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Cosco High Back Booster Car Seat
Dorel Juvenile Group
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22-40 forward facing with 5-point harness; 40-80 lbs forward facing in belt positioning booster. Contoured molded shell; Removable, padded fabric pad. 1 position crotch strap; 2-piece puch button harness retainer. 2 harness heights; 2 position belt positioner guides on both sides. Removable cup/juice holder on seat; for harness mode, use in vehicle with either automotive or LATCH belts.
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Customer Reviews
for Cosco High Back Booster Car Seat --- Dorel Juvenile Group
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Cosco High Back Booster Car Seat
This car seat is great except the belt connection between the legs is pretty short. The car seat is light, making it easy to move around. It's super easy to adjust the straps and best of all, my kid seems to like it.
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Great toddler and boster
We got this soon after our first grew out of the regular toddler seat. I found this easy to use and buckle. We love it. It easily converted to a booster seat too.
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Limited use
Because the top slats for the harness on this car seat are low, if you have a tall child you will get limited use out of it. A child outgrows their harness when their shoulders are above the slats where the harness comes out of the back of the seat. You would be better off buying a seat with higher harnessing and/or one that converts to a belt positioning booster - I recommend the Evenflo Bolero/Generations. In addition to being able to use it longer, your child will also be safer as the Evenflo seat has more in the way of side impact protection.
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Good seat for toddlers
This is a solid seat that will fit well in most compact cars.
I ended up sending this back due to the fact that while the product description says it is for 22lbs and up, the box adds a minimum height requirement (36 inches) that I did not see on Amazon. Quite possibly it's listed somewhere and I missed the line. Just something to be aware of.
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Excellent car seat for the price
I was looking online to find a used car seat for our second car and found this new one for a similar price. It's a great seat and I found it as easy as any other to install.
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Love it
I love this car seat. I've used it for my twins who are 18 months old as well as for my 4 year old. It is a little hard to latch in, but I don't move the car seats to another car so it is fine with me. They are very secure, easy to get the kids in and out of and have plenty of room for the kids to grow.
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Good for the Cost
This is a good Product. This is my secondary car seat for my daughter who is 18 months old. Good Product for the money I paid. The build quality is good and it's comfortable.
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Definitely a decent backup
I havn't used this seat for too long but certainly have not had any problems so far. Bought one for each grandparents' house for my 2 year old to use while visiting. He seems to like it just the same as the Britax we use at home ...although I can clearly see the difference. But for this price I couldnt really ask for more
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Perfect for my 4 year old
Love this car seat.
Fits my girl very well and the 5 point savety belt with the clip over her chest prevents her from falling forward when she falls a sleep during long drives.
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Easy To Install
I now have two of these seats and they work great! People who say that they are hard to install just are not smart enough to do it! It is very easy to install and the seat is very secure if done correctly !My grandchildren enjoy riding in this seat and they are safe !
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Safety questionable
I'm returning this car seat. After only using it twice, the belt clip pulled right out when I went to clip my child into the seat. I was disconcerted when it came out so easily and wondered how easily it might come out in an actual car accident. The manual tells you how to re-insert it, but the model I bought only has one slot for it, so there is no reason to make it easy to pull out (since it isn't adjustable with multiple slots for different sized kids). I'm not taking my chances on this seat...
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For the price, this carseat is quite functional.
It's not as padded as some car seats we've owned, but it does the job, and it's very reasonably priced.
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Proud Owner of New Car Seat
I bought this for my granddaughter in Indiana and her parents said when she sat it in for the first time she said "I am proud of my new car seat mommy!" So I will have to say this was a success.
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great for the money
This is a car seat that my daughter loves. She especially likes the cup holder...I give it 4 stars b/c I keep knocking the cup holder off...maybe that is just me. But it's a great seat esp for the price!
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BE AWARE! Read the weight AND height restrictions!
I have been reviewing booster car seats because my 3 year old's Century seat is about to expire so she needs a new seat. She is not yet tall or heavy enough to have just the belt positioning--she still needs a harness. I am a little disturbed to read that some reviews state you can go from an infant seat to this booster seat. so please be aware of your baby's size.
if your baby is under one year old they SHOULD NOT be in a seat like this. Babies 1 and under should still be rear facing EVEN IF they are over 20lb; the rule is 20lb AND 12 mths old. These types of boosters are made to go forward only. and the height restrictions on these seats are important. even though alot of these types of boosters state 20-40 lbs. the height restrictions usually start around 34-35". average toddlers meet the weight but NOT the height restrictions so BE careful.
there are many choices to choose from in the "convertible" type car seats. those are the seats that can go rear OR forward facing; made for babies too big for the infant carrier type seat, not tall enough for a booster, and the convertible usually go up to at least 40lb (many go up to 80lb) so your toddler has time to grow tall enough for a booster.
I know it can be inconvenient and frustrating to have to transition your kid through three seats and some can't afford it. but it is worth your kids life. Luckily, there are some seats made that can take your baby from newborn all the way to belt positioning--these are called 3 in 1 seats. they are a bit more in the beginning but you use the seat for six years.
The only drawback is that research does show infants are safer in the infant carrier plus its nice not to wake your little one up getting out of the car. so maybe some people could just go from an infant carrier to a 3 in 1--then you only have to buy two seats for one kid.
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Difficut Installation - Check the Tether Before You Buy
I read the reviews, and decided on this seat for my 3 year old daughter. I only have experience with the Snug Ride and Britax Roundabout and Marathon. I thought that for our second vehicle, this seat would work great and it was much cheaper (and seemingly as safe as) other seats. Well, I found the installation to be miserable. The angle that the LATCH belt goes through the seat makes it difficult to tighten properly. And the tether...well, I just installed this seat and I can't think of one nice word to say about that tether. It is impossible to adust. I had to take the seat out several times to try to get the tether long enough. Then trying to tighten it is literally nearly impossible. The directions are as confusing as the tether itself. Why you can't just pull on the tether and have it tighten is beyond me. The Britax tethers are so easy to use. With this one, you have to unleash part of it, then loop it through, then the straps don't pull flat and there is slack in the line. You have to take the seat out and hold it an an upright angle to get the straps to tighten. If you should happen to shorten (or lengthen) the tether too much, you have to start all over. I can't believe that they would sell a tether like this. I don't know if other versions of this seat have a better tether because other people don't seem to have this trouble. I bought this one at Target. Check the tether before you buy!!!!
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Try before you buy
I hate to say it - but this is the seat that has officially turned me into a Britax snob. The only car seats I had experience with prior to trying this one were the Graco baby bucket and the Britax Roundabout and Marathon. I had heard now and then the frightening statistic that so-and-so percentage of car seats are installed incorrectly and I couldn't understand how that could be - how hard is it to install a car seat properly? Turns out, it depends on the car seat.
We were recently visiting family back east and my nephew has this particular car seat - one in my father's car, one in my brother's car. One on occasion I was going to go somewhere with my dad and rather than go in our car or move our car seat to his car, we opted to use my nephew's seat for my son. However, it turned out the straps were on the lowest setting which was too low for either of the boys so I took the car seat out to adjust the straps and... quickly came to regret not simply moving my own car seat.
This seat is a royal pain in the behind to install properly. In theory, it goes in just like a Britax - clip the two LATCH hooks on either side, clip the third hook at the top, and pull the straps tight. However, the way the lower strap went through this seat, I just could not get it tight to my satisfaction - the front lip would flip up easily no matter what I did. And the top hook is just pure evil by design - it is very, very complicated to tighten.
I looked in the manual, I looked on line, I called a friend who I remembered had one of these seats as an "extra." The best I could figure out, this model is sold with two different types of top anchor strap. One has a normal seeming strap that you just pull to tighten... and you lift up on the tightening portion of the strap to loosen. The other has this insanely convoluted piece of metal with several slits in it for the strap to pass through and wrap back and forth and under and around itself. With the latter, you pretty much need to guess how long or short to make the strap BEFORE you install the seat, because adjusting it on the fly is difficult if not impossible.
I checked at Target the other day and the seat they are selling there had the "easier" style of top anchor tightener but I don't know if they are all like that now. The manual we had for the seat listed both types. Be sure when you buy that the top strap has the easier type of adjuster.
Beyond the top fastener issue, though, like I said, I found it hard to get the bottom strap just right. We had to have a complicated system of towels under the seat in my dad's car to help it sit in there solid - not just for the positioning aspect of things but also because this seat has two raw plastic protrusions on the bottom which have begun to slice in the seat in my dad's car (Hyundai Sonata)
One one occasion we moved my nephew's car seat to our rental car (Saturn Aura) and had no better luck with ease of installation. It still took a lot of sweating, straining, and swearing to get it in there.
With our Britax seats, I have never had a problem in any vehicle with making the car seats fit, and I can have them removed and re-installed in less than 5 minutes. The Cosco seat drove me crazy. I will give this seat 3 stars because it is affordable and is supposed to meet safety requirements but I would not buy it without making very sure it fits in YOUR car and that is has the easier to use top strap attachment. I would also not suggest it if there is much chance of your having to move the seat frequently. And protect you seats with something if you don't want them getting torn up!
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Love this carseat
Don't waste your money on the more expensive seats. Once you transition from the infant seat (at around 8 to 9 months) this is the perfect choice. It has the 5 point harness system and then eventually moves up to being just a booster seat for when they get older. The price is great and the padding is decent. It seems to be holding up well with my active one year old. The color is great for boys and it also has a cup holder which is very convenient. Good value for your money.
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great car seat
I bought this for my granddaughter in my car, she is 8 months old and outgrew the infant seat, easy to put her in it and the plastic clasps make it so I can put her in immediately, metal clasps would burn her in the Florida heat. Very happy with this product.
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Great Value for Money
I found only one item that some buyers might not like: the seat is a bit low compared to other seats. If the child is rather small he/she will have a somewhat limited perspective to the outside.
Besides this its great value for money.
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