District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleging the Big Kid was “unreasonably dangerous” in side-impact collisions for children who weighed less than 40 pounds. Sarah Haverstick, the Evenflo safety advocate who wrote the blog post, later said in a deposition in one of the Big Kid cases that she had never witnessed any of Evenflo’s side-impact tests. “Not being an engineer, I do not know specifics about it,” she said. Jeff Rowe, an attorney for Jillian and another girl who also suffered internal decapitation in a crash while seated in a Big Kid booster, asked Belzyt to explain what “dummy retention” meant. Indeed, the company’s test bar was so low, the only way to fail was if the child-sized dummy ended up on the floor or the booster itself broke into pieces. You will get digital access to reviews and ratings for over 8,500 products and services to help you make better choices for life’s big moments and the everyday ones in between.
Seat your growing child comfortably and happily in Graco’s backless TurboBooster booster car seat. You’ll appreciate how this backless booster seat helps protect your child by raising her up to the proper height for the seat belt. She’ll appreciate the playful fabric designs and hideaway cup holders that make road tripping that much more enjoyable.
Hence this seat is for older toddlers who’ve outgrown a harnessed seat. And the TurboBooster requires quite a bit of assembly with various screws (that’s the reason this seat only earned three out of five stars in the government’s ease of use rating). Top rated booster seat by leading consumer magazines and publications. You can convert to comfortably accommodate your growing child for years of use.
The primary benefit is the LATCH seat belt system and connectors. The same seat belt system locks the car’s seat belt and provides more protection in a car crash case. As it follows the height and weight, the seat has the seven positions of the adjustable headrest and properly fits your child.
(Probably you, but that’s okay.) This seat is only 16.75 inches wide, so it can easily squeeze between two bulky ones. Changing car seats from one vehicle to another can be a pain in the rear end. You want a seat that can be moved easily without frustration. “We do not market to consumers that our booster seats pass side impact tests, as there is currently no federal standard for this testing. For children weighing less than 40 pounds, experts say booster seats may not fully protect them in a crash. A study showed that kids are up to 70% safer in high back booster seats than in any seat belts alone.