Diono Monterey XT Fix Expandable High back Booster Car Seat with Expandable Height and Width, Group 2/3 (4 to 12 Years Approx, 15-36 kg), Gray Dark

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Fortunately Diono has designed a booster seat that’s extremely easy to use correctly with even the smallest bit of car seat intuition and experience.

The Monterey XT requires a vehicle headrest behind it, and the booster needs to be flush against the vehicle seat back. That’s nice for a custom fit, especially if you’re dealing with a tight squeeze and you have a tall skinny kid who doesn’t need the width. Honouring the first collaboration between Diono and Berlin based design studio, WhiteID, Monterey® 5iST FixSafe™ combined our signature world-class American engineering with forward-thinking, edgy European design to create the next generation of child car seat. If you’re just playing with the seat, it can be a little tricky to get them back in and you may need three hands (one for the button and the other two to simultaneously push each anchor back in).To use the lower anchors, loosen the straps by pressing the cam lock under the front of the seat and pull the lower anchor connector out. With just a few button presses, the Diono 5iST transforms from a compact package (about the size of a carry-on suitcase) to a full-size high back booster seat.

On a plane with smaller bins you may have to turn the booster seat sideways to make it fit – it’s a breach of frequent traveler etiquette, but we can let it slide in the interest of child safety and hopefully most flight crews will too. When comparing the Peg Perego Viaggio Flex 120 vs Diono Monterey 5iST, I’m struck more by the similarities than the differences.On the flip side, it’s one more adjustment to make and you do need to access the back of the booster seat to do it so it’s less convenient for quick use on the fly or for other caregivers. Whatever you're looking for our range of high back boosters are fully featured, designed to grow and built to last for 8 years one booster. From our discussion about their key differences, we can find that Diono Monterey 4DXT comes with few improvements.

I love this feature as the cup holder is a permanent fixture yet can be manoeuvred back underneath the seat when not in use, prior to travel. It has backpack straps tucked into a compartment on the back but I don’t find them especially comfortable.The Diono Monterey 5iST doesn’t have traditional lap belt guides to worry about or arm rests to go under/around. I liked that it was so simple to put together, with intuitive ISOFAST fixings, and it was easy to transport, too. SafePlus® belt guides - easy access to seatbelt buckle help your big kid with self buckling -- don't forget to check though!