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Insurance Institute of Highway Safety has released its latest booster seat test results which show seat makers are more than ever designing better products.
The agency looked at 17 booster seats newly introduced for 2012. All but two of those have been added to the list of Best Bet booster seats which now totals 47.
"Booster manufacturers have risen to the Institute's challenge to improve seat design, giving parents more choices than ever when shopping for a booster that will provide a good, safe fit for their children," says Anne McCartt, Institute senior vice president for research, in a press release.
The Institute does not crash test booster seats, but instead checks to make sure a car's seat belts properly fit the seat and the child. A correct fit means the lap belt lies flat across the child's thighs and the shoulder belt crosses snugly over the middle of the shoulder.
The two low-ranked boosters for 2012 are the Safety 1st All-inOne and Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite. Both are older 3-in-1 designs made my Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. The two seats can convert between a rear-facing infant seat, front facing child seat, and booster for larger children. While the IIHS said the two seats perform acceptably for the first two stages, they were not suitable as boosters
Four Evenflo boosters that didn't make last year's cut have been discontinued.
See the IIHS video below, along with a press release and the rundown of all the Best Bet booster seats.
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