We had one of these of unknown age and it broke when the bike toppled over – to much leverage on the plastic. We liked it enough to replace it, and now we have the “rack” on both Mom and Dad’s bikes and one seat. I’ve used both front-mounted and rear-mounted seats and neither is ideal – it’s a little awkward and wobbly one way, versus the other. But biking with the child is still wonderful. This doesn’t hold that big a child, our girl is four, petite, about 30 lbs, and her legs are down at the bottom of the “holsters” for her feet. I think this is a good model, the price is good, and it gives you a “rack” you can use with a bungie cord for carrying this or that instead of the child seat. Easy to mount on and off.
Rating: 4 / 5

Our son (18 mos) loves this child seat — he cries whenever we take him out of it! I love it because it fastens on and off in a snap but is very secure when attached. The rack was a pain to mount, but I attribute that to my bike more than the rack. It’s a pretty standard rack. The child seat is not noticeably top heavy and I don’t feel at all unstable with it loaded. I suspect a child actually leans with you a bit as you ride, so it’s not like having a lot of dead weight flopping around back there. The seat is easy to load my son into and take him out of. The Y-straps across the shoulders and chest and crotch hold him securely; velcro stirrup straps hold his feet into the little footwells (and keep them out of my brake calipers.) There is a bar that comes down across his lap and snaps into place, like the bar on a carnival ride. I suspect it’s more for crash protection than to keep him in place, though. It’s padded in case his little head should ever (God forbid) smack into into it. We’re going to get some additional racks to mount this seat on our other bicycles as well.
Rating: 5 / 5

The Good: The harness will definitely keep your child safely in place. This seat will allow you to safely ride with your child.

THe Bad: First of all the seat (mine anyway) does not come off without a wrestling match. I doubt the wife could take it off. Maybe as it is taken on/off over time it will not be sooo tight?

Second, the blackburn rack that comes with this unit costs $50+, so plan for it if you think you might want the ability to move it between bikes. My wife was initially too scared to ride with the boy on the back, but now wishes we had a rack on her bike so she could take him out without me. I let her try to take the rack off…and she said no thanks to a 2nd rack anyway.

Third, kind of a small thing, but there are velcro straps to keep the feet safely in the seat. The velcro straps are mounted so low that the strap wraps around the toe portion of his shoe. He seems to find this uncomfortable and can work his feet free. A simple solution would have been to mount the straps up a couple of inches so that the strap limits the lower leg from getting out but still allowing for free foot movement.
Rating: 3 / 5