, he did not seem uncomfortable in the Triumph. I kept the crotch buckle in the inner slot, because it was not under him, but I did remove the head and bottom padding because the harness fit him better without them.

Evenflo Triumph 2 year old kiddo with lots of legroom. Because of the required deep recline angle, he had a good amount of room for his legs to kick and play and he happily did so for most of the photo taking session. The happy pink color of this Triumph must have been a hit with this little guy! Our model could easily continue to rear face in this seat for several more inches, providing optimal safety. This high lower anchor weight limit means that many children might end up getting to use the lower anchors for quite some time while forward facing.

Perhaps even through the duration of their forward facing usage of the seat. To install the Triumph forward facing with the lower anchor connectors, thread the lower anchor connector webbing through the forward facing belt path, then connect the lower anchors connectors to the lower anchors in the vehicle.

Remove the slack from the lower anchor webbing by pulling straight up while pushing the inside of the car seat back toward the vehicle seat back. Anything that helps caregivers use a seat more easily and keep their children safer is a big plus! Forward facing installation with the vehicle seat belt is straightforward as well. The Triumph has two recline settings for forward facing: the more upright setting, position three, is for children who weigh between pounds and the more reclined forward facing setting, position two, is for children who weigh pounds.

Cinch up the top tether anchor webbing as a final step.