The seat base of the high-back booster raises the seating position of your child, meaning the diagonal part of the vehicle seatbelt sits on the shoulder without being too close to the child's neck, where it may dig in during a crash. The company says it's had the Smart Kid Belt independently tested to the relevant Standard, and the results prove that the Smart Kid Belt is safe and effective. The manufacturer of the Smart Kid Belt told us it thinks it's being unfairly targeted by market competitors.
What does the manufacturer of Smart Kid Belt say? Read our child car seat accessories guide to discover what other products we've crash tested in our lab. We believe that using the Smart Kid Belt would not be much safer than transporting your child using just the vehicle seatbelts something that is prohibited for children who are less than 135cm in height.įor these reasons, we recommend that you do not buy the Smart Kid Belt, and if you have bought it, you should stop using it immediately. In addition, the Smart Kid Belt will not provide the same level of side impact protection that a high-back booster seat does as there are no protective side-wings around the head and neck. The horizontal lap belt section also pulls up during a crash, meaning it could put pressure on your child's delicate abdomen area and potentially cause dangerous internal injuries. However, when our test house carried out its own crash tests on it, we discovered the product doesn't keep the shoulder part of the vehicle seatbelt low enough in a frontal collision. The Smart Kid Belt is currently approved to R44 regulations. What are our concerns with the Smart Kid Belt?
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