Most Evenflo seats don’t mandate using the tether in cases where you don’t have an available tether anchor, however, Revolve 360 is unique and it DOES require tethering. In this day and age, tethering shouldn’t be a problem unless you plan to use this seat in the 3rd row of a vehicle. Vehicles with a 3rd row usually don’t have a tether anchor for every seating position back there, so make sure you know where the tether anchors are and where they’re not in your vehicle.
The infant inserts (head support & lower body cushion) are optional when the seat is used rear-facing but must be removed before your child uses the seat forward-facing. If using Revolve 360 with a small infant it may be necessary to tuck the side bolsters of the lower insert underneath the flat portion in order to give the baby a bigger boost (2nd pic below). This extra boost may be necessary for babies younger than 6 months old if their shoulders are not close enough to the bottom harness slot using the lower insert as-is (1st pic below). It’s surprisingly compact when rear-facing as long as you have the seat positioned a little more upright (but still within the range of the angle indicator). We have confirmed that Evenflo allows Revolve 360 to lightly contact the vehicle seat in front (when rear-facing) which helps in vehicles where space is an issue. Even with light contact from the front passenger seat in my Hyundai Tucson (small SUV), the rotation feature still functioned easily.
To install without the base, collapse the stroller then remove the two largest wheels and attach them to the underside of the carrier. When the seat is forward-facing or being used as a booster it has to be in the fully upright evenflo stroller wagon position and there is no way to accidentally have it any other way so no worries about misuse there. This feature is undoubtedly the highlight of Revolve 360 and it’s everything you could hope for in a revolving car seat.
I often find myself lugging car seats around while I’m writing reviews. I cannot stress enough what a gamechanger it is to have wheels on the car seat. For the many times I moved the seat between the house and the car or between my house and someone else’s house, I treasured those wheels each and every time I deployed them. I’d imagine that caregivers who are moving an actual child AND this car seat will find them even more convenient than I did. The carry handle must be in position 1, stroller position, when the seat is used as a stroller.
Again, tethering is required for this particular seat – regardless of whether you are using the seat in the rear-facing or the forward-facing orientation. The DualRide has the unique ability to detach the stroller wheelbase from the carrier, leaving evenflo car seat and stroller you with a standard infant carrier! It’s an excellent option for busy parents who love the idea of a stroller and car seat in one. Again Evenflo seems to offer more for less, as its Chase booster seat has more information than its Big Kid.
Evenflo does recommend raising or removing the head restraint if it interferes with the seat locking into the forward-facing position. Same process as above but using the LATCH strap instead of the seatbelt. You still utilize the LockStrong bar (after you’ve slightly tensioned the latch strap) and you still need to tether. I actually found it easier to achieve a rock-solid installation using seatbelt, so unless you have a compelling reason to use latch, I’d suggest sticking with a seatbelt installation. It was a little challenging for me to tighten the latch strap initially.
I also found the Shyft DualRide quite easy to install, found that it fit all of our models from preemie to 16 month old doll well, and was easy to use. This evenflo stroller wagon rating is based on a forward-facing installation using the LATCH system. This rating is based on a rear-facing installation using the LATCH system.
All Evenflo car seats have been tested against twice the force required by law. In the case of the U.S., Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards dictate that a child safety restraint (CSR) must pass a 30 MPH frontal sled test. Using the lower body insert as-is (without folding and tucking), the harness fit wasn’t ideal on our 20″ doll either. We were able to get the straps nice and snug so I don’t think the fit was terrible but the harness was still a solid inch above this doll’s shoulders.