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Graco Backless TurboBooster Car Seat

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

The Graco Backless TurboBooster Car Seat is ideal for when your baby is getting big, but still can’t see out of the window. For your baby’s comfort and safety, the Graco Backless TurboBooster Car Seat is a great choice. You and your little one will love this item as it comes in four fun patterns (it will be a hit with your child), has soft padded arm rests that rest on the TurboBooster Car Seat that adjust as your child grows, and offers a comfortable rid that your child will enjoy. The Graco Backless TurboBooster Car Seat fits a child up to five feet in height.

This Graco booster seat consistently achieves high ratings from both professional and parent reviewers. Despite its simple design and affordable price, the Graco Backless TurboBooster Car Seat does phenomenal in independent crash tests. Your child needs to be a minimum of 40 pounds to be able to use this car seat. If your child weighs 30-40 pounds and is ready for a booster seat, the Graco TurboBooster SafeSeat Step 3 is the high-back version of this car seat and when the time comes, can be converted into a backless model. The main complaint about the Graco Backless TurboBooster Car Seat is that because it’s backless, there are no side wings to support the head of a napping child. If your little one enjoys taking naps in the car, the Graco SafeSeat mentioned earlier, with its high back, is recommended.

The Graco Backless TurboBooster Car Seat is a popular choice from experts. The folks at ConsumerReports.org, who have a long-standing reputation for independent testing gave it a score of 92 out of 100 and rated it as the best booster seat available. It was judged on a number of criteria:

Crash protection:

  • To judge crash protection we paid contract laboratories to perform crash tests in which dummies at the manufacturer’s claimed maximum weight capacity were strapped into seats and run through a simulated 30-mph head-on crash.

Ease of use:

  • Car seat ease of use includes judgments on installation, placing the child in the car seat, and removing the child.

Fit to vehicle:

  • Seats were installed in cars, minivans, and SUVs with various seat configurations and safety-belt designs to assess fit to vehicle.”

The book “Baby Bargains” has also given a thumbs up in its sections on high-back and backless models of booster seats. Parents from around the country have also raved about the Graco Backless TurboBooster Car Seat. If you are looking for a safe, comfortable booster seat for your 40+ pound child, look no further that the Graco Backless TurboBooster Car Seat.

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Graco High Back Turbobooster Car Seat

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Description

Graco Booster Seats are known to seat your growing child safely and comfortably. Transport your child weighing 40-100 lbs.You will appreciate how the Graco High Back Turbobooster Car Seat protects your child by raising him up to the proper height for seat belt use. The seat is thickly cushioned for those long car rides. Many of the seat include stow-away cupholders. The padded height-adjustable armrests are extra comfortable. Even the seat cushion is removable for easy machine washing.

Review

Our daughter loves this seat. We purchased it to replace the Graco car seat she has been using. She is now 45 lbs. and is now at the perfect height to use the car seat belt safely. We especially like how light the seat is. After lugging around an 18 lbs car seat, it’s a nice change.

The Graco booster car seat is very easy to take from car to car. No more having to fuss with a LATCH system. On top of that, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rated our Graco high back turbobooster with belt-positioning clip the safest in its Oct 09 survey of booster seats.

We considered the Combi Dakota backless booster as well. However, the belt-positioning clip there seems poorly designed compared with the Graco and seemed more difficult to adjust. We believe 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.

After a few months of use, we can say that we highly recommend the Graco high back turbobooster car seat. For around $60, it’s a no brainer.

Product Features

  • Thickly padded arm rests are height adjustable
  • Forward facing seat only
  • Use for ages 3 to 10, 30 to 100 pounds, and 38″ to 57″ tall
  • Two hide-away cup holders for drinks on the go
  • Cushioned seat pad can be removed for easy machine washing
  • Available in a variety of colors and fabrics

Consumer Reports Review

“The Graco high back turbobooster car seat is part of the car seat test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, booster seat models like the Graco high back turbobooster are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.

Crash protection:
  • To judge crash protection we paid contract laboratories to perform crash tests in which dummies at the manufacturer’s claimed maximum weight capacity were strapped into seats and run through a simulated 30-mph head-on crash.
Ease of use:
  • Car seat ease of use includes judgments on installation, placing the child in the car seat, and removing the child.
Fit to vehicle:
  • Seats were installed in cars, minivans, and SUVs with various seat configurations and safety-belt designs to assess fit to vehicle.”

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