Reviews for RECARO Start booster seat
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A seat that I trust will protect our child.
Reviewer: Anonymous , Chicago, IL
Date: November 01, 2005
Being a racing and sports car fan, I am very familiar with the reputation of Recaro and have sat in their seats in cars that I have owned. The fact that their products are used extensively in high speed applications gives Recaro an advantage that other seat makers simply do not have. I was expecting a top line product from them and am not disappointed. In fact, the Start seat has exceeded my expectations. The adjustablility is as advertised and the aluminum construction gives the seat a rigid and strong shell which will doubtless protect our child should we ever be involved in an accident. The seat has many well engineered and executed features that make it easy to use, care for and install. Best of all, our daughter finds the seat ingress/egress easy and the comfort is good during long drives. The seat may seem expensive at first glance but, when you consider the protection offered to your child and long life of this product due to its adjustability and high quality materials, cost is really not an issue. The quality and ease of use that Recaro delivers make this an ideal product.
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Outstanding
Reviewer: Anonymous , San Ramon Ca
Date: November 01, 2005
We purchased two Recaro seats several years ago. They are still in use today and we feel the kids could not be safer. An outstanding product, a little pricy but well worth it for our kids..
Thanks for a great SAFE seat.
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This is the seat I was looking for
Reviewer: Anonymous , Roseville, CA
Date: November 01, 2005
My daughter just turned 3 and it was time to replace her Britax Roundabout with a booster. I originally bought a TurboBooster. My daughter loved the cupholders, but I felt the seat didn't have enough padding for long road trips and was a bit flimsy. So I did a ton of research and decided on the Recaro. I love it! It took me about 2 hours to get it adjusted to fit my daughter and to get it installed properly in my car. Because it has so many adjustments, I kept tweaking it until I felt it was the perfect fit and the belt was fitted properly across her. This seat is worth the extra money. The others are too flimsy/plastic for me. BTW - the reviews done by elitecarseats are right on.
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Very disappointed.. high expectations
Reviewer: Anonymous , Florida
Date: November 01, 2005
I purchased the Recaro Start for its quality construction. I needed to have a second car seat instead of switching his Britax. I thought we should move to a booster seat. I was disappointed in the way the shoulder straps were flimsy and did not pull tighter around his shoulders, even after adjusting them. Even though he his very tall for four, the ability to take his arm out and unhook the car seat belt was a real problem. I felt he was not protected properly.
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safe seat, but doesnt recline with out stopping the ca
Reviewer: R. Ballard , maine
Date: November 01, 2005
after researching alot..i bought the seat for my 40 lb 5 yr son..He falls asleep in the car so i wanted a booster that reclines..i shipped the first start back because i thought it was broken...but the second seat works just as bad.. It only reclines if you stop the car and re do the seat belt after you stuggle ! and i mean struggle with the button for it to recline. and the child has to get out while pushing the button too....so on long trips its best to start off in the reclining postion, the seat belt slot is hard too...everytime you put the child back into the seat you need to take it out of the slot (pain) and start over... I wish i liked the seat as much as everyone else... but i use it as our second long trip seat<<< elite seats were great in buying it and exchanging it ,,,and am looking for another booster with them to buy that is easier to deal with
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Expensive but worth it
Reviewer: Anonymous , MN
Date: November 01, 2005
When you get this seat, and see the quality, you'll know where the extra cost went into. Its nothing like those cheap feeling plastic seats.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
Reviewer: Vincent's Mommy , Virginia
Date: November 01, 2005
I decided to move my child in to a booster seat after I bought a VW convertible beetle. The back seat is incredibly small and my huge Cosco convertible seat just seemed like an over kill. I was never that crazy about that carseat in general, the straps were always getting tangled up, the material wasn't that soft and it was just huge and ugly. After much research and visiting numerous stores, I decided to take a chance on the Recaro Young Style. I once had a VW Jetta that had Recaro seats in it and loved those so I thought that Recaro might also make great kid's seats. By the way, this was the ONLY website that I could find where the seat wasn't backordered like crazy. Apparently, this is new on the market and already very popular. Once I got it, I knew that I had made the right choice. The seat feels so solid! Even better than the Britax that I checked out at Babies R Us. It is sturdy, super plush, the material is incredibly soft and it just wraps around my son like a glove! It is perfect. I did take the extra straps off our Cosco seat though and made a sort of LATCH system for the Recaro seat so it was additionally anchored in. I couldn't be happier with my purchase. The seat was sent out the same day that I ordered it and arrived in three days, one of those days being a Sunday. Couldn't be happier.
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