What are the different styles of booster seats available?
Safety booster seats come in three styles. The first is a kind that has no back at all; it simply positions the child in the shoulder lap belt. The good thing about that is that if you have a vehicle seat with a high back or a head rest, the child sits well back against that and has the safety belt properly positioned. The second type of safety booster has a high back. That seat may come just as a booster with a rigid back, or even a pliable back, but the back is permanently attached to the base. It may be part of a combination seat where the safety harness is used up to a certain number of pounds (usually forty pounds), and then that harness is removed and the seat converts into a booster seat. The third style of booster seat is one that has a removable back; you have the back to use when you want. If your child is going on a play date and can't take the whole seat, or if you're travelling on an aeroplane and you want to make sure that the base of the booster doesn't get lost in baggage, you can take the base onto the plane in a carry-on and pack the back in your luggage so you have the choice of whether you use the back or not. Clearly, we think the third type is the most flexible for parental use.
