Britax UpNGo Backless Booster Seat, Raven Black

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was able to test this seat as a part of the Stellar Parent Panel! Thanks! Most of the opinions here are from 9F though. She found the seat to be very comfortable. The armrests go more straight back than our other off-brand booster so it feels a lot roomier. The padding is also thicker which is nice. She loves the cup holders. She's always putting something in them - cups or knickknacks. Of note - they are separate pieces in the box. The clip sturdiness would be one area of concern for me. If you had a narrower vehicle the cupholders could come off to save width. The seat is pretty wide. I have a 3 row SUV with captains chairs and it takes up the whole captain chair. If she's not good about positioning it in the center, the seat can block the buckle. Small irritation but something to be aware of especially if your child isn't the best at or is particularly fretful over getting buckled. The weight is great. She's actually taken to bringing the seat inside the house to sit at the desk for doing her homework so the light weight makes it very easy for her to go back and forth without me getting involved.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received this to test as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel. This booster was great for my almost 7 year old. It is easy to move between cars for when she's going in friends' or family cars. The fabric quality seems good and I think it will be durable, though we've only been using it for 2 weeks so far. I'm also grateful the cover can go in the wash because the kids usually make a mess of their seats, but I haven't tested that feature yet. The design is very simple so if you're looking for something with a lot of bells and whistles this probably isn't it, but I feel confident with a Britax product that it will serve its purpose of providing safety and will last us many years.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received this booster seat through the Stellar Product Testing Panel. We have two kids in boosters and often transport a third for play dates, carpool to soccer, etc. This seat is super lightweight, which makes it very portable (it also has a handle). We took it on a family trip and it easily slipped into our car seat cover along with our second, backed booster, as a checked bag. The seat positioned my 8 year old properly to be buckled up, and he wasn't sliding off it like kids do with other travel boosters we've seen. My son gave it a “thumbs up” for comfort, had no complaints after the 8 hours we spent sitting in it as we were driving around, and had no trouble buckling himself in, even though we were in a rental for our trip. When we have a third kid in the backseat this fits between the backed boosters in my CR-V and means all the kids are safely buckled (note, you do need to remove the cup holders to fit 3 seats in a smaller car like mine). It's compact enough to store in my trunk, but well built so that it's fine for daily use. I know my kids (and a friend) are safely buckled because of this booster. This is a great booster, especially for folks who want a quality, comfortable booster with the option to quickly stow it away.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was given this booster as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel, and I'm so glad that I was able to try it out. We have a few different boosters already (high back and backless) for our 10 and 8 year old children. The UpNGo has a number of features that make it stand out in the mix. It's definitely lightweight and easy to just toss into the back of the car or into a seat quickly (like when we're handing off a seat to a grandparent or babysitter for one-time use). The colored indicators are a nice touch - it can be hard to remember all the ins and outs of different seats, especially if you're switching between options. The guides make it really clear how to use. The two cupholders are nice. Heads up that they do taper narrower at the bottom - we were able to shove a 25oz water bottle partially in, but it didn't go all the way to the bottom. Admittedly, I was expecting to put this into the rotation as an ‘extra' - like when I'm carpooling with an extra kid or lending it to a caregiver. But my 10yo was really impressed with how comfortable it was. He now prefers it to his usual seat! I can't really complain because it's machine washable and dryer safe - I love kid products that stand up to the wear and tear that should kind of be expected. And it works well in his captain's seat…Or to throw in the third row if we're driving with an adult I don't want to make climb in the back. (Though its reasonably narrow I don't think it would fit the middle seat in our third row though - but frankly few booster seats would) All in all this is a great add to our options, one that I expect will be a go-to above others! So glad I got to try it!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have been very happy with the Britax UpNGo Backless Booster. I am currently using it for my 8 year old daughter, and she prefers it over the other brand she was previously using, which kind of tilted her up and back in an odd way. So she is definitely more comfortable and happier in this one. It is also a great option to have as an extra booster seat to switch between cars or have stored away in the trunk as a back up for when we are driving her friends, as it is small and lightweight. I love the fact that the fabric is removable and washable, but I love even more the fact that it is free from flame-retardant chemicals sprayed on it. The one confusing issue we had was I didn't understand the picture from the instruction booklet about what is NOT safe placement for the shoulder strap. Both the placement in the yes picture and the no picture looked the same to me. But the shoulder strap clip was easy to hook up and use, and it worked better than another brand's clip I tried previously. Thanks to the Stellar Product Testing Panel for providing me with this booster, we would definitely recommend it to others.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was given this UpNGo booster seat to try as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel. Our 6-year-old daughter needed something more substantial but we still needed something easy to change between the minivan and SUV. This is great! It's really lightweight. It has optional cup holders on each side (which is nice because we only need them in one vehicle. It has an easy handle on the back so it could be taken on a vacation too! Also - the fabric is not only comfortable (our daughter comments on this often) it is also machine washable which is a must for the accidents that happen all the time. The color-coded guide on the seat made it easy for our daughter to buckle up each day on the way to school. I would highly recommend this UpNGo Booster for your kid! Em

I think it's a good seat but my son is too big for it. The arm wrests dug into his sides

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] For a booster that is advertised as lightweight and portable, I found this to be a bit cumbersome in my Subaru Outback. Not only did it not take up any less real estate on our seat than our previous high-back booster, but the back of the booster keeps shifting to rest on the seat buckle, which has made it harder for my six-year-old to buckle herself. Overall, she is happy with the booster because having a backless booster makes her feel very mature, and I'm glad that it checks off all of my safety boxes, so for now, this has been our go-to booster. I was happy to receive this booster as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel. Things I like: The booster is easy to move from car to car, and the handle is a nice ergonomic touch. The fabric cover is easy to remove, and we've already washed it once (I'm not a habitual washer of car seats, but this one makes the process easy enough to do without moaning and groaning). I am happy to report that the process of taking off/putting on the cover is easy, and the fabric washes well. My kiddo has confirmed that the booster is very comfortable, and overall, we're happy. Neither of us noticed the belt guides as anything special, but buckling herself is a skill she had before we moved to this booster, and the color coding was a user-friendly way to seamlessly transition from her other booster to this one, so that's likely a good indicator of ease if someone is moving from a car seat to this booster. Things I didn't like: The buckling problem has been frustrating enough that I might switch back to our old booster. If we hadn't received this booster from Stellar, I don't know that I'd return it, but I might consider finding a slimmer profile booster, even if it did have a high back.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We have three kids in boosters and moved over to this one for its lightweight and ease of use. Because it doesn't have latches, it's easy to move from car to car and seat to seat, with three kids we often need to reposition our kids on longer trips. One thing that we really likes about this one was that the clip that goes on the seat belt stays put, on our other boosters the clips sticks to the seat belt in a way that the kids can't get the belt on easily, and this seat completely removes that frustration and quickly became a favorite. It seems easy to wash and clean and we'll be getting two more of these for our other car. I received this item to test from Stellar Product Testing Panel.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Full disclosure, I received this product through the Stellar Product Testing Program in exchange for my honest review of the booster seat. Background: I am a 36 year old mom of two, ages 3 and 6. Prior to testing this out my 6yr old daughter mainly rides between a high back booster with me and a backless booster similar to this one. This is our first Britax seat. Things I love. I love the weight, and ease of transferring between vehicles for this reason. I think between the weight and built in handle this would be a dream to travel with, note only to bring on a plane but being a default seat with grandparents, so light. That said, my daughter really disliked how the seat isn't attached/latched to the seat, she complained about it sliding around. I would honestly take a slightly heavier seat to bring back a way to attach it to the seat. Fabric of the seat is decent, I don't foresee this pilling, but I didn't find it to be anything special either. Comfort-wise my daughter wished it was more plush. She was very vocal about not loving it, but she's also in a very whiney phase of life at the moment so it's hard to use that as a con. Washability and ease of removal is a huge pro for me. My kids regularly eat car breakfast en route to school so the ability to toss this in the wash after a protein shake spills is a game changer. Overall I think this is a good seat but it's not great, I wouldn't use it as a permanent seat unless my child was middle seat of 3 across. It just slides around too much.