IIHS Names Best Bets for Booster Seats
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released their list of booster seats they do and do not recommend. On the recommended side, there’s been a significant growth this past year, with 21 Best Bets and seven Good Bets. Out of 72 booster seats the safety organization tested, eight booster seats didn’t get recommended.
For a booster seat to earn a Best Bet or Good Bet nod, it must properly position a three-point seat belt over a 6-year-old testing dummy. While performing these tests, IIHS experts measure seat-belt fit in a variety of vehicles. They also use high-back and backless booster seats as well as combination child-safety seats. The ratings do not take into account any type of crash tests.
According to the IIHS, children ages 4-8 who are placed in booster seats are 45 percent less likely to be injured in a car crash than children using only seat belts.
Read the lists of IIHS’ Best Bets, Good Bets and seats not recommended after the jump.
[Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety]
Best Bets
- Britax Frontier 85 (combination highback)
- Chicco Keyfit Strada (dual highback)
- Clek Oobr (dual highback)
- Cosco Juvenile Pronto (dual highback)
- Cybex Solution X-Fix (highback)
- Eddie Bauer Auto Booster (dual highback)
- Evenflo Big Kid Amp (backless)
- Evenflo Maestro (combination highback)
- Graco TurboBooster Crawford (dual highback)
- Harmony Baby Armor (dual highback)
- Harmony Dreamtime (dual backless)
- Harmony Dreamtime (dual highback)
- Harmony Secure Comfort Deluxe (backless)
- Harmony Youth Booster Seat (backless)
- Maxi-Cosi Rodi XR (dual highback)
- Recaro ProBOOSTER (highback)
- Recaro ProSPORT (combination highback)
- Recaro Vivo (highback)
- Recaro Young Sport (combination highback)
- Safety 1st Boost Air Protect (dual highback)
- The First Years Pathway B570 (highback)
Good Bets
- Britax Parkway SG (dual highback)
- Combi Kobuk Air Thru (dual backless)
- Combi Kobuk Air Thru (dual highback)
- Evenflo Symphony 65 (3-in-1 highback)
- Graco TurboBooster Sachi (dual highback)
- Graco TurboBooster Wander (dual highback)
- Maxi-Cosi Rodi (dual highback)
Not Recommended
- Eddie Bauer Deluxe (combination highback)
- Eddie Bauer Deluxe 3-in-1 (highback)
- Evenflo Express (combination highback)
- Evenflo Generations 65 (combination highback)
- Evenflo Sightseer (highback)
- Harmony Baby Armor (dual backless)
- Safety 1st All-in-One (3-in-1 highback)
- Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite (3-in-1 highback)
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