Booster for Subaru Forester

[cholter]

We have a 2004 Subaru Forester and need to buy a booster seat for my son. Does anyone have a recommendation for a seat that fits well?

	Booster Seat A booster seat raises your child up so that the car's lap and shoulder belts fit correctly. The lap belt should fall across the upper thighs. The shoulder belt should go across the middle of the shoulder and chest. A booster seat is used for older children up to about 80 pounds. Some states have passed laws requiring booster seats for children up to age 8 or 80 pounds. Check your state's law.

[scatterbunny]

How old is your son? How tall and how heavy? What is your budget?

Booster seats do not really have incompatibilities like carseats do because booster seats just sit on the vehicle seat (do not get hooked in), the child sits in the booster and the vehicle lap+shoulderbelt gets buckled around the child.

	Booster Seat A booster seat raises your child up so that the car's lap and shoulder belts fit correctly. The lap belt should fall across the upper thighs. The shoulder belt should go across the middle of the shoulder and chest. A booster seat is used for older children up to about 80 pounds. Some states have passed laws requiring booster seats for children up to age 8 or 80 pounds. Check your state's law.

[cholter]

He is 3 years old but big - 42" and 42 pounds. We can spend up to $100 or so. It looks like you use a Britax, and I don't think we can afford one. Do you know of any others that are good?

	Britax - Click for more info Britax International has been producing reliable child safety products for over 30 years. Not only does Britax have decades of experience creating car seats and other children's safety equipment, Britax has a long standing reputation as an industry leader and innovator. Britax International is headquartered in the United Kingdom, but Britax car seats are designed and manufactured at facilities in Germany, Austria, and the United States. In the summer of 2002, Britax strengthened their commitment to creating the safest car seats with the opening of a brand new, state-of-the-art crash testing facility in North Carolina. Britax car seats have a reputation around the world for being some of the safest, most reliable, and best designed child safety seats ever made.

[scatterbunny]

The Graco TurboBooster is great, but your son really still needs to be harnessed. 4 years old and 40 pounds is the bare minimum to safely move to a booster seat, and kids under age 5 are more likely to sustain head injuries in a crash if they are in a booster vs. a harness. Think of it this way: when a child is in a harnessed seat the responsibility of being properly restrained is on the parents, but when a child moves to a booster seat the responsibility is shifted to the child. He can easily move out of position while the parent is concentrating on the road.

We're moving my dd back to a harnessed seat because she is not mature enough to use her Parkway properly, even after almost 2 years of "practice" trips (we use the booster for short, around-town trips to get her used to it).

	Booster Seat A booster seat raises your child up so that the car's lap and shoulder belts fit correctly. The lap belt should fall across the upper thighs. The shoulder belt should go across the middle of the shoulder and chest. A booster seat is used for older children up to about 80 pounds. Some states have passed laws requiring booster seats for children up to age 8 or 80 pounds. Check your state's law.

	Britax Parkway - Click for more info The new Parkway Booster from Britax builds on their company's reputation as the maker of some of the safest seats on the market today. It's one of the only boosters to offer True Side Impact Protection - the EPS foam-padded headrest and side "wings" aren't just great for naps, they're engineered to provide vital protection to your child in the event of a side-impact crash. (Side-impact crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages 6-14, making this an issue of major importance for booster seats.)

	Graco - Click for more info Graco is one of the world's best known and most trusted juvenile products companies. They started the entire juvenile products industry with an invention called the Graco Swyngomatic. Since then they have invented products that have changed the way that parents travel with their children such as the travel system, which has made it so parents can lock an infant car seat into a stroller easily, without waking their sleeping baby. Their Graco SnugRide Infant Car Seat is pretty much synonymous with the term “infant car seat” because of its safety and design features coupled with its affordability. Today Graco continues designing and developing top-quality products that inspire parents and keeps children safe. Check out the new Infant Safe Seat Step 1 and Toddler Safe Seat Step 2 for proof of Graco’s continued commitment to child safety.

	Graco Turbo Booster - Click for more info The Graco TurboBooster Safe Seat (Step 3) is a sporty and detailed booster seat. The headrest is made of EPS foam for support and side-impact protection, which is now the standard for booster seats. The head support is height adjustable, and the seat can be converted into a backless booster for older kids. The adjustable armrests are a nice touch that add comfort and support for your growing child. We were a little surprised by how thin the padding was on the "Lazy Daisy" version of this seat (the Fairfax TurboBooster has padded armrests and additional GracoPedic memory foam in the seat).

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[kittykorat]

I'm not an expert..but our 40lb 41inch year old is in the APEX 65 booster in our '99 Subaru Forrester. I got it for about 90 dollars on clearance at Babies R' Us because it's red, and now it only comes in blue.
Here is a link
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...ductId=2401331

	Booster Seat A booster seat raises your child up so that the car's lap and shoulder belts fit correctly. The lap belt should fall across the upper thighs. The shoulder belt should go across the middle of the shoulder and chest. A booster seat is used for older children up to about 80 pounds. Some states have passed laws requiring booster seats for children up to age 8 or 80 pounds. Check your state's law.