Cosco Summit High Back Booster Seat - Mocha

by Cosco

Product Features

• 5-point harness, 2-piece push-button harness retainer and 3-position crotch strap buckle
• Removable pillow and tailored fabric pad
• Articulating armrests
• Slide-out cup/juice box holder and molded in compartments in base
• For children 20 to 100 lbs.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 15.5 x 20.4 inches ; 22.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 18.4 pounds
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000069BB2
• UPC: 044681221910
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,640 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (126 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com

Once baby outgrows his first car seat, this economical booster seat covers the rest of his early years. A five-point harness keeps your child safe when he weighs between 22 and 40 pounds and is removable to convert the seat to a belt-positioning booster chair for toddlers between 30 and 100 pounds. Shoulder belt positioners with five heights; three different buckle locations; and a quick, lift-up harness adjustment lever help parents customize the seat's fit to their child's growth for safe traveling. Cosco's high back booster also secures using the LATCH system, which complies with current federal safety standards. Padding on the shoulder straps, back, and headrest; fold-down armrests, and three reclining positions ensure your child's comfort. The base even holds a slide-out cup holder to rest a sippy cup. For parents' convenience, the harness has four different heights and the headrest moves with the straps so rethreading the straps is never necessary. The Summit's brown and tan tweed-style fabric matches the interior of most vehicles and the cover is completely washable. --Cristina Vaamonde

Product Description

This comfy, high-back booster car seat outlasts other booster seats by accommodating children up to 100 pounds and 52 inches tall.

Features:

• Five-point internal harness for 22 to 40 pounds
• Belt-positioning booster for 30 to 100 pounds
• Three harness positions with a one-hand adjustment -- you never have to rethread the harness
• Three-position reclining seat
• Molded-in storage compartments with slide-out cup holder
• Adjustable armrest with push-button ease
Machine-washable tailored pad
• LATCH equipped for 22 to 40 pounds only
• Made in the USA
• Voted JPMA 2002 Show Off Product Competition Winner

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

325 of 326 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great car seat, especially for "big kids"!, March 8, 2004

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M. Welker "mtwelker" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cosco Summit High Back Booster Seat - Mocha (Baby Product)

We had the Cosco Alpha Omega for our two boys, 1 and 3, (and loved it!) but moved up to the Summit after a car accident. We knew it had received the best ratings from Consumer Reports and liked the fact that it was the same brand as the seats we liked so much. Briefly, here are some things that I didn't see addressed completely in the other reviews:

* First, the facts. We have a 2003 Chevy Suburban and have used this car seat in every location except the front seats. Our boys were 20 months and 3-1/2 years when we first purchased the seats. We've had the seats for about 9 months, but have not yet used them as boosters. Our boys are now roughly 38" tall/35 lbs and 34" tall/25 lbs.

* Installing the car seats using the LATCH system is a breeze. Installing them with the seat belt is also not difficult. I agree that the tether system is not very good -- it's easy to hook the tether on, but not to get it tight. We just do the best we can and don't worry too much about it because it's a redundant system anyway.

* The recline issue: We originally had the car seats directly on our leather seats, and the recline was easy, although it usually required two hands. You do not have to recline the vehicle's seat -- the base of the car seat just slides forward to allow the car seat to recline. We have since put non-slip shelf liner under the car seat to protect our vehicle's seats, which makes it more difficult to recline the car seat, but it's still not too bad. We usually keep the seat slightly reclined, which is comfortable for the boys when they're awake and keeps their heads from bobbing around if they fall asleep.

* Extras: The removable head rest/pillow thing that is supposed to cradle their head is useless. It fits on the top of the headrest, but is so high relative to where the shoulder straps come out that I can't imagine it being in the right position for any child's head (unless they had a 9-inch long neck). However, my children have always just leaned their heads on the deep, well-padded sides of the seat and don't really have a problem with their head bobbing around, especially when the seat is reclined. The little cushions around the shoulder straps are nice and keep the straps from digging into the neck. The front-adjusting straps are very convenient -- I will never again buy another car seat where you have to tighten the straps from the back.

* This is a big car seat. While the Alpha-Omega allowed my boys' legs to dangle comfortably over the edge, the bottom of this seat is longer, so they can't dangle their legs like they would in a chair. My 2-year old usually just folds his legs on the seat (kind of Indian-style), and my 4-year-old stretches his legs out in front of him, allowing the edge of the car seat bottom to hit him mid-calf. It doesn't look very comfortable to me (and encourages him to kick the seat in front of him), but he's never complained.

* Why kids like it: Although I preferred the Alpha-Omega, my boys say they like this seat better, "because of the arm-rests." The kids love the arm-rests, I guess because they make them feel grown-up. The arm-rests are very easy for adults to move up and down, although my boys haven't yet figured out how to do it while they're sitting in the seat. The kids also like the cup holder, and have been able to reach it from the seat since the beginning. The seat sits nice and high, so the kids can easily see out the windows.

* Washing the cover: Compared to other car seats, even the Alpha-Omega, this cover is extremely difficult to remove for washing. There are a number of plastic parts that have to be pried off with so much force that you're sure you're going to break something. We had to combine my husband's brute strength with my little hands (to reach in the small crevices and re-thread the harness) in order to remove and replace the cover. We won't be washing it very often. However, I do have to say that it looks just as good as new after washed.

* Twisting straps? I haven't had any problems with this in 9 months of use.

* The bottom line -- it has all the bells and whistles I would expect in a car seat of this price, installs easily and safely, is durable, looks good, keeps them securely strapped in, and my kids love it! Like all car seats, you'll want to check to make sure it fits well in your car. This seat is definitely meant more for bigger kids -- if your child is small to average in size and you're looking for a first front-facing car seat, I would recommend the Alpha-Omega instead, just because it seems to fit smaller kids better.

90 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Safe, good carseat, January 23, 2004

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M. E Flanagan-Paull "molly123marshall" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cosco Summit High Back Booster Seat - Mocha (Baby Product)

After spending hours researching carseats, my search quickly ended when I read the May 2003 Consumer Report on Carseats. Others of this type (the combo 5 pt harness/booster) are ok when the 5 pt harness is used, but not as a booster. This is the only one that they recommend to take to the next level as a booster, as its shoulder belt guide will allow the belt to retract properly in a crash.

So we bought this seat, and I'm so glad that we did. It's well-constructed, has adequate padding, and the harness straps are easy to adjust with the moveable/locking metal bar on the back seat. You may have to initially adjust the lap buckle (between the legs), depending on your child's size. To do so, the instructions detail how to remove the harness, make the proper adjustment, and then reinstall the harness. It took about ten minutes.

It has two tether straps: one is located at the very top of the carseat, the other is at the bottom that can be used as part of the LATCH system. Depending on what your auto has available for anchors, it may be a very secure, easy initial fit into your backseat. If you have any difficulty or want a pro to check the set-up, you can get a free seat inspection. For more info, go to www.seatcheck.org.

This carseat does have a cupholder, pillow, reclining options, and armrests as additional features. We use the cupholder frequently, especially for long trips. It slides out when needed and can be put back into place when not in use. The armrests are a big hit with my 3.5 yr old. We don't use the pillow - instead I bought an $11 seat belt pillow for naps. I haven't used the recline option because we keep it upright.

Due to the safety, great construction, and overall quality of the seat, I would highly recommend this seat to others.

79 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My kids love this car seat, November 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Cosco Summit High Back Booster Seat - Mocha (Baby Product)

I bought this car seat for 2 reasons, 1) it would last until my 18 month old hits 100lbs and 2) it is the ONLY car seat that Consumer Reports can RECOMMEND as a safe booster seat to use with the seat belt.

I've already had to wash it - it came apart and went back together so easy. There was no guessing on how to put it back together. The straps have not twisted after washing either!

I'm so happy with it I'm buying another one for my 4 year old (38 lbs) so she can use it. It is safer than the one I bought her last year. The latch works well in my 2002 Grand Caravan. I can still tip the seats for people to get in the back seat.

Bottom line - my kids are as safe as I can make them. That is ALL that should matter when you are looking for a car/booster seat!