Customer reviews for Graco Turbo Extend Highback Booster Seat forSimple and easy to use booster seat
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This booster seat came in 3 pieces. Using the instruction manual, the assembly was quick , easy, and very straightforward. Installing the seat in the car was also outlined in the manual, and was very simple using the LATCH system. The front-adjust button was very easy and made the install so fast. As the seat is very lightweight, it would be a very easy seat to move between vehicles or to different spaces within the car. The design is very simplistic and undistracted. The focus is definitely on safety, with a few pieces of padding for comfort. It fit my 52-lb, 49" 6-year-old very comfortably. The adjustable headrest was simple to use in order to fit the height of my child, and the seatbelt holder positioned the seatbelt right where it needed to be on his shoulder. For his height, the backless option was not a good fit, as the seatbelt would not stay in the correct position. My child thought the seat was very comfortable and was excited about the stowable cup holders. For long-term use, I see the placement of the cupholders being possibly problematic for potential spills, but they are a nice feature for a careful occupant. The seat was a little snug near the buckle for the seatbelt, so my child had a bit of a hard time reaching down to buckle the seatbelt. I do think this will get easier with time and practice. I always prefer options that grow with the child and fit various needs, rather than only meeting a single use for a short period of time. I appreciated the long-term use the seat provides, along with multiple options to suit the potential for multiple children over many years. With its lightweight design and easy-to-use LATCH system, this is an easy choice for parents of growing kids. I received this product as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel, and would definitely recommend it for other parents!
Graco Booster Seat
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was given this booster seat to try as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel. This Graco booster seat is great! I love the fact that it has LATCH anchors. It makes me feel like the seat is more secure. The assembly was super easy and the adjustable back height is perfect. I have had Turbobooster models before and the are well made and easy to figure out. I appreciate that they are simple to adjust and and the direction are really straightforward. Overall, I love this booster seat!
Great Booster for Transition
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This booster was everything I was looking for. I needed to transition my child from a 5 point harness car seat to a booster. I knew I wanted a high back booster seat to make the transition easier for him but also one that would detach the upper part so we could travel with it easily. This booster seat is extremely lightweight and install was a breeze. The front adjust latch system was very simple and took less than a minute to install. An added feature that I really like is the seat belt guide that brought the seatbelt down across his chest making is very comfortable and safe for him. The black and grey colors were perfect for my black interior car and the pull out cup holders were a nice extra feature that my child uses daily. He mentioned the car seat is very comfortable and being a sensitive kid I was worried about the transition but he immediately took to the new seat and was excited to use the “real” seatbelt. Overall, this is a great quality booster that fits our needs perfectly. A big thank you to the Stellar Product Testing Panel for the opportunity to test this product.
Fantastic booster seat
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] When we received the Graco Turbobooster Extend 2-in-1 Booster from the Stellar Product Testing Panel, we were thrilled to give it a try. We use this booster seat for our 6 year old daughter. She really enjoys how much space she has in it. I enjoy how lightweight it is and how easy it easy to install. My mother had to use the booster seat, so we converted to the backless booster seat option. It was quite simple to do and my daughter was excited to only have to sit in the bottom portion. She felt like such a big kid. We were ok with it too because it is Graco and it is safe. Overall this is a booster seat that I would recommend as it is an affordable price, it’s lightweight, and easy to install.
Awesome Booster
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received this product from the Stellar Product Testing Panel. This booster seat is great. It fits perfectly in my mini van. It was simple to assemble. My son absolutely loves his new seat. He says it is so comfy. The style is nice and good quality . I would recommend this product.
Graco Turbobooster is a great option
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was given this booster seat to try as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel and it couldn't have come at a more perfect time. My eldest child (of four) is about to turn 8 and is finally outgrowing her traditional car seat so we were searching for a good booster that could grow with her to fit our needs. When the Graco turbobooster extend arrived, I was impressed with how easily it fit together. I am extremely NOT mechanically minded and even I managed to have the entire booster together in three minutes. The design is intuitive which I appreciate - the three pieces easily fit together, the headrest can be adjusted with ease, and even my two year old could easily pull the cupholders out or push them back in. Currently, we have plenty of space in our minivan to leave the cupholders out but when we go on vacation we often fit three car seats next to each other in which case we'd have no room for the cup holders. The fact that they slide in to the point that they leave no real footprint (as you can see in the photos) is a great feature. My favorite feature is how easy it is to convert the booster to a backless booster because it means one less item we'll need to purchase when our daughter eventually outgrows this seat! The booster is a classic black and gray design which matches everything and was easy to set up in our van with the use of the front-adjust LATCH system. My daughter gave it a 10/10 for comfort although she did mention that the sides felt like the could soon become a bit snug. She's on the petite side - but again is almost 8 years old - so if your child is a bit broader you may just end up needing to switch over to the backless option a bit sooner. Overall, I would definitely recommend this as a solid booster seat that is sure to meet all of your needs!
Safe Simple Practical
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] It was time to transition our five year old out of a 5-point harness car seat and into a high back booster. We added the booster to the second row of our Honda Odyssey, where there is also another Graco booster and 5- Point harness car seat. The Turbobooster Extend 2-in-1 Booster fit perfectly next to the other seats! Some of my favorite features of this booster is the front-adjust latch system, the slim design and the double cup holders. My five year old was thrilled he can use both cup holders to store his snacks and treasures. I especially appreciate the added safety of a secure latch system when transitioning a young child out of their car seat. The slim design was an unexpected surprise, as any parent of multiple children know it can be a game of Tetris trying to configure multiple car seats in a single row! Assembly and installation was a breeze and I was able to accomplish this task by myself without the help of my husband! Thank you Stellar Product Testing Panel for sending me an excellent product to test in exchange for my honest review.
Easy Install and Love the Cup Holders
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Mom of 3 here and I have been through many booster seats. I will say this particular seat is easy to install, has neutral colors, and has the cup holders that fold in, which we love. However, my knock is the durability. This seat does feel a bit flimsy on the back and I think that is more common with boosters that can transition to being backless. For the price point of this seat, I think the quality fits. We have other seats that feel more durable but they are easily twice the cost. I plan to continue using this booster as a back up for play date friends, babysitters, grandparents, etc. I would recommend this seat to other parents as a good option for a lower point and for those that want to be able to transition the same booster seat to a backless booster seat. Thanks to the Stellar Product Testing Panel for providing me with this booster seat. Safe travels to all!
Easy to install but one main flaw
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Graco Turbobooster Extend 2-in-1 Booster is a mostly great seat with one flaw that stands out. There are quite a few positives - it was super easy to assemble out of the box, and installation with the LATCH system was a breeze. The headrest is easily adjustable, the seat fits nicely in my mid-sized SUV and my daughter is comfortable in it. The one main downside that I’ve noticed is that the shoulder seatbelt pops out of the belt guide really easily. I find myself having to re-thread it through the belt guide every time my daughter gets into the car, which is frustrating because I’d prefer her to be able to get in and buckle herself fully independently. My 6 year old’s favorite feature of this booster is the cupholders. She has a large stainless steel water bottle that didn’t fit in her previous carseat’s cupholders - but it fits in these! If it wasn’t for the shoulder belt constantly popping out of the belt guide I would really love this booster. Thanks to the Stellar Product Testing Panel for providing me with this booster seat.
Good basic 2 in 1 Booster Seat
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was given this booster seat to try as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel. I currently use a very similar 2-in-1 booster seat of a different brand. The design of this booster is pretty simple, sleek and very lightweight. Assembly was very quick and easy and the instructions easy to read. My daughter (7) has plenty of space in this seat and likes the comfort of the seat. She found it just as comfortable as her current seat. To me, the booster section of the seat felt a bit firmer than the other brand’s seat, but my daughter couldn’t tell the difference. The adjustable headrest is very easy to use and my daughter liked being able to rest her head on the side panels of the headrest. The front-adjust LATCH system is very similar to the one we currently have. The clips for attaching the seat to the car’s anchors are easy enough to use as long as the anchors are easy to access. We tried the seat in our car as well as in a hire car. In our car, the anchors are hidden in the seat cushions and you can only access them by feel. That made it harder to attach the hooks, since you had to try and guess where to push down. In our hire car, the anchors stuck out quite a bit and it was a breeze to attach the hooks. It is fairly easy to tighten the straps to secure the seat and the release button is also very easy to use. We had an opportunity to travel with this seat and we chose to leave the back part of the seat at home. The seat part of the booster is very light and easy to travel with and was easy to move from car to car. The thing I liked most about this booster seat is that it gave us more space in the car, since the cup holders can retract. My daughter also felt like that was a pretty cool feature. Compared to our existing booster seat, the Graco Turbobooster Extend feels like it’s a lower cost, but well thought out option for people who are on a budget and not fussed about fancy gadgets. For example, the hooks that attach the seat to the anchors, as well as the plastic release button are pretty basic compared to the ones on our other seat and the material used for the seat cover is a bit more synthetic than I would usually go for. Overall, it’s a good seat that my daughter approves of and I would recommend it for someone looking for a lightweight, comfortable, easy to use 2-in-1 booster seat.