![]() Although legally you are allowed to let a child travel without a booster or child restraint in the middle of the back seat if there is no room for the extra booster, the child will obviously be much safer if they are seated on a child restraint such as the BubbleBum rather than just with an adult seatbelt. In fact, it can be seen as an upside as it means that the BubbleBum can be fitted where other booster seats cannot – for example in the middle of two other child carseats, or as three BubbleBum boosters across the back seat of a smaller car, where you would normally only be able to fit two seats. With no hard edges, it simply doesn’t need to be as wide as more traditional boosters to be comfortable. The girth of the seat is perfectly sufficient for the age group that BubbleBum is designed for. ![]() I went back to them with my concerns about the size of the seat and the fiddly guides and they took time to reassure me that many people view these as benefits. I will tell you what I was extremely impressed with and that was the professionalism of the company, Cheeky Rascals who offered me the Bubble Bum booster seat to review. I want to undo the seat belt and have my 7 year old jump out, not have to then fiddle with taking the lap belt out of a guide as he is pinned to the seat! I found these to be fiddly though and a touch annoying. So in this regard the bubble bum is very good as it has two guides either side of the seat to ensure the lap belt goes across in the right place. You might not realise but the logic of a booster seat is not to raise the height of the child (that is a comfort thing with the seatbelt) the safety aspect is that the boaster seats guides the lap belt over the lap and not the stomach area. I am pretty sure the bubble bum would do its job if we were in an accident (and it has passed all the relevant safety checks). Luckily because JJ is tall the seat belt sits over his shoulder in roughly the right place but I tried my girls on this seat, they are nearly 4 years old and very tall and they were too small (in my opinion) for the seat despite it stating that it is suitable from 4 years upwards. Look at these pics, does he look as if he is well positioned on the right size seat? He loves it and told me it was 'well cool' and that he was 'totally comfy' but I am the Mummy and therefore out rank him! JJ is 7 but he is a strapping lad, dressed in clothes for a 9 year old so he was just too big for the seat I felt. We have one car and I want JJ to be as comfortable and safe as he can be on his seat and sadly the Bubble Bum booster seat was not the answer for us. So if you can buy an inflatable seat to keep forever for £29.99 then this has to be a winner!Īnd it might be for some people, those people I mention above that travel on a plane, or use loads of different cars for their child to receive lifts in but actually I am not one of those people. I think it can cost about £3 per day to hire one along with your car. How amazing, especially if you are travelling on a plane and can not take much with you.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |