Review of RECARO ProBOOSTER High Back Booster Car Seat

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This booster is easy to use and our 5 year old says it is super comfortable. We also have the Parkway (Britax). The Recaro construction is way solider and the fabric is much nicer and more durable. This seat and our last Recaro have converted me from a Britax mommy to a Recaro mommy. If you want a real comparison of the two brands, take the covers off. You'll be shocked by the quality difference based on being the same price.

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An excellent booster except for the fact that the designers were pretty short sided.

I'm going to be as fair and as objective as possible with this review so other parents know exactly what they are getting before they decide to purchase this booster or not.

This is honestly an excellent car seat with very high ratings from the insurance institute of traffic safety, so why did we send it back? And would not recommend it to most people?

The reason is simple design. Not that it's a bad design, it's actually very very good IF you are in the market niche that Recaro targets with their products and marketing.

Here's what I mean. Recaro makes the very best car chairs for high end sports cars and race cars. They have a very high profile brand in their industry with automotive enthusiasts.

Having said that, Recaro has created and excellent car seat for THAT market.

By this I mean, that typically cars/vans/trucks/suv's etc are made with back seats that are either: bucket seats, bench seats, or flat seats.

Sports cars have bucket seats.

You have to understand this point upfront before you decide on this car seat for your child. Because if your car doesn't have BUCKET seats in back you need to PASS on buying this booster.

Here's the problem. The base of the Recaro booster seat is narrower then the seating surface of the booster.

As a result, this causes the entire booster to TILT and LEAN left of or right whenever the car is making a turn, and your child will be tossed from side to side ANYTIME you make a turn. This is not acceptable is unsafe!

The addition of LATCH straps would help to stabilize the booster in this case, but sadly the Recaro has none.

However, IF you drive a sports car that has BUCKET seats in back, the Recaro's narrow base should drop into the bucket seat and not tilt as the bucket seats side bolsters should prevent side to side rocking. Indecently, the Insurance industry test rating was done while this booster was in a BUCKET seat not a flat or bench seat.

Clearly, bucket seats were what this booster was designed for and it makes sense considering who Recaro is and who they make automotive chairs for. It's just a shame that they aren't more specific in their marketing that this car seat will not work or keep your child safe unless you have bucket seats.

We drive a BMW X3 and to be fair the booster fit well, however our suv doesn't have bucket seats in back thus causing the booster to rock constantly. We never even took our child out in the booster on city streets because it was rocking so much just driving around our sub-division. (And yes, it was installed correctly...)

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Excellent product, Comfortable seat. The only negative point is there is no LATCH to keep it secured to the back seat of the car.

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I bought this specifically for a 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet (the new 991 body style). All other booster seats were far too wide to fit in the narrow rear seat. Not only does it fit perfectly, but it looks great! My four year old fits perfectly and claims to be comfortable in it. Would recommend to any Porsche 911 owner looking to fit their little ones in the back.

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Fyi...I did check with Recaro today and LATCH is not currently available on the ProBooster seat. It is possible that the newer performance booster seat coming out in Fall 2013 may be equipped with LATCH but will have to wait and see when more information is available.