Compass Adjustable Folding Booster

by Compass

Product Features

• State of the art side impact protection, headrest lined with EPS foam
• The only Folding Booster, lightweight & strong, ideal for travel & storage
• Extra wide seat with triple layer padding, very comfortable, fits larger children
• Flip up armrests, dual cupholders, 6 position back height adjustment
• Compass; Folding; Side Impact Protection; EPS Foam; A rated

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 19.2 x 12.6 inches ; 13.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00022OFSY
• UPC: 895479000022
• Item model number: B500-TRB
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,118 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Reviews

The award-winning Compass B500 adjustable folding booster seat is an omnibus tool for parents travelling with young children. It is constructed with impact-absorbing expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam around the head, thick comfort cushion padding throughout, and soft, durable fabric. Safety advocates suggest that your child ride in a booster as long as possible, and many states have enacted legislation to keep children in boosters well into school age (eight years old in our state). The Compass booster seat bridges that gap as it is designed for children aged three to 10 years old, 30 to 100 pounds, and 38 to 57 inches tall. The real innovation for this booster is its ability to fold compactly, and weighing less than 10 pounds, it is easy to tote and fit in the trunk. The six-position height adjust grows at the base, rather than the head, to ensure that the child is always fully enclosed. It's deeper and wider than other boosters for comfort, but the narrow bottom rails allow it to fit in sculpted bucket seats. The rotating handles and retractable cup holders are convenient, and overall the Compass B500 performed superbly. --Scott Teal

Product Description

The Compass Folding Booster Car Seat is lightweight and ideal for travel and storage because it folds down with a convenient built-in carry handle. It comes with many convenient safety features like a 6-position height adjustment, an extra wide comfortable seat and energy-absorbing EPS headrest with wings that improves neck impact protection. The flip-up armrests make it easy for your child to climb in and out by himself and also have retractable cup holders for juice boxes or cans.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

204 of 217 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars concerned about misinformation in the reviews, January 30, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Compass Adjustable Folding Booster (Baby Product)

Reviewer: T. Hepple wrote
"I returned this chair because it lacked tethers and LATCH. Although tethers and LATCH are not required for boosters at this time in regulatory history, I'd feel safer when I find a booster with at least the tether."

Whoa! Jeez! NO "booster" seat is EVER supposed to be used with a latch system and that is why the newer ones do not have them.

As the transportation Dept says: "Never install a car seat using both the LATCH strap and the vehicle safety belt. This restricts the belts from absorbing crash energy."

Boosters are for use with the car seat belt, meaning you NEVER use the latch. Some older systems could be used by consumers who NEVER READ THE MANUAL with both. But these are called "toddler seats." They could have both a latch which you use when you are using the integral harness , as well as guides for the shoulder belt to use later as a belt adjusting booster type seat, but in that case the manual aways says to DISCONNECT the latch system - and for good reason.

Without getting to deeply into the specifics, if you use both the latch to secure the seat, and the seatbelt over the child the child will move forward alone in a crash and the belt will not be in the right position relative to the child when it reaches stop point. When done properly with NO latch the seat (which is light) moves with the child holding them in the correct position for the two to four inches of increasing tension travel until the belt stops.

Again:
1) Booster seats NEVER have a latch, and it is not a questin of them not being required "at this time," there will be no such requirement ever, since it it is a known danger.

2) If you buy a toddler seat that has a harness and later booster capability, use the latch with the harness, but when you change to seat belt, disconnect the latch...AS ALL MANUALS emphatically state.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good value for your money, February 7, 2006

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Noname - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compass Adjustable Folding Booster (Baby Product)

We have this booster and it's wonderful. The seat is very thick and soft and my son looks very comfortable. The headrest holds his head just right when he sleeps. He likes the cupholders. It folds up so I can get it into the back seat of the minivan. The seat adjusts to his height.

One thing that's not mentioned which I thought was a positive safety feature is there's a reflective cording around the seat and it shines brightly in dim light. Whenever I go into the garage in the dark, the only thing I can see is the booster seat. It's so clearly marked. I was amazed the first time I noticed it. In an accident at night, a rescuer could more easily locate my child.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saved our son, August 6, 2006

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K. Ferguson "No Moola" (Alpine, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compass Adjustable Folding Booster (Baby Product)

We bought a Compass Booster about a year a ago - we travel a lot and liked the idea that it folded for easy transport. My son has loved this seat - it's cushioning especially. Recently we were in a very serious car accident - in a brand new, large SUV that will be a total loss, such was the severity of the collision. After impact our first thought was for the safety of our son - we turned around and found him to be safe and sound - upright in the seat - which had hardly even moved. The paramedics were amazed he had no injuries after such a serious collision - and attributed a lot of that to his car seat construction. Needless to say we'll be replacing his Compass booster with a brand new one (as you should always do after a car seat is involved in an accident) - and will feel assured that he will be as safe in this one - as the last.