What makes the Blazer a worse value yet is in safety gear. Neither has a particularly ritzy feel unless you’ve spent into the Premier trim level. The Equinox has better front seats, but no sliding second row and a narrower body that’s best for three children across the back. The Blazer’s broader and its second-row seat slides to flex passenger and cargo space, but the seats themselves are hard, narrow, and short at the bottom.
Space isn’t everything, granted, but the Blazer and Equinox pull up shy in other ways that require a family sit-in to make a decision.