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How to Install a Graco Booster Seat

Friday, October 8th, 2010

Graco booster seats are products designed to help secure a child in the back seat of a car or van. They are similar in appearance to baby seats, but they use one of the vehicle’s own shoulder-and-lap safety straps instead of a built-in harness system. As such, they are well-suited to children who are too large for a baby seat, but not quite big enough for the shoulder-and-lap strap to secure them safely. Installing a Graco booster seat is fairly straightforward, but you must take care to ensure that the safety strap is properly positioned when in use.

Positioning

Step 1
Place the booster seat in the vehicle’s back seat, next to one of the shoulder-and-lap safety straps. If desired, remove the back support by pushing it forward until it disengages from the booster seat. Once you have removed the support, insert the shoulder-belt positioning strap through the seat’s rear guide and use the attached loop to secure it in place.
Step 2
Push the booster seat against the back seat as far as possible. Place your child into the booster seat, then pull the safety strap over the seat and child.

Step 3
Pass the sections of the strap underneath the arm rests, then insert the end of the strap into the safety buckle.

With Back Support

Step 1
Position the shoulder strap over your child’s shoulder. Slide the shoulder strap into the guide on the seat’s headrest.

Step 2
Ask your child to lean forward, then grip the handle located on the rear of the back support. Push the red adjustment button to disengage the back support lock.

Step 3
Position the bottom edge of the headrest next to the child’s shoulders. Release the red adjustment button to engage the back support lock.

Without Back Support

Step 1
Grip the clip attached to the shoulder-belt positioning strap. Lift the clip up to the top of the child’s shoulders.

Step 2
Slide one edge of the shoulder strap through the gap in the clip. Pull the strap through until it is completely inside the clip.

Step 3
Tug on the end of the shoulder-belt positioning strap until the clip that is holding the shoulder strap is snug against the child’s shoulders.

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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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