A booster chair will last the child until he or she is aged around 8 years. The important criteria is their height – they must be 4 foot and 9 inches tall before they can use a safety strap, so even if they pass their 8th birthday before they grow to this height, they must continue to use the booster chair. The seat will cost anything from 50 to 200 dollars, although there are some leather seats which cost as much as $290. You should try to pay as much as possible for the seat – it will last you over four years and, for example, if you paid $300 over 4 years, it equates to 8 bucks a month – less than the coffee you pay for at your local coffee hut in a week!
Our advice is to first do your research and make sure you have a 30 day return on anything you buy – just in case the child hates it.
The most important thing to remember is that ALL new baby car seats which are sold in the U.S. HAVE to pass safety tests to be sold, meaning that if you buy new, you will be getting a seat that has passed all the standards necessary. These are government standards, not industry or store ones. That is why we would always recommend that you buy new, not used car chairs. If you buy used, you will have no idea how old it is or if it has previously been involved in an accident. SAFETY FIRST should always be your motto where your child is concerned!