Maxi-Cosi booster seats are a popular choice for growing Australian families. Before buying a booster seat it is important to understand, that Australian standards for booster seats have changed significantly over the years with many older style seats now not compliant, in the Australian market.
Maxi-Cosi Booster seats are typically for children from 4 years of age to approximately 8 years of age or until your child’s shoulders reach the upper shoulder height marker. ..
The safest booster seats from Maxi-Cosi are intelligent and easy to install, many of which even have features such as expandable side wings, customizable harnesses, and comfort features, including what we believe to have been a world-first implementation of the bamboo wicking fabric which actively draws moisture away, keeping your child cool, dry, and comfortable in their booster seat.
Maxi-Cosi car booster seats and harnessed booster seats are specifically designed to protect your child in the instance of a car crash. Our world-leading safety technology Air ProtectTM coupled with GCELL body protection work as a barrier to protect your most precious cargo.
Our car booster seats are intelligent, with expandable side wings, customisable harnesses and comfort feature such as our world-first ‘Cool Baby’ wicking fabric. ‘Cool Baby’ wicking fabric actively draws moisture away from your child’s skin, keeping them cool, dry and comfortable all year round.
Maxi-Cosi car booster seats are your perfect choice for customised safety for your growing family.
Child Booster Seats and Forward Facing Car Seats: All you need to know.
Maxi-Cosi baby booster seats are a popular choice for growing Australian families. For use with either a lap-sash seatbelt by children whose shoulders are above the lower shoulder height marker (approx. years of age) until your child’s shoulders reach the upper shoulder height marker (approx. 8 years of age).
Maxi-Cosi car booster seats and harnessed booster seatsare specifically designed to protect your child in the instance of a car crash. Our world-leading safety technology Air ProtectTM coupled with GCELL body protection work as a barrier to protect your most precious cargo.
Our car booster seats are intelligent, with expandable side wings, customisable harnesses and comfort feature such as our world-first ‘Cool Baby’ wicking fabric. ‘Cool Baby’ wicking fabric actively draws moisture away from your child’s skin, keeping them cool, dry and comfortable all year round.
Maxi-Cosi car booster seats are your perfect choice for customised safety for your growing family.
In Australia, booster seats and forward-facing car seats are suitable for children from 4-7 years of age.
When you’re looking at buying a car seat or slim booster seat for older, larger children, it’s important to know the differences between the two types available before you hit the shops.
Booster seats in Australia are designed to provide side impact protection, but their primary function is to correctly position the vehicle seat belt to safely restrain the child. Booster seats are held in place by the child’s own body and the vehicle's lap-sash seat belt. It is the vehicle seat belt that is the actual restraining device on a kids car booster seat.
A forward-facing car seat like our Luna Pro enables children to continue to use an in-built 6 point harness system up until the age of 8 years old, this is a perfect solution for parents that are wanting to keep their older children completely restrained.
The below is an easy guide to help you navigate between the two, so you can decide what’s best for you.
Forward Facing Car Seats
When using a forward-facing car seat for your infant - 8-year-old it must:
be securely attached to the car seat by the seat belt
have its top tether strap attached
have an inbuilt harness.
When putting the inbuilt harness on your child, the straps must come out of the slots just above their shoulders. If the straps are more than 25mm below your child's shoulders you will need to move the straps to a higher slot.
You should move your child to a larger forward-facing child restraint with an inbuilt harness or a booster seat if their shoulders:
are above the highest slot for the harness, or
have reached the shoulder height marker available on some restraints.
Booster Seats
Booster seats are for use with your cars' lap-sash seatbelt by children whose shoulders are above the lower shoulder height marker (approx. 4 years of age) until child’s shoulders reach the upper shoulder height marker (approx. 8 years of age).
Booster seats are held in place by the child’s own body and the vehicle's lap-sash seat belt. A child can be injured in a crash if the seat belt is not properly adjusted.
Tips when choosing and using a child booster seat
Check that the sash of the seat belt crosses your child's shoulder and does not touch their neck. The sash guide on the booster seat can be adjusted to prevent this. Booster seats like our Rodi AP, have built-in lap-sash guides that will help you perfectly position the lap-sash on your child.
It's important to remember that you must use the top tether strap when you use a booster seat.
Choose a booster seat with an expandable headrest so you can adjust the height of the booster seat as your child grows.
Boosters seats VS car seats: Choose what's best for your child
We all know that kids grow at different rates and there can be huge discrepancies with weight and heights at various ages. Choosing the right booster seat or car seat for your child is absolutely imperative to their safety.
Even if your child has reached 4 years of age, they might not be comfortable or ready to sit in a booster seat in your car. We recommend that you restrain your child in a forward facing seat with a harness until they have reached the size restrictions no matter their age.
Front or back seat?
Children aged 4 years old to under 7 years old can only sit in the front seat if all of the back seats are taken by other passengers under 7 years old.
If your vehicle does not have a back seat (e.g. a ute) they can travel in the front seat if they are in a child restraint as long as the airbags are de-activated.
Rodi Booster Seat
LUNA Pro Harnessed Booster Seat
Luna Smart Harnessed Booster Seat
Titan Pro Booster Seat
