Harmony - Juvenile Youth Booster Car Seat, Zebra

I'm hoping this Harmony Booster Seat (in Pink Zebra) is the last booster seat that I will need to purchase for my  7 1/2 year old daughter. However, given all the changes to the carseat laws and requirements she will be in a booster for quite some time.  Needless to say, she still fit her old booster in both the height and weight (she is extremely petite and just 40 pounds) but had managed to break the EPS foam in  the headrest due to rough-housing. Her previous booster, the Compass B510 Pink Daisy booster seat   had a built-on back that was not removable.  I suspect some foulplay in how it got broken due to the fact that she had recently told me that she thought it was a 'baby seat' because it had a back on it (though did use vehicle seatbelts).

I went in search of a 'girly' booster seat for her that was backless and came upon this Harmony Booster for under $20 at Wal-Mart... in fact, it was $13.99.   It came in just about every pattern under the sun including light and bright colors as well as patterns. I selected the obnoxious but 7 year old girl appealling pink Zebra which is a zebra print with hot pink instead of white. My daughter loves it - its more her style and not babyish at all.  She also likes that it doesn't have a back on it so it doesn't look like a 'little kid seat' aka 'babyseat'.   The pad is also completely removable and washable (microsuede). My daughter claims that it is very comfortable and softer than her old seat (which to me seemed to have a lot of stryofoam in it giving it a harder feel).

The Harmony booster carseat  is  for kids 4-10 years old and weights of 30-100 pounds between 34" and 57" tall.

The harmony seat is very basic - no frills. It installs easily using vehicle belts only (not latch).  This makes it easy to move around in the vehicle or stow away in the cargo portion of my vehicle when not in use.  It is pretty lightweight (only 2 1/2 pounds) and compact in size.  It can fit in the middle seat of the 3rd row bench of my mini-van and buckle in without covering up the buckles for the surrounding seats - you could even go 3 across with this seat without issue or put it next to a larger child seat.

Downsides of this seat include - no cupholders and very small and low arm rests. The arm rests on this booster really just serve to hold the lap portion of the seatbelt in proper position and low on the lap - they are really too small for arm rests.  However, given that my daughter uses this seat in a captain style seat of a mini-van she can use the arm rests of the actual vehicle seat instead.  She did give me some initial lip about the lack of the cupholder/compartments which she previously used mostly to hide trinkets and change in vs using them for a drink anways.

Overall, we have a winner with the Harmony Booster seat. I'm thinking this MAY indeed be the last booster seat that we'll need to buy!

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Recommend this product? Yes

Amount Paid (US$): 13
Age Range of Child: 6 to 8 Years