There were loads of these in musselburgh extra store. I ended up buying 2 for me and got one to give to granny too!
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haritori
7 Mar 1621#15
Thread is hilarious! I wonder how we all survived through the decades of no seat belt laws, i remember parents sticking kids in boots while 12 adults crammed into a Princess.
I vote we bubble wrap all vehicles and no more than 3 cars on the road at any one time.
moob
7 Mar 1617#12
Daily Mail parenting squad out in force today.
haybr
7 Mar 169#2
Having seen a britax video on these seats in a crash test I'm surprised they're even still on sale.
Alfie!
7 Mar 167#20
Surely booster seats serve a purpose as a transition from high backed child seats to no child seat at all? I cannot see many 9-11 year olds wanting to have a high-back seat.
Also, a campaign called "Bin the booster seat" sounds like profiteering, and potentially irresponsible, when promoted by a manufacturer who sells child seats. Perhaps lobbying of parliament to change the rules would be more appropriate...if there is a genuine independent research driven motivation for doing so.
Latest comments (59)
canishu
10 Mar 16#59
my point exactly.
about driving, no word can describe it.
best example, the place where I am joining M56. 2 lanes on the bridge above M56 going into right turn into 2 lanes joining the motorway. fairly simple. NOT. if I get on the left lane, I get cut of by the one on the right lane and the opposite when I get on the right lane. the faces they have when I slam on the horn, Priceless. All looking at me like they havegot not a single clue about what just happened, and it actually might be true. they really do not know they have to keep the lane they are wen taking that turn.
jnigel26
9 Mar 16#58
Nowt to do with numbers of vehicles, it's the safety of the cars now. My son rolled (and I mean 'rolled'!) a new car, 4 people inc him at the wheel, it then crashed through a fence and landed against a tree.
All got out, rear passenger (one of them) very badly bruised knee - he still suffers.
All airbags went off, inc side pillar ones - it saved them. Vehicle was total write off.
When I was his age, the same accident would have had 4 dead.
Nowt to do with child seats.
We used to carry our daughter in the front, on misses lap! Carrycot led across back seat!!
Hey... were are all alive. Well, I'm blowed.
Just to add, there are more vehicles on road today, far more, very true. Just as well the cars are 'safer' because the drivers are NOT! The standards of driving today is absolutely, f.......g appalling. In fact, as someone out there daily, I think it's getting worse by the month. Some driving today can thank their lucky stars cars are built to higher safety standards or they'd be pushing up weeds!
jencdixon
8 Mar 16#57
not in watford extra, they have loads but still £8 and wouldn't honour other store prices
campy46
8 Mar 16#56
Could I ask, would you still use a high back booster seat for a 10/11 year old child??
moob
8 Mar 16#55
Sponsored and paid for by Britax, a car seat manufacturer.
britishguy4
8 Mar 162#54
nope. my opinion is that your comment was daft, I have a right to that. The earlier post included in my response clearly evidences why I formed that opinion. If you think that's names calling then "my opinion" is you're a touch sensitive. case closed ☺
MungoSplodge
8 Mar 16#46
If i pulled up to the school and my 6 and 7 year old sons got out of the car in a 'baby seat' still then they would never hear the end of it with their friends. They use a booster and its fine, and I don't consider that I'm putting them in any additional risk.
Banterlicious to MungoSplodge
8 Mar 161#53
As long as they are popular let them do what they want.
haritori
7 Mar 1621#15
Thread is hilarious! I wonder how we all survived through the decades of no seat belt laws, i remember parents sticking kids in boots while 12 adults crammed into a Princess.
I vote we bubble wrap all vehicles and no more than 3 cars on the road at any one time.
tommyleinen to haritori
7 Mar 16#26
Ditto, I remember being in the back with not even a seatbelt to be seen with mum puffing away in the front with an inch of window open to let the smoke out! Oh yeah, a single mirror and the safety net of child locks were the safety features!
canishu to haritori
8 Mar 161#45
As hilarious as it seams, we are facing now one of the lowest mortality rates in car accidents. take in account the number of cars on the road now compared to 10, 20 yeas ago and the figures are making more sense
Road fatalities are falling despite the huge increase in traffic over the past 30-40 years. Compare the number of people killed or seriously injured in other countries with less guidance on subjects such as this and you will see the benefit.
esq3585
8 Mar 16#42
These are seriously worth importing for around £250-260, allowing your child to stay harnessed upto 80lbs with the 5 point system, nothing is more important than our children imo.
Which model of booster seats are they? What was its barcode? Looks like it is location specific. None online
painstick
8 Mar 16#49
You were allowed to travel inside the car? Luxury! In my day, parents would tie us to the roof so they could fill the car with enough cigarettes for the journey.
madhatchetman1
8 Mar 161#48
There is evidence that wearing a crash helmet in the car would significantly reduce the amount of (and severity of) head injuries in the event of a car crash, and yet we don't see safety conscious parents insisting on this for their kids. Why not? Surely you want your kids to be as safe as possible?
indyjukebox
8 Mar 16#47
Would you like to counter it with a logical response instead of name calling? I never understand why people feel the need to insult other opinions? Sure you can counter it with your own opinion or evidence, but calling it "daft" is not required.
bharats
8 Mar 16#44
not nationwide in dudley and others near by are £8
Took one of these on holiday and at the end just left it in the car. Far cheaper than hiring a seat with the car.
Also if everyone is that concerned with safety, get a roll cage fitted, 5 point harness system and place everyone in helmets and neck braces. Failing that buy a tank, it saves on parking fines and traffic jams too. Bubble wrap Britain....
moob
7 Mar 1617#12
Daily Mail parenting squad out in force today.
Trumpet777 to moob
7 Mar 161#13
and thank goodness they have the courage to speak up. As you can see in the above comments one lady wasn't aware that they aren't very safe. If you choose to be ignorant then that is your choice, no reason to silence others
bseal1947 to moob
7 Mar 16#39
Never read the mail and never would. However I would never put my children on these or take another child on one. However short the journey accidents happen. A decent high backed seat cost less than most of the people that buy these useless injury traps spend in fags, booze and mobile phones.
haritori
7 Mar 16#38
Yes..?
kat_1990
7 Mar 16#37
I will never risk my child's life just for £2. These are so dangerous and I'm shocked as to why they're not banned yet. Please please do not buy!
hass123
7 Mar 161#36
It used to be like that decades ago?
mikewazowski
7 Mar 16#33
Now .... forgive me for being sceptical here, but I'm pretty sure, no I'd go as far as saying I'm definitely sure, that if these weren't deemed safe - or they indeed did chop your kids' heads off or sliced them in two or whatever else the BBC or media has somehow managed to convince you to believe (I tend to go by this old fashioned thing called 'facts') then they wouldn't be on sale, or at least not by a "trusting conglomerate" as Tesco. End of.
jowan to mikewazowski
7 Mar 161#34
No doubt the same people who moved their babies from rear facing at 7 months and weighing only 10kg thought they were right. But the recent law change to rear face until at least 16kgs suggests they were wrong. why wait for the law. Use your brain and judge what is safest for your child.
jowan to mikewazowski
7 Mar 16#35
p.s The fact they are selling these off so cheap may suggest that there will be no market for them soon....
mushypeas25
7 Mar 161#32
i know a lot of people that need these, mainly drivers.
moob
7 Mar 16#31
How am I silencing anyone by making a flippant remark?
Who are you to say what is said on here is accurate and truthful?
I'm sure you noticed that the YouTube video was made by a car seat manufacturer, don't you?
britishguy4
7 Mar 16#30
Thank you for an evidence based response and hammering home your personal perspective in amongst some pretty daft comments
FREEZIN WOLF
7 Mar 165#22
I actually died when i was a child in the back seat of my dads car... That was all down to having one of these evil booster seats.
Oh yeah forgot we didn't have booster seats nor a seat belt... Oh hang on a minute, I've just remembered im not dead.
indyjukebox to FREEZIN WOLF
7 Mar 163#29
Problem with that argument is that you are using a single personal example to validate your supposition. To counter it, my two childhood friends (twins) died in a car crash, both in the back seats without a seat belt. Tragic and scarred me; but again that means very little. What you need is evidence. There is reasonable data floating about supporting child restraints against just seat belts. This ,for example, is a cohort study from the US. Sled tests as early as 1986 showed the benefits (Kahane CJ An Evaluation of Child Passenger Safety: The Effectiveness and Benefits of Safety Seats Washington, DC US Dept of Transportation1986;DOT-HS-806-890). I don't have a link to it though.
The only counter research was from Levitt SD, published in some odd paper and later refuted with good evidence. So as far we go with evidence, car seats are better than seat belts in children.
Then all you need to do is look at Volvo's full seat vs booster testing to understand how little protection the booster's provide. You will get people saying " it is ok to use it for short trips, but not for long trips". But then the car that decides to crash into you does not discriminate whether you are on a school run or driving up to Scotland.
Bargain price and to be honest I once bought one of these from Halfords for £5. Sat my son in it and going around a bend scared me with the amount of lateral movement in my son's torso (absolutely no support), so it went straight into the bin. But people are free to choose and spend their money as they wish. It is not for me to judge.
glasgowgirl
7 Mar 163#28
Baffled by the 'it never did me any harm attitude'
I sometimes rode in the boot of an estate car with no seat let alone a seatbelt, but would I do this with my kids? Never. Safety laws and standards are there for a reason, to keep your children as safe as they can possibly be.
Ps, My 4 year old has only recently moved to a forward facing seat and my almost 2 year old will also be the same. Google 'rear facing the way forward' if you are interested in finding out more about extended rear facing car seats.
Anyway, as a booster cushion £2 is definitely cheap, but I'd only let my kids use one if there was no other alternative.
sterlingdeal
7 Mar 16#25
As comfortable as sitting on a bed of needles.
tommyleinen to sterlingdeal
7 Mar 16#27
This product is meant for your child ;-)
taki100
7 Mar 16#24
Apc
taki100
7 Mar 16#23
I'd rather leave my kids at home on their own that take them in a car with a "booster seat". If I have to take them I'll wrap them in cotton wool and bubble wrap and pop them in the back of the APP.
NatD123
7 Mar 163#21
£2 perfect for the cinema went recently and was told they no longer have the kids boosters but I could bring my own this will do perfectly :smiley: Thank You
Alfie!
7 Mar 167#20
Surely booster seats serve a purpose as a transition from high backed child seats to no child seat at all? I cannot see many 9-11 year olds wanting to have a high-back seat.
Also, a campaign called "Bin the booster seat" sounds like profiteering, and potentially irresponsible, when promoted by a manufacturer who sells child seats. Perhaps lobbying of parliament to change the rules would be more appropriate...if there is a genuine independent research driven motivation for doing so.
BLR
7 Mar 161#19
Has anyone got the barcode for this? I wanted to check my local store
Katy28
7 Mar 16#18
I think they may have been referring to the 3rd comment down.....cringe
toonarmani
7 Mar 16#17
That is the whole point of a standard (non-high back) booster seat ...:confused:
Spuggie
7 Mar 162#16
Lol safety laws are just a way to make more money
justgem
7 Mar 161#11
I cringe when I see booster seats pop up. They should be band! They offer absolutely no protection at all to a child using it. It simply puts the child in a higher seating position. A high back has side impact protection to protect the vital organs. They also have head protection to protect the head from injury.
andysfast to justgem
7 Mar 16#14
I cringe when people drive cars without 20 air bags, mine has them everywhere, but its your choice if you risk side impact to your kids without them. Oh well its up to you.
suegez
7 Mar 162#10
They were going to ban them a while back but it's not happened yet
haybr
7 Mar 169#2
Having seen a britax video on these seats in a crash test I'm surprised they're even still on sale.
BenderRodriguez to haybr
7 Mar 163#3
Indeed, but frozen dinner munchers living on benefits for 4 children don't really care.
High-back seats offer more protection so should be the seat of choice, however better to have a booster than nothing at all.
FrodshamFoodie to haybr
7 Mar 162#9
Thank you HAYBR. I never knew that they where that dangerous. Yikes. We've got a 2 year old and 6 week old and they will 100% be going in a high back chair now when they get older.
hotdealsmember2015
7 Mar 164#8
Can't believe people still actually put their children in these.
daisyb212
7 Mar 16#7
I use them for the school run and for taking my neighbours boy to school. any longer journeys I use the high back. But these are really handy to have about.
m.ad
7 Mar 161#6
I have two Britax high-back seats in my car for my two girls, but it can be a pain if the kids need to travel in another car, especially a smaller one. These seats are great for an emergency but I wouldn't use them all the time.
Trumpet777
7 Mar 163#5
These seats are not safe at all...however, Halford are doing 20% off good car seats if you trade these boosters in. Worth buying just to get the Halfords discount!.... and stop these awful boosters being sold to the unsuspecting!
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Top comments
I vote we bubble wrap all vehicles and no more than 3 cars on the road at any one time.
Also, a campaign called "Bin the booster seat" sounds like profiteering, and potentially irresponsible, when promoted by a manufacturer who sells child seats. Perhaps lobbying of parliament to change the rules would be more appropriate...if there is a genuine independent research driven motivation for doing so.
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about driving, no word can describe it.
best example, the place where I am joining M56. 2 lanes on the bridge above M56 going into right turn into 2 lanes joining the motorway. fairly simple. NOT. if I get on the left lane, I get cut of by the one on the right lane and the opposite when I get on the right lane. the faces they have when I slam on the horn, Priceless. All looking at me like they havegot not a single clue about what just happened, and it actually might be true. they really do not know they have to keep the lane they are wen taking that turn.
All got out, rear passenger (one of them) very badly bruised knee - he still suffers.
All airbags went off, inc side pillar ones - it saved them. Vehicle was total write off.
When I was his age, the same accident would have had 4 dead.
Nowt to do with child seats.
We used to carry our daughter in the front, on misses lap! Carrycot led across back seat!!
Hey... were are all alive. Well, I'm blowed.
Just to add, there are more vehicles on road today, far more, very true. Just as well the cars are 'safer' because the drivers are NOT! The standards of driving today is absolutely, f.......g appalling. In fact, as someone out there daily, I think it's getting worse by the month. Some driving today can thank their lucky stars cars are built to higher safety standards or they'd be pushing up weeds!
I vote we bubble wrap all vehicles and no more than 3 cars on the road at any one time.
Reported Road Casualties Great Britain
Road fatalities are falling despite the huge increase in traffic over the past 30-40 years. Compare the number of people killed or seriously injured in other countries with less guidance on subjects such as this and you will see the benefit.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Diono-Radian-RXT-Convertible-Plus-Booster-Car-Seat-Heather-Grey-/231846039364?hash=item35fb19cf44:g:dj0AAOSwa-dWpmeY
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Diono-Radian-RXT-Heather-Grey-Convertible-Booster-Child-Safety-Car-Seat-NEW/351378091514?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D8ab924692af745bf970eb520bde6e0eb%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D231846039364
http://www.thecarcrashdetective.com/2014/06/2014-diono-radian-rxt-review.html/
Bin the booster campaign uses alarming crash footage to reinforce child seat safety message
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/9228978/Mother-found-negligent-for-childs-injuries-after-using-wrong-car-seat.html
http://www.capt.org.uk/safety-advice/keeping-your-child-safe-car
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/jun/21/car-booster-seat-safety
http://www.madeformums.com/reviews-and-shopping/high-backed-or-backless-booster--which-car-seat-should-you-choose/9778.html
Also if everyone is that concerned with safety, get a roll cage fitted, 5 point harness system and place everyone in helmets and neck braces. Failing that buy a tank, it saves on parking fines and traffic jams too. Bubble wrap Britain....
Who are you to say what is said on here is accurate and truthful?
I'm sure you noticed that the YouTube video was made by a car seat manufacturer, don't you?
Oh yeah forgot we didn't have booster seats nor a seat belt... Oh hang on a minute, I've just remembered im not dead.
The only counter research was from Levitt SD, published in some odd paper and later refuted with good evidence. So as far we go with evidence, car seats are better than seat belts in children.
Then all you need to do is look at Volvo's full seat vs booster testing to understand how little protection the booster's provide. You will get people saying " it is ok to use it for short trips, but not for long trips". But then the car that decides to crash into you does not discriminate whether you are on a school run or driving up to Scotland.
Bargain price and to be honest I once bought one of these from Halfords for £5. Sat my son in it and going around a bend scared me with the amount of lateral movement in my son's torso (absolutely no support), so it went straight into the bin. But people are free to choose and spend their money as they wish. It is not for me to judge.
I sometimes rode in the boot of an estate car with no seat let alone a seatbelt, but would I do this with my kids? Never. Safety laws and standards are there for a reason, to keep your children as safe as they can possibly be.
Ps, My 4 year old has only recently moved to a forward facing seat and my almost 2 year old will also be the same. Google 'rear facing the way forward' if you are interested in finding out more about extended rear facing car seats.
Anyway, as a booster cushion £2 is definitely cheap, but I'd only let my kids use one if there was no other alternative.
Also, a campaign called "Bin the booster seat" sounds like profiteering, and potentially irresponsible, when promoted by a manufacturer who sells child seats. Perhaps lobbying of parliament to change the rules would be more appropriate...if there is a genuine independent research driven motivation for doing so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8hlFdEH0Cc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cH5WaYpCfg