 Like this Booster!!! Fantastic for sleeping toddlers!!!! |
| Review Date: July 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: C. Stalheber, Vero Beach, FL |
| I bought this booster for my nearly 4 year ancient son when he hit the 40" limit for his unstable car seat. He is 36 lbs. I researched for hours on the web and chose to try this one. Besides comfort, it was very vital for me to have side impact safeguard. But it was also vital to find a booster that worked for sleeping toddlers where his head would not fall forward. We bought the Graco high back booster for my spouse's truck which he rarely rides in. The Graco is VERY flimsy, no side impact safeguard and his head fell completely forward the one time he did fall asleep in it. When the Compass arrived, I could tell right out of the box how much more substantial it was. The colors are fantastic. We live in Florida and it's NOT black so it doesn't get hot. The side head wings are huge but he can still see all. They are fantastic for resting his head hostile to with lots of padding. The cupholders are fantastic and retractible. We just returned from vacation and he rode luckily for 6 hours without a conundrum each way and he slept comfortably. The seat padding is fantastic and the seat is plenty wide enough. The only thing that was hard was positioning the seat in the center of the back seat of our Pacifica. It worked fine for his seat but since it is so wide, I had vex buckling my seatbelt next to him since his seat covered my seatbelt latch. It may not be that way on other cars. Still well worth it for his safety to have a small inconvenience. The belt path is fine...no issues with that. I would highly recommend this seat to anyone...it's fantastic! I'm very pleased with the hold and with the quick delivery by Amazon. By the way, no gathering vital! I hope this helps other shoppers. |
Auto was totaled but grandson safe!
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| Review Date: December 10, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jeanine Davidson, Minnesota, USA |
| I buys The First Years Compass B540 for my grandson for his 4th birthday. He has hip problems and spends a lot of time in the car going to skills training for Autism. I bought this car seat since it seemed so plush and comfy. With large padded wings so that when he fell asleep he would have a soft place to rest his head. Four months later the vehicle he was in was totaled in an accident. A full size truck broadsided directly into his door, tipping the vehicle. When I arrived on scene my grandson was standing beside the car with only scrape's. From urgent circumstances personnel on the scene I was told "Fantastic car seat grandma!" "He's fine, since of his car seat!" "I heard you bought him this car seat, I wish everyone had such a excellent car seat!" "Awesome car seat, its rare to walk away from an accident like this." I confess that, when I bought it, I did not know what the safety facial appearance were. I bought this car seat since it was solidly padded, I thought for comfort. After the accident I found out it has a unique foam to absorb the impact, like what is in a bike helmet. With in days I prearranged three car seats for my 3yr ancient granddaughter, another for her daddy's car, and one for my grandson to replace his. It's rare to be able to say this is a fantastic car seat, we tested it! Even if the price is a small more than you would want to spend... it truly is priceless. |
Fantastic booster seat
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| Review Date: February 13, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Dan, Rochester MN |
Getting used with the sturdier carseats for smaller kids, I had a hard time picking a booster. They all looked shaky, lacked LATCH, just didn't feel the same. After some reading I realized that tha LATCH was really needed to hold in place the heavy seats, not the child. With the light booster the seat belt can handle the entire load.
With this worry gone, I started to look around for boosters. I never liked much the Graco ones void in Toys R us. They are very shaky, especially if you lift the padding. I guess they would do since their only gathering is to lift the child, the rest is jus feel-excellent for the parent.
I got to see the Compass boosters in a store in Minneapolis once and I liked it better. The back does not go that much, even extended. With the head rest up it still has a full back rest since the whole back moves up. The seat belt guides on the padding also look sturdier. The side padding for the head and back are also a nice safety addendum.
I looked around for a while, but there's really not much other than Graco in fixed stores. I chose for the Compass but could not find it any longer until I read on Amazon that it has been renamed to "First Years"
I've been using it for weeks and I'm very pleased with it. My daughter likes it too. It is much more stable on the middle seat in the back than I would have probable (though it probably varies from car to car). It stays nicely in place when she gets on and off. It's more comfortable for the child and leaves more room for the others in the car than the bulky hard-back car seat & booster combos.
I am very pleased for the hold and I wish I would have made up my mind quicker. |
Fantastic seat for my daughter
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| Review Date: February 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: L. Sadlack, |
My wife and I couldn't be more pleased with this car seat. It is very well built, light and very comfortable for our daughter. Since this seat appears to only be sold online, we relied on the product reviews that were overwhelmingly clear and that helped us choose between the Compass Ultra seat and the Graco TurboBooster. We found the TurboBooster to be very flimsy, and offered significantly less padding and support compared to the Compass Ultra.
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life saver
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| Review Date: September 30, 2009 |
| Reviewer: msj, henderson, nv |
| bought this for my son a year ago at the time he was five, very pleased w/ this booster, very comfortable... and most vital keeps seat belt in proper spot. we were recently involved in a rear end accident hit by an suv going about 45mi, my son was in his booster in far back of the van...he took brunt of impact, his booster did its job, he was shook up but walked away without a scrape! |
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