What Are Boosters?

Keeping your child safe in a car is one of your most critical tasks as a parent. Booster seats raise the child’s seat so that the adult seatbelt crosses the child’s shoulder rather than the neck, lies low across the pelvis, and is properly placed across the child’s chest.  If the adult seatbelt crosses the child’s stomach too high, the child may submerge under the seatbelt or suffer catastrophic internal harm in the event of a collision.

A high-back booster seat has a headrest, side wings, and a supportive full-length back. A backless booster seat will raise your child’s body to a height where they can use the adult seat perfectly.

Backless Versus High-back Boosters Study Results

The most comprehensive study of real children in actual crashes (as opposed to crash test dummies in a laboratory) was conducted by Partners for Child Passenger Safety in the U.S. It was a joint effort between Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and State Farm Insurance and the University of Pennsylvania.

Researchers looked at 875,000 children involved in 600,000 crashes during the study period. In their analysis of booster seat use, the researchers concluded:

“… children who were aged 4 to 8 and using BPB seats, Belt Positioning Booster seats, were 45% less likely to sustain injuries than similarly aged children who were using the vehicle seat belt.” i.e. using any belt-positioning booster (backless or highback) reduces death and injury compared to a seatbelt alone

Among children who were restrained in BPB seats, there was no evidence of a difference in the performance of backless versus high-back boosters.”

“Among children who were restrained in booster seats, we were not able to detect a difference in the risk for injury between the children in backless versus high-back boosters”

 “There was not a significant difference between the percentage of children with multiple injuries between those in high-back versus backless booster seats”

 “Among children who were restrained in BPB seats, there was no evidence of a difference in the performance of backless versus high-back boosters. On the basis of these analyses, parents, pediatricians, and health educators should continue to recommend as best practice the use of BPB seats once a child outgrows a harness-based child restraint until he or she is at least 8 years of age.

“Importantly, these results suggest that the effectiveness of booster seats does not vary by the type of booster seat: backless or high-back. Backless booster seats are less costly and often more acceptable to older children because of the absence of a back that makes them look like a toddler child restraint. These results give confidence to parents and health educators that choosing this type of restraint for their child does not represent a compromise in safety.”

The Inventor Of Mifold, The Grab-and-go Booster Seat’s Story. 

Hi, I’m Jon

When my four children were small, we lived in America and our children were being driven everywhere by other people as well as ourselves.

Car safety is important to us and we wanted to make sure that the kids always had the correct car seat, but we often found that car booster seats were not available; especially when we were carpooling with other families.

So, I thought, if I could make a booster that was really small and really tough, that could easily be taken everywhere, then our children would always be safe, no matter whose car they are in.

And we’ve done it, Mifold is mighty small and mighty strong. Mifold is the most advanced, compact and portable booster seat in the world. It’s more than ten times smaller than a regular booster and it’s just as safe. We call it the ‘grab-and-go’ booster seat.

For all your Booster seats, car booster seats, children car seats, car seats please visit Mifold https://mifold.co.za/

Introducing The New And Improved Mifold Comfort Booster

The world’s most compact backless booster, mifold is more than 10x smaller than a traditional booster, and just as safe. The new super comfortable cushioned seat makes it ideal for daily use. Mifold is small enough to take almost anywhere, is regulated for global use, and now features anti-slip pads and an exciting new design.

*not including Australia

Compact safety for every adventure

Mifold is the world’s most compact backless booster seat, the mifold comfort booster car seat fits into a child’s backpack, glove box or parent’s handbag, making it perfect for carpooling, as a travel booster, ride-sharing and much more.Designed for kids, aged 4 and up, 15-45kgs, and 90-150 tall, mifold ensures optimal seat belt fit by pulling down the adult seat belt to fit the child safely and securely.Now featuring a super comfortable padded seat with the “Compact Comfort” cushion, updated shell design, anti-slip pads and easy to fit shoulder guide.Meets or exceeds NHTSA standard FMVSS 213 in the USA and is regulated for use in every country except Australia.Narrow enough to fit three in a row across the back seat of almost every car and loved by older kids thanks to its cool design.

This article was first published at https://topclickblogs.co.za/the-difference-between-a-highback-booster-and-a-backless-booster/