What's this? Overall score is a combination of crash protection, belt fit, ease-of-use and fit-to-vehicle scores in both harnessed and booster modes. The displayed score is out of a total of 100 points.
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Summary:One of Dorel Juvenile Groups many toddler-booster seats offered under the Safety 1st name.
The Safety 1st Summit is part of the car seat
test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, toddler booster seat
models like the Summit are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.
Harnessed crash protection:
A rating of the potential for each seat to limit injury and movement of a child in a crash based on simulated frontal crash tests using child sized dummies.
Ease of use:
Our judgment of how easy each seat is to use including the clarity of the labels and instructions, adjustments of clips and buckles, the transition of the seat between harness and booster modes and installation features such as LATCH connections and top tethers.
A rating of how easy it is to securely and correctly install each seat, in the harnessed mode, using the LATCH system in a variety of vehicles and how well they fit each vehicle once installed.
About This Brand
One of the brands offered under the larger Dorel Juvenile Group company, Safety 1st is well known for its home safety products, but also makes play and travel safety products. Safety 1st offers the widest range of products in the Dorel group.
Features & Specs - Safety 1st Summit
Weight range harness (lbs.) Range of weight in pounds allowed for child when using the seat's internal harness.
Weight range harness (lbs.)
Height range harness (in.) Range of height in inches allowed for a child when using the seat's internal harness.
Height range harness (in.)
Weight range booster (lbs.) Range of weight in pounds allowed for child when using the seat in booster mode.
Weight range booster (lbs.)
Height range booster (in.) Range of height in inches allowed for a child when using the seat in booster mode.