Chicco Fit360 or Evenflo Revolve 360 Slim?

[briangx1]

I have a 2.5 year old and a baby due in October and I would like to get a revolving seat for the baby. My 2.5 year old is large (99th percentile for height and weight) and she also gets carsick rear-facing, so she is already forward-facing. I find myself wishing that I had a 360 rotating seat so I could have her rear-facing for short trips (daycare drop-off) and forward-facing for longer trips, because she usually gets sick after 15-20 minutes in the car rear-facing. At this point I don’t want to buy her a rotating seat with them being so expensive and her large size, but I’d like to get the new baby a rotating seat in case the baby is the same way, plus I can enjoy the convenience. I would prefer to keep to a slimmer seat if possible because we might need to do 3-across eventually or I’d like to be able to fit a smaller adult back there occasionally (though our main car is a Honda Pilot which I believe has a good size bench), so I was looking at the Chicco Fit360 and Evenflo Revolve 360 Slim.

I plan on using an infant bucket seat through the worst of winter but would like to switch to the rotating seat after that, so we’re talking a bit less than a year away, but I’d like to watch for sales in the meantime so want to get a better idea now (I also know my MIL is excited to buy something for the baby and she might be willing to buy or chip in for a car seat).

The Evenflo is obviously under investigation so maybe if I choose that seat I should wait as long as I can to purchase and see if the investigation wraps up in the meantime. Chicco seems to have already addressed the possible concerns of the Evenflo investigation with how their seat comes off the base, so the seat might be safer in that regard. But it also has much lower limits (rear-facing weight limit is 40 lbs Chicco vs 50 lbs Evenflo, and rear-facing height limit is 43” Chicco vs. 48” Evenflo). Like I said, my first is very large (mostly height though) and the baby probably will be too.

Which would you choose between the Chicco Fit360 and Evenflo Revolve 360 Slim?

 

[nairna]

@briangx1 Join the car seat safety groups on Facebook. Car seats for littles. They can give recs based on your vehicle & must haves. I personally have the slim but ppl have been comparing those two seats in there quite often lately

 

[briangx1]

@nairna I knew there would be a FB group or better subreddit! Thanks!

 

[tekkud]

@briangx1 The evenflo revolve 360 is 30% off at target right now. And if you have an old seat or base to trade in, you can get the 20% coupon and apply it to the sale price. I just did this today and got one for $217 just fyi!

Editing to add- this is my second revolve 360; ordered it for husband’s car and we also have another baby on the way. I have one for my 2 year old, also a 99th percentile kid in height/weight, in my car and I love it. I don’t think I could go back to a traditional non rotating seat. I’m aware of the current investigation but according to experts, as long as you follow all installation and usage directions, there is no reason to stop using the seat at this time. I haven’t tried any other rotating seat though so can’t help there unfortunately. Good luck!

 

[showmehow]

@briangx1 I bought the Chicco fit360 for my October baby! I am very excited about it! The lower limits aren’t a huge concern for me at the moment as a FTM so who knows if baby will be on the higher side of the percentage curve or not. But I’m a big Chicco car seat lover (been a nanny for over a decade) so I’ve always known I wanted a Chicco brand seat.

 

[jro1]

@showmehow Take it back Seriously, no snark here but you are losing a lot of life having it sit for months and months waiting to be used. I’d buy the seat closer to the time you actually need it to maximize the lifespan.

 

[showmehow]

@jro1 These car seats last longer than this baby will ever be in it. And we’ll hopefully have our next before this first one out grows this seat, making us need two seats no matter what. So I don’t think we’re losing any life out of it for what we need. Plus we got it at an incredible price. I’m more than happy with our decision.

 

[stagpride]

@briangx1 Bought the Evenflo Revolve and Revolve Slim for my and my partner's vehicle (before hearing about the investigation).

Attributes about the investigation aside, I was turned off based on the amount of wobble in the seats when installed. To be clear, the base was firmly secured and installed and did not budget. But when the seat was added, there was a bit of wobble. It was as if it wasn't securely connected to the based. I tried putting a bit of weight onto the seat itself but the wobble was still there. I tried driving around with a 20-pound bag of rice in the seat and even so often throughout the normal drive, I heard the seat wobbling a bit. To be clear, I tried with the seat locked in both the forward facing and rear facing position and the problem remained.

All that said, I'm returning the seats back later today and plan to invest in 2 Chicco Fit360 seats. They retail at $400, but I've found a few trustworthy but smaller stores that has them just over $300.

Amazon currently has the Evenflow seats around $280, so the difference isn't much.

Honestly, if the Evenflo seats didn't wobble, I would have keep them. But the wobble was the concerning factor for me. If you search Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter, you'll easily find videos of parents showing the wobble I've mentioned.

Circling back to the investigation, from what I've gathered, there appear to have been 6 difference incidents where the seat became detached from the base during accident. There is some question as to whether the seats were in a locked position, but in all 6 incidents the seats appear to have been empty. This investigation could take up to a year if not longer.