Comments on: Alpha Omega Elite / Eddie Bauer 3-in-1 as booster (Part II – Combo Seat Review Series)

By: CHRISTIN

CHRISTIN — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:44:58 +0000

WELL THANK GOODNESS I LOST MY MANUAL. I WILL JUST GET MY SON A DIFFRENT BOOSTER. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS INFO.

By: The Scoop on the IIHS Booster Seat Tests: From “Best Bet” to “Not Recommended”

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:34:49 +0000

[...] got the big thumbs down in our own informal Combo Seat as Booster study too. Ditto for the Alpha Omega Elite and all its clones. Actually, almost all of the combination (harness/booster) seats that I [...]

By: murphydog77

murphydog77 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:53:55 +0000

Yup, I cringe every time I have to convert one of these to booster mode and try not to scare parents when I tell them they MUST go buy a dedicated bpb. Most are disappointed to find out that it won’t work as a booster because “it’s supposed to.”

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:10:45 +0000

I’m with ketchup… but I’d still rather see it not even able to be a booster… it’s a short one and won’t fit bigger kids… heck, look how close our 4yr old model is to not having the belt fit even when using the higher of the two guides…. let alone the shoulderbelt issues.

By: ketchupqueen

ketchupqueen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:27:56 +0000

Maybe they should test it with the base in booster mode and make the necessary changes for it to pass! That would be an easy fix to make a lot of kids safer!

By: bobandjess

bobandjess — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:18:41 +0000

yuck! i love the seat for ERF, but they really should stop advertising it as a booster.

By: emandbri

emandbri — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:24:39 +0000

Thanks for the blog! I was SOOOOOO tempted to warn a women at costco today who had one in her cart. I was in a hurry and didn’t do it.

By: 2mykids

2mykids — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:36:56 +0000

Aaah, what led me to car-seat.org. My son outgrew this exact seat at 25 months and 40 pounds. And I was using the highest position in harness mode.
Yea for mommy intuition. Boo to such a poorly designed car seat.

By: Laura Bower

Laura Bower — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:36:40 +0000

I personally think this seat is EVIL!!

By: Jools

Jools — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:27:20 +0000

Those photos just make me cringe….such a cute boy, in such a poorly fitting booster . I spend a lot of my time at work (at a big baby store) telling people that these seats make fine convertibles, but they’ll still want to buy a good booster seat later.