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Graco Backless TurboBooster Car Seat in Chatter

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Manufacturer: Graco Baby
Brand: Graco
List Price: $24.99
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Any child is sure to feel great riding around in the backless TurboBooster® youth booster seat. This backless version has padded, height-adjustable arm rests and hide-away cup holders on either side of the seat - perfect for storing drinks, snacks, and toys for those long rides. The backless TurboBooster® youth booster seat is for children from 4 to 10 years old, from 40 lbs to 100 lbs and between 40 and 57 inches tall.


DESCRIPTION:

Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Baby Product
Brand: Graco
Color: Chatter
EAN: 0047406091249
Feature: Padded arm rests are height adjustable
Label: Graco Baby
Manufacturer: Graco Baby
Model: 8E91CTR
Publisher: Graco Baby
Release Date: 2007-09-20
Studio: Graco Baby


FEATURES:

• Padded arm rests are height adjustable
• Forward facing only: ages 4-10, 40-100 lbs, and 40"-57" tall
• Dual hide-Away cup holders for snacks on the go
• Deluxe seat pad is removable for machine washing



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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Car Seat
Comment: My 4 year old son absolutely loves this car seat. He said it is extremely comfortable and he can easily see outside the window. The carseat is made very well and the two cup holders are a true bonus. We love the color too! The red clip that adjusts the seatbelt is great. It allows my son to sit without having the seatbelt directly on his neck. It comfortably lays right on his shoulder. I have to say at first I was concerned that having a backless car seat would be a problem. It truly was not an issue. He even sleeps when using this carseat. I would highly recommend this product for older kids.

Customer Rating:
Summary: booster seats so many to choose from!
Comment: This is a great booster for us close to home-my daughter fits the requirements but I feel she is still too little to be on the highway with this booster, and we do ALOT of highway driving. It is easy to use and serves a good purpose but is not the end all be all!

Customer Rating:
Summary: as far as backless boosters go, this is the best!
Comment: I have done a lot of searching for good, quality boosters that actually have some cushion (who would want to sit on hard plastic?!?!), and this is the best that we have found. We also have the Cosco ones as back-ups for my husband's car - these Graco's are a lot nicer!

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Product
Comment: My wife and I bought four of these booster seats and are very pleased with them. They are easy to use and our two boys, five and seven, love them. I highly recommend these seats.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent - Simplicity and safety at last
Comment: Our daughter just turned five and formerly rode in a belt-positioned booster seat converted from a harness arrangement (a full bucket seat, not a backless booster.) She had used this since outgrowing her infant seat.

We were never happy with the way in which the shoulder belt threaded through the positioning slot. It was prone to get tangled or not travel smoothly through the slot. We feared it wouldn't retract properly to protect her in an accident.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rated this Graco backless booster with belt-positioning clip the safest in its Oct 08 survey of booster seats. We bought this for our daughter (in the "Fly Away" butterfly pattern) and are thrilled with it. She adores it, as it makes her feel like a big girl (and, of course, it's pink.)

Her head is positioned safely against the back seat and headrest (she is tall and has a long torso for her age). Best of all, however, the belt-positioning clip works like a dream. It's simple to install and adjust, it doesn't rub against the child's back or arms and a parent can quickly and easily adjust it to ensure the shoulder belt passes directly across the shoulder of any child. No more worrying about the shoulder belt getting stuck and failing to retract upon a sudden stop or collision.

Others have complained about the scant padding on the seat. It's a bit thin but frankly thicker than the padding in her former toddler seat. Anyway, it's no problem for our daughter. We just got back from a weekend in which we had two six-hour drives. She was happy the entire time. (I gave the seat four stars and not a five because this is the only area in which Graco might have improved it... actually, I rate it a 95/100.)

We looked at the Combi Dakota backless booster, too. However, the belt-positioning clip there seems poorly designed compared with the Graco. Buyers commented on the Amazon site that the Combi clip was very difficult to adjust and an inferior design compared with the former Combi model.

The belt-positioning clip is the most important part of the booster; everything else is secondary. Without it the child is simply not safely secured with the shoulder belt. In a collision the belt can lacerate or even break her neck if it rides above the shoulder and can break her arm if it fits below the shoulder across the upper arm.

We have found that no matter how much she moves around while riding in the seat the shoulder belt with the clip usually returns to its proper position across her shoulder on its own. We rarely have to re-adjust it on her while driving.

Another reviewer here complained that the armrests have plastic fitting clips that are insufficiently strong. We didn't find that at all. I wouldn't advise taking the armrests out regularly; however, they fit very snugly (it was difficult to push the armest down to snap them in initially) and have a two-position height setting.

When the seat arrived from Amazon we took it out of the box, snapped in the armrests, read the instructions for the belt clip and installed it all in the car perfectly fitting our daughter within ten minutes. It couldn't possibly be more user-friendly.

We're very happy with the Graco Backless Turbobooster and will certainly buy another one for our second car.

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