Customer Reviews

Prince Lionheart Two Stage Seat Saver, Black

5 star:		(77)
4 star:		(48)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(16)

 

 

firstly whoever said in their review that this item was "not recommended by public safety officials" and then instead recommended a "rug pad" is giving false information. I have had seats with this exact protector in for a checkup and both times the inspector thought this item was an "excellent addition" and would actually help keep the seat in place by reducing the seat sag and upolstery stretching which happens without it! A rug pad is a silly suggestion.

If you know anything about infant seats and boosters you know your seat is not held in any way, shape, or form by friction from the base, but by the belts and latches. you could oil yuor leather seats and it wouldn't harm the car seat's safety. what does harm your car seat safety is loosing of the belts caused by slow crushing of the cars' seat bolstering and this prevents it more than a towel or a "rug pad"!

now onto the utility. this protector is the only one we have seen or used that is firm enough to reduce permanent depressions in a the car's seat and with a lip that does a good job at catching liquid and crumbs. If you have several messy kids you are better off getting a custom $150 to $250 washable full cover. Short of that, this item is affordable, offers great protection and is easy to use. it works great on benches or buckets.

Lastly a "rug pad" is a very uninformed suggestion. rug pads bleed color. sounds like a good way to stain your seats over time.

This protector does the job on preventing dents in leather seats.

Remember that these days any type of professional is afraid of a lawsuit, and do not want to use any type of aftermarket product that could interfere with their "professional" installation. That is why no one will approve these mats, or even cupholders on strollers anymore!!!

As a carseat safety fanatic, and being pretty educated on carseat installations I felt confident that I could make a decision if this was inhibiting a proper installation. I see no problems. To be sure the carseat is strapped in super tight, I sit in it as I pull the straps. It doesn't budge one centimeter left or right, or front to back.

This saver was easy to put in the car, and did not need to be adjusted a million times as I tightened in the carseat using LATCH & tether (we use the Britax Marathon). A previous saver bunched and made installation impossible, but this one is very thin, firm and stays put. The add on back was the perfect height, and did not block the tether strap in our F150. It also stayed upright as I put the carseat into place.

This blends in nicely with our black seats and looks good. It's available in three colors - black, tan, and grey. Let's face it - if you're interested in this product it's because you care how things will look long term!

This saver is a great combo of safety and function. While it may not perform perfectly with every single carseat/car combination - if your seat is moving more than an inch in any direction it's not installed correctly whether you are using seat saver or not!

I bought this after my second child was born to protect our car's seats from the child seat. I have the original thin Prince Lionheart from my first child and love it. This one is so bulky with the built in lip that it got in the way of anyone having to sit next to it in the car. Also, the two part design causes so many problems as it constantly comes undone causing the top portion to slip down (thus defeating the purpose of protecting the seat).

It does catch spills, but the original thin seat saver does too and actually does a better job. I have just recently moved the original one under my younger child and discarded this one altogether. I will look for something else to put under my older child's seat.

I do not recommend this product.

I just got a new 2005 Ford Freestyle with leather seats in place of my 2000 Ford Expedition with cloth seats. When I uninstalled my Britax Roundabout from the Expedition, there were obvious dents in the seat both from the base and the back of the car seat. I purchased this mat (in tan) for the new car to hopefully prevent these dents from happening with the leather seats. I can usually get my Roundabout to install very tightly and not even move AT ALL, let alone an inch. But with this mat, the base was sliding more than an inch. So I took the piece of non-skid shelf liner that the Fire Dept had given me a while ago, and which I had been using up until this point, and put it underneath the mat. That stopped all the sliding. I can already tell that the mat will prevent the dents. It seems to me the product manufacturers just need to add a non-skid layer to the bottom. But for now, the two layers together have gotten me back to a very tight installation with NO MOVEMENT WHATSOEVER! And I don't have to worry about scuffs and dents on the leather seats.

Please do not buy this if you have leather seats in your vehicle. My son apparently spilled something or else the heat caused the "seat protector" to stick to my leather seat. When I removed it from the car, it pulled off little chunks of my leather all over the seat!! Now it is ruined! I don't have a quote, but I know it will be expensive to repair. Just opt for a towel or something that would rip your leather.

We just purchased two of these to protect the leather seats in our new conversion van. Previous reviewers mentioned a velcro problem. The company must have redesigned these recently. Ours have a strip of velcro along the width of the top and bottom pieces. In addition, the middle portion has a half-circle of velcro 8-10 inches long. The velcro held strong when the car seat was tightened. There was no problem using this pad with the LATCH system or the coventional seatbelt method. The pad is thick and appears very durable with sides that have "walls" to contain any spills.

If I had to list a con, the depth is not quite long enough for the pad to bend over the front of our third row's bench seat (it does come right to the end to protect where lil' ones rest their feet). But, this is the type of seat that converts to a bed and is deeper than conventional bench seats. This pad covers the captains chairs easily and I'm confident it would cover standard bench seats just fine.

Overall, it was an inexpensive solution to protect the seats from spills and indentations. I would highly recommend purchasing this two stage protector!!!

Well we just got this recently to put under our son's booster seat and we plan to buy another to put under the infant carrier once this baby is born. I really like that it's wide so it catches cereal and stuff pretty well. It's also heavy material and doesn't allow any creases or indentations in the car seat fabric. (We had been using heavy vinyl place mats to prevent this and it didn't look too attractive.)

My only concern, like the other reviewer, is that the velcro which holds the bottom and back part together doesn't stick at all unless you happen to have an old truck with a 90 degree bench seat. They must've forgotten that new cars are bucket seats. I'd prefer if it were all one peice or snapped together with big heavy snaps.

Overall, given the lack of options out there, I would recommend it. It's definitely better than the flimsier ones out there.

I went to BRU to try and purchase the all rubber Lionheart seat protector and they didn't have it. I was pretty much dead set against this one because of the "professionals" review. Well, (with help from the guy from BRU, we took this one out of the package and pulled my car seat off of the display. We then tried it out on the seat that they have available at BRU for just such tests. It was fine. I just installed it in my vehicle (Envoy XL) it doesn't have the largest seats in the world and this fit just fine. No, it didn't completely cover the back of the seat, but it wasn't made to. Most indentations occur on the seat bottom and the mid section of the seat. This covers all of that just fine. I don't know why the "professional" says that this protector is too thick...it isn't thick at all. Go to BRU and have one of their friendly folks do a demonstration. I give it 2 thumbs up!

This seatsaver is one of the few wide enough and tall enough for SUVs. In contrast to one of the other reviews (and I am NOT affiliated with the seat manufacturer), this seat does the job adequately, and one should not post a poor rating without researching the specs, measurements, fit, etc., IMHO. There is no "universal" seat saver or, for that matter, car seat, that will fit every car. This one manages to catch most of the itty-bitty things that kids manage to somehow accumulate and is sturdy enough for the car seat not to make indentations on the actual seat, and hence, serves its purpose well.

I'm actually returning to buy an extra one. I originally bought it for my babies car seat but with the intention on testing it with a booster seat for my toodler. Works great on both! We just bought a new SUV and I'm convinced this will keep the seats like new for a long time. It has 3 things like I just love about it. One; it's wide and covers the whole individual seat (even the edge where a lot of footprints seems to go when a child is climbing into her/his seat). Two; has side walls to keep crumbs and liquid like it says. Three; very thick and durable. I highly recommend it and we have had many friends comment on it. Great buy!!!!!!!!