bubblebum Inflatable Backless Booster Car Seat, Portable Travel Booster Seat, Booster Seats for Cars 40-100 lbs Kids, Foldable Compact Car Seat, Child/Toddlers 4-10 Years Old – Gray

Great travel companion
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I am thrilled to leave a glowing five-star review for the Bubble Bum Inflatable Travel Portable Booster Seat! This booster seat has been an absolute game-changer for our family travel needs, providing convenience, safety, and comfort for our 5-year-old without the hassle of carting around a bulky booster seat.What sets the Bubble Bum booster seat apart is its innovative design and portability. The inflatable feature allows us to easily inflate the booster seat whenever and wherever we need it, making it perfect for travel, carpooling, and everyday use. When deflated, it folds up neatly and compactly, taking up minimal space in our car or luggage.Despite its slim and lightweight design, the Bubble Bum booster seat doesn’t compromise on safety or comfort. It provides ample support and stability for our child, ensuring a secure and comfortable ride every time. Plus, the narrow and slim fit makes it easy to install in any vehicle, even those with limited space.We love how easy it is to inflate and deflate the booster seat, saving us time and effort compared to traditional booster seats. Plus, the black color option looks sleek and stylish, blending in seamlessly with our car interior.Overall, we couldn’t be happier with the Bubble Bum Inflatable Travel Portable Booster Seat. It’s the perfect solution for families on the go, providing convenience, safety, and comfort for our child without the hassle of a heavy, bulky booster seat. Five stars all the way! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Convenient, lightweight, easily packed and fast inflation – currently the best designed booster seat for traveling
This is an outstanding idea – and it’s well executed. This booster seat is incredibly lightweight, it’s easy and fast to inflate/deflate, it’s very compact when deflated (folded or rolled up), it’s made of quality and durable materials – and it’s easy on the car’s interior (won’t damage your seats). From the functional standpoint, this seat is small and sits a little lower than more conventional booster seats. The belt guides are sturdy and made of quality materials that shouldn’t damage seat belts over time. Overall – this is a great product.Nevertheless, I need to temper the positive aspects of this booster seat with the fact this type of booster seat (lap belt guide only) should only be used with a secondary type of restraint – like a safety vest that incorporates belt guides for both the lap and shoulder belts. A great example is the Ride Safer vest system by Safe Traffic Systems. The Ride Safer vest not only properly guides both the lap and shoulder belts, it’s reinforced, padded and is designed to better distribute crash forces over a much larger area than what a standard seat belt is capable of. I think this is a two-way relationship as well, though. The best application of the Ride Safer vest is in conjunction with a quality (certified) booster seat like this one.I think it is important to frame an opinion, and help the reader understand the perspective from which a review is written – especially when that opinion is regarding safety equipment. I have a two-decade background in military safety, relating to both off-duty (ground) safety and aviation safety – to include mishap investigation. This experience includes investigating motor vehicle mishaps (there is no such thing as an “accident”).Motor vehicle fatalities account for over 30,000 deaths per year in the U.S. (33,561 in 2012*). Children account for approximately 1,200 of these deaths. While this number seems tiny compared to the total number of fatalities – the number of child fatalities per mile is comparable to adults. The exposure rate of adults is simply higher (the number of hours the average adult is on the road when compared to children – and children account for only 1/6th of the population). The number of children injured in motor vehicle mishaps in the U.S. is however staggering – approximately 170,000 children per year.One of the biggest contributing causal factors for child injuries and deaths is the child being out of position relative to the restraining device – preventing the safety equipment from restraining and mitigating the forces of the crash properly. The only purpose a booster seat serves is to better position (elevate) a child relative to the shoulder strap, to prevent the shoulder strap from riding up a child’s neck and face by ensuring the proper angle of the shoulder belt (relative to the child’s shoulder and neck). This angle is critical for any occupant. If the occupant sits too high relative to the shoulder belt (typically an adult or tall child), a collision can cause geometry-related secondary spinal injuries (mid and lower back) caused by the shoulder belt transmitting too much crash energy to the mid and lower back. If the occupant sits too low (typically with a small child), a collision can result in the child sliding under the shoulder belt – which can severely injure the child’s neck (and face).The biggest problem with using a booster seat that only guides the lap belt is in the assumption that booster seat will keep a child in the correct position relative to the shoulder strap for the entirety of your travels (and therefore safe). If you have a kid – then you know any assumption that your child is going to stay in one position is simply not even remotely similar to reality. Kids move and wiggle around a lot, and a booster seat equipped with simple lap belt guides is not going to do anything to maintain the proper shoulder belt alignment with your precious, perpetual motion, micro human. Unfortunately, the results can be tragic. This is why I strongly believe in a certified safety vest like the Ride Safer safety vest in conjunction with a properly designed booster seat.A certified and tested safety vest physically attaches (and therefore attaches your child) to the seat belt, and the vest’s belt guides help ensure the child’s position remains correct at all times – and the booster seat ensures there is not any excess force transmitted to the child’s neck and head in a collision by providing the proper geometry of the shoulder belt relative to the vest’s upper belt guide.This particular inflatable booster seat is the perfect travel companion – especially with a certified safety vest. While automotive safety vests and booster seats are not certified and should not be used for air travel, they can be easily packed and used in taxi cabs, and in the event the front seat is the only available place for the child. While not optimal (a back seat is considered safer than the front seat for children), a child can safely travel with the combination of this booster seat and the safety vest in the front seat of a car, truck or two-seat sports car – and this is also legal in most states (check your local laws for specific requirements and restrictions). If this is done, you should of course ensure the child is sitting as far back from an airbag (if so equipped) as possible, or if your car is equipped with an airbag deactivation device (many cars do this automatically based on the weight in the passenger seat), then it is recommended it be deactivated for individuals weighing less than about 65-70lbs. I would not recommend using this booster seat (any booster seat) by itself in the front seat. I would only recommend the use of a booster seat in the front seat when used in conjunction with a certified safety vest that meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS 213).This review and my mentioning of the Ride Safer safety vest in this review were both unsolicited by their respective manufacturers. I did not receive any compensation (in any form) for my review.*NHTSA DOT HS 812 011

Excellent travel companion!
Excellent portable booster seat. This thing is fantastic: portable, easy to inflate / deflate, and most importantly it keeps me from having to rent a booster seat when we travel. We used it for a week in a rental car with no problems — quick to inflate at the airport on arrival, stayed inflated all week, easy to deflate when we turned the rental car in. In New York, we had to carry it around for use in an Uber, so we kept it deflated until we called for the car, quickly inflated it (30 sec), threw it in the car, then deflated it, rolled it, and stored it when we arrived back to the hotel (30-45 sec). When you aren’t traveling, you could keep it in your trunk just in case you need an extra booster seat for your child’s friend. It’s very compact. I highly recommend this product!

As per marketed, good quality and convenient

Lo compré para viajar a Estados Unidos con mi hijo de 4 años, para ponerlo en el auto de mi cuñada. Rápido de instalar y fácil de usar. Mi hijo estuvo cómodo durante todo el viaje, el único comentario que creo que pudieran mejorar es la forma en que se ajusta el cinturón pues si el niño lo deseaba podía jalarlo y quitárselo. Tuvimos que explicarle varias veces que dejara de hacerlo pues era por su seguridad