The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety began testing booster seats back in 2008 and they haven’t looked back since. Today, they’ve announce a 31-strong list of such devices upon which they’ve bestowed their highest safety rating, the so called “Best Bets”.
These devices are meant for small children that have outgrown their car seats but still aren’t as safe in cars as adults. They aren’t bolted down and don’t face backboards, but are designed to increase the level of children under 4 feet 9 inches to where the seatbelt is where it should be.
Of the 62 booster seats, a record 31 of them received the Best Bets designation, making them ideal choices for cars, minivans and SUVs.
The IIHS says that the products of Harmony Juvenile Products stood out, as all four were worthy of being named Best Bets.
Here are the 2011 booster seat results:
Best Bets
• Britax Frontier 85 SICT
• Britax Parkway SGL (high-back mode)
• BubbleBum
• Chicco KeyFit Strada (high-back mode)
• Clek Oobr (high-back mode)
• Cosco Pronto (high-back mode)
• Cybex Solution X-Fix
• Diono/Sunshine Kids Monterey (high-back mode)
• Eddie Bauer Auto Booster (high-back mode)
• Evenflo Big Kid Amp
• Evenflo Big Kid Sport (backless mode)
• Evenflo Maestro
• Evenflo Symphony 65 e3
• Ferrari Dreamway SP (high-back mode)
• Graco Argos 70 (high-back mode)
• Graco TurboBooster – Baldwin (high-back mode)
• Graco TurboBooster Elite (high-back mode)
• Harmony Cruz Youth Booster/Harmony Carpooler
• Harmony Dreamtime (backless mode)
• Harmony Dreamtime (high-back mode)
• Harmony Olympian/Secure Comfort Deluxe
• Harmony Youth Booster Seat
• Kids Embrace Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Maxi-Cosi Rodi XR (high-back mode)
• Recaro ProBooster
• Recaro ProSport
• Recaro Vivo
• Safety 1st Boost Air Protect (high-back mode)
• Safety 1st S1 Rümi Air
• The First Years B570 Pathway
Good Bets
• Britax Parkway SG (high-back mode)
• Combi Kobuk Air Thru (backless mode)
• Combi Kobuk Air Thru (high-back mode)
• Evenflo Symphony 65
• Maxi-Cosi Rodi (high-back mode)
Not Recomended
• Evenflo Chase
• Evenflo Express
• Evenflo Generations 65
• Evenflo Sightseer
• Safety 1st All-in-One
• Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite
Of the 62 booster seats, a record 31 of them received the Best Bets designation, making them ideal choices for cars, minivans and SUVs.
The IIHS says that the products of Harmony Juvenile Products stood out, as all four were worthy of being named Best Bets.
Here are the 2011 booster seat results:
Best Bets
• Britax Frontier 85 SICT
• Britax Parkway SGL (high-back mode)
• BubbleBum
• Chicco KeyFit Strada (high-back mode)
• Clek Oobr (high-back mode)
• Cosco Pronto (high-back mode)
• Cybex Solution X-Fix
• Diono/Sunshine Kids Monterey (high-back mode)
• Eddie Bauer Auto Booster (high-back mode)
• Evenflo Big Kid Amp
• Evenflo Big Kid Sport (backless mode)
• Evenflo Maestro
• Evenflo Symphony 65 e3
• Ferrari Dreamway SP (high-back mode)
• Graco Argos 70 (high-back mode)
• Graco TurboBooster – Baldwin (high-back mode)
• Graco TurboBooster Elite (high-back mode)
• Harmony Cruz Youth Booster/Harmony Carpooler
• Harmony Dreamtime (backless mode)
• Harmony Dreamtime (high-back mode)
• Harmony Olympian/Secure Comfort Deluxe
• Harmony Youth Booster Seat
• Kids Embrace Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Maxi-Cosi Rodi XR (high-back mode)
• Recaro ProBooster
• Recaro ProSport
• Recaro Vivo
• Safety 1st Boost Air Protect (high-back mode)
• Safety 1st S1 Rümi Air
• The First Years B570 Pathway
Good Bets
• Britax Parkway SG (high-back mode)
• Combi Kobuk Air Thru (backless mode)
• Combi Kobuk Air Thru (high-back mode)
• Evenflo Symphony 65
• Maxi-Cosi Rodi (high-back mode)
Not Recomended
• Evenflo Chase
• Evenflo Express
• Evenflo Generations 65
• Evenflo Sightseer
• Safety 1st All-in-One
• Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite
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