[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Thanks to Stellar Panel for sending me this car seat to test. I have absolutely loved nearly every single thing about it. It is lightweight, which made installing it without the help of my hubby very convenient. The installation was so seamless and easy. I used the lower anchors to secure the car seat instead of the seatbelt but either option can be done with ease. I have a full size SUV and the car seat is behind the driver side. There is plenty of leg room for my 6ft husband when driving. It may be a tighter fit in a smaller vehicle. My favorite feature is the comfy and super soft fabric. It feels unbelievable and it makes me happy to know my baby girl has the softest car seat that gives her plenty of cushion. I removed the infant inserts for my 9 month old baby and was able to fit the straps quickly and securely. Having an all-in-one seat is perfect for growing babies and adjusting it is effortless. I have the light tan fabric and probably wouldn’t go with something that light again. I like that it neutral but she has already had spit up on the shoulder pads. The fabric is washable so hopefully it won’t stain and will come clean. Overall, this is a great car seat and I’d highly recommend it.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received this product as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel. I have been really happy with the Maxi Cosi Pria All in One. It feels like a solid seat and I love that it grows with your child, so you do not have to keep buying new ones. My baby seems comfortable in it and does well even on longer car rides. The padding is nice and the cover being washable is a big plus. When we first took the car seat out of the box there was a slight smell, so we let it air out for a couple days and that took care of We’ve been really happy with the Maxi Cosi Pria All in One. It feels like a solid seat and I love that it grows with your child so you do not have to keep buying new ones. My child seems comfortable in it and does well even on longer car rides. The padding is nice and the cover being washable is a big plus. When we first took it out of the box there was a slight smell, so we let it air out for a day and that took care of it. Overall it feels like a good quality car seat and I would definitely recommend it.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was so excited to receive this Maxi Cosi Pria All-in-One car seat from the Stellar Product Testing Panel. I had just discovered that I needed to replace my toddler's car seat very soon, so it was perfect timing! My toddler loves her new car seat. She loves the cup holders and the soft fabric. She often falls asleep in it while we are out running errands, so it must be pretty comfortable. I think the padding feels nice and soft and cozy, I wish I could take a nap in it! The shoulder strap pads are a bit large, but that probably makes the straps more comfortable, and they are easy to remove with the hook-and-loop fastener. The padding for the crotch buckle is quite large and sometimes makes buckling the seat difficult. I like that the strap placement is easy to adjust, there is no re-threading just squeeze the handle and lift up or down. They are also fairly easy to loosen or tighten. My preteen daughter had trouble getting the latch system fastened, the latches are different from the ones on our previous car seat so I think that confused her a bit and she got the strap twisted, but I also had trouble loosening and tightening the latch straps. That is good for keeping the seat secure, but could be annoying if you need to frequently switch it between cars. I love that it can be used for so many sizes of kids and stages of development. It really could be the only car seat you need for your baby. Really my only complaint is the fabric. The light gray doesn't hide dirt. We have only had the seat for a week or two, but the seat already shows dirt from my toddler's shoes. I have not tried to clean the cover yet but the instruction manual makes it sound easy to remove and clean. So hopefully that will be true, and redeem the fabric in my eyes!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received the Maxi-Cosi Pria All-in-One convertible car seat from Stellar Product Testing Panel for my honest opinion. I wanted to use it on the newbie to the club but my toddler wanted to try it first. He absolutely loved it. He was sitting in it before I put it in the car. The fabric was soft and very cushioned. I really like the color, Grey. I love that it's all in one so I can keep it for a while. The manual explains how to adjust for each child. My toddler is 18 months but he's no where near ready to forward face so I liked how I can adjust it for him rear facing. I know he likes it because he kept squeezing everything. He likes pillow soft objects. The other things I enjoyed about this carseat was the ease to install. I like having the lower anchor belts. The seat belt path was a bit tricky because of the seat size. It felt like a two person job. I did it alone but needed to stretch to get it done. My toddler is a messy snack eater so I greatly appreciate the removable cup holders. Also, thanks for making the crotch area adjustable and padded. Very much needed for growing children. Now I said it "almost hit the mark" and thats because of its size. It is pretty big. I have a four door sedan that was just too small for it. Now it did fit our mid-size suv and our cross-over. I took pics in the cross-over so you could see. The passenger in front may be uncomfortable with the sitting situation. Never let the front seats touch the carseats! Anyways once it was hooked up a smaller carseat wasn't positioned in the middle and it would be a tight squeeze if an adult had to sit back in the back with two carseats. It may be different with one seat forward-facing though.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My husband and I were really excited to try this car seat out for our son who is about to turn two. We needed something that would work better than our last car seat which while it was one that could swivel to the side, installing it was an absolute nightmare and even when installed correctly left my husband and I feeling unsure of its sturdiness and safety. Needless to say, it was time for a switch, enter the Maxi Cosi Pria. I received this car seat from the Stellar Product Testing Panel. Here are some of the pros and cons we have found with the Maxi Cosi Pria. PROS: 1. We were THRILLED that the Maxi Cosi Pria was the easiest car seat installation we've ever experienced out of about four other seats! Not only was it easy, it was stable and stayed in place giving us no doubt in how well it would perform in case of an accident. 2. The fabric felt incredible and it cleaned up well after my son dropped some cheerios and snack bars in it. Anything that was spilled brushed out effortlessly. 3. The safety harness for our son was so smooth when adjusted. We didn't have to yank our arms off just to get it a teeny bit looser. (This has been one of our big complaints with other car seats.) The harness fits well and he seems quite comfortable. The harness also released well when getting him back out. No fiddling with stubborn straps and buttons that hurt your hands to take apart. 4. Obviously the last big pro is that it's a convertible car seat and can grow with him. The instructions to move from rear to forward facing etc. are all clear and easy to decipher. CONS: 1. Our ONLY complaint is that the seat is really big and bulky which honestly wouldn't even be a problem except for the fact that we drive a very small car. It puts a lot of strain on our backs putting our son in and taking him out because there is only a small window of space to get him through. That being said, we DID test the car seat in two different models of SUVS that our family members own and it fit great. I cannot recommend this car seat for small car owners, but if you have anything larger, it will be an absolute dream! We did add some pictures to show how it fits in our car, the attachment system at the bottom, and the easy to follow directions on the side. (Pardon how dark the photos are. My husband works far away and is gone before it gets light and back after dark but I really wanted a photo of the seat in the car so people can get an idea of how narrow the opening is when installed in a small vehicle.) Overall, this was a solid product! The only reason we can't give it five stars is because it didn't work for our unique vehicle situation. We really enjoyed using the Maxi Cosi Pria All in One Convertible Car Seat!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I reviewed the item as a part of the stellar product testing panel. There are some things I love about it but things that are negatives for me. I loved how big and luxurious it seems. I have a big boy and he seems very comfortable in it. It’s wide so he has plenty of room. I also love a car seat that is easy to get in and out. This car seat has the easy clips to easily move from one vehicle to another. I love the grey color scheme. It looks very upscale. I was disappointed however that the fabric started to pill where his feet sit. I noticed this one week into use. It’s not a deal breaker for me but I’ve never had that issue with other products. I also found it difficult to get it level at the infant position and ended up putting it at the next setting in the rear facing position. Luckily he is big enough that it wasn’t an issue. I also found it difficult to adjust the headrest. Overall I have other car seats I could put him in and this one is still my first choice. He seems to be the most comfortable in it. All the negatives weren’t a deal breaker for me.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] As a mom of two littles in car seats, one rear facing and one forward facing, I wanted to love this car seat but it did not meet my expectations. I received this car seat from the Stellar Product Testing Panel, so I was grateful I got to try it. The pros of the car seat: it is lightweight, aesthetically pleasing, fabrics are soft and cozy, and very slim. Compared to other car seats I’ve had, this one is very lightweight, which makes it easy to travel with if needed. The cup holders also don’t stick out of the car seat, saving room within the car. I also love the ease of transition that this car seat seems to have with its all-in-one design- we only used it in rear facing mode, but it seems simple to switch it to forward facing and further booster mode. The rear installation latch system also made it simple to just latch into my car and adjust to fit. The cons: it does not fit rear facing well in a smaller vehicle, it feels like plastic with no upgraded effort, and it is difficult to latch tightly. I have a compact suv but I couldn’t fit this car seat rear facing on the drivers side without the seat completely pushing up the car seat (and I’m only 5 foot tall, so it’s not due to being tall). Additionally, I have leather seats in my car and even when secured and latched tightly, the car seat seemed to move around more than an inch— our previous (multiple) different branded car seat does not move at all. The ReclineFit feature feels like it could be executed better and an actual bubble leveler would greatly improve the ease of installing the car seat instead of just relying on a sticker that you have to match parallel to the ground. Maybe I’ve just been spoiled by competitor brands, but the Maxi Cosi Pria feels underwhelming and may I add, a little unsafe due to it not fitting properly in my car.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received this car seat to try out through the Stellar product testing panel and we love it! I have a 3 year old son that we used the seat for. He didn’t met the weight requirement to forward face in this seat so we rear faced him and I wasn’t sure what he was going to think but he actually loved it. He said “it’s so cozy” and it looks cozy, the material is super soft and I already found it easy to clean after he got in with mud on his shoes it wiped clean really easily. My husband installed it and said it was easy to install but he was particularly pleased with how easy it is to uninstall. With our other seat you have to put your whole body into it to get it loose but this was super easy to uninstall which is nice if you need to move it from car to car. I love the versatility of this car seat. We can use it for an infant in the future all the way up to toddler and kid booster seat which is so nice, I don’t have to think about buying a new car seat for a while because this one will last through all the stages. Overall impression is super nice fabrics, easy to adjust/install, and versatile!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was given this car seat to try as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel. This car seat is great, especially for the price point, but I would love to see some of the features updated. The installation was straight forward for rear facing using the LATCH anchors. Ensuring the seat was properly reclined was a breeze with the one touch recline button, and adjusting the headrest location to properly size the top of the shoulder straps was also quite easy - not rethreading straps into a different hole on the back of the seat. The one thing that wasn’t a breeze was tightening the LATCH straps. The base of the seat is so substantial that it got in the way of easily maneuvering the straps. I eventually got it tight, but it felt harder than it needs to be. Maybe consider adding the True Tension/True Lock system like other seats use on future models. The thing we were most excited about was the cup holders. So many car seats we have used have the cup holder attachments and they just get broken off or lost. The cup holders on this car seat are built in to the seat which makes it look nice and is definitely more sturdy for toddler use. The downsides of the built in cup holders would be that you can’t easily pop it off to clean out sticky mess. They are still fairly easy to clean by wiping though. The biggest let down of the cup holders though was a surprise…our daughter’s water bottles don’t fit in them. So they’re useless to us. I think a small baby bottle would fit fine, but the very popular brands such as Camelbak don’t fit. This was a huge disappointment. The other big disappointment was the weight limit and rear facing leg room on this seat. We have had many different car seat brands and the ones we like the most, use the most are the ones that have the higher weight and length limit. This seat is great for our 15 month old, but is almost pointless as a convertible seat for our 3.5 year old. The fabric is very soft, love it. The harness is very easy to loosen and tighten. The button to loosen the harness is in a much better spot than other car seats we have used, I was very happy with this. I didn’t have to dig around and hurt my fingers to try to loosen the strap each time, yet it is also still in a very safe spot for kids not to be able to access it while in the seat. Great design!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received this product to try through Stellar Product Testing Panel. This Maxi Cosi Pria Convertible seat has been a very easy transition from our carrier seat. My baby is currently 6 months old and about 20 pounds. We had grown out of our carrier, so were in the market for a convertible seat to last us the next several years. Straight out of the box, it took us about 30 minutes to read about and install the seat. The latch hooks make it super easy to hook the bottom securely. The first time we hooked it in and tightened, I felt as if it was too loose. We unhooked, readjusted the incline of the seat slightly (still keeping lined up with the dictators given on the side of the seat) and tried again. The 2nd time we got a much tighter fit. The fabric is plush, high quality and adds to the sleek overall look of the seat. I can already tell this seat will be with us for the long haul as it is well made and will be super easy to transition and grow into well into the future! Oh, and the icing on the cake? Cup holders that come out with a quick twist and pull to throw in the dishwasher!