Safety 1st Easy Care Swing Tray Booster Seat (Pastel)

The Safety 1st Easy Care Swing Tray Booster Seat is a strong, sturdy and easy to assemble booster seat for infants between the ages of 6 months to around 4 years old, with a maximum infant's weight of 22 kg.

The booster seat is designed to be used solely as a seat for feeding times, instead of using highchairs. We have 14 month old twins and have been using highchairs for the last 8 months or so. However, due to the space that the highchairs take up, we decided to give these booster seats a whirl, in the hope that we could do away with the rather cumbersome and space-dominating highchairs.

Over the last month we have used the booster seats for every meal for both of our little ones. The seats hold the babies in securely, with little to no movements whatsoever from the booster seat once securely strapped on to the chair. Both babies are happy in their new booster seats, thrashing about as they do every now and again, without any problems with the booster seat coming loose or detached in any way.

Putting the infant into the seat is an absolute doddle. Simply unlatch the tray and swing it outwards, then sit the child into the seat, with their legs through the safety straps (this harness is adjustable). That done - swing the tray back, clip it in, and you're good to go.

For children who are old enough to sit at the table without the need for the swing tray, you can simply detach the tray and use the seat simply as a booster seat with the extra security of a harness (although ours aren't old enough for this stage yet, so I can't report on how happy they will be with this). The four 'booster legs' are also adjustable, allowing for three different heights to the booster seat. However, when the tray is removed, a good sized hole is left in the base of the seat which can accumulate bits of food etc. The box and instructions show that a 'plug' should be slotted into this hole to block it, but no such plug was included with either of the booster seats that we purchased. This is a little disappointing.

Cleaning wise, it couldn't be simpler. The whole seat is made from a sturdy polished plastic, so it's incredibly easy to wipe down. The tray section can be easily detached and washed down more thoroughly at a sink (this is what we do). For an even more thorough (guests coming over) clean, the straps can be removed and soaked, to clean off any ingrained food stains. This is a little fiddly and time-consuming, so certainly not something you will be doing all of the time.

The straps that secure the booster seat to the chair are adjustable and fit our dining room chairs perfectly. The straps themselves have quite a good amount of play in their lengths, so will accommodate pretty much any chair size. The booster seat is secured to the chair by a strap underneath and a strap to the chairs back. The straps are clasped in place with strong plastic clasps, meaning that once the correct length of the strap has been determined, the booster seats can be easily removed or replaced within seconds. This is more handy than you would have thought, especially if you have a lot of visitors!

The final big plus point that I must add to this product is its versatility for travelling. No longer do you need to phone ahead to check that a restaurant or hotel has high chairs or something similar (especially when you need two like us). Just unclip your booster seat(s) and away you go. They're pretty much guaranteed to fit any high-backed chairs, and are very compact on their own. Makes for an incredibly convenient and handy piece of travelling kit for those with infants.

We are using this seat for travelling and we alwasys keep it in the car boot. We feed our little girl in it when we are out. It is quite steady and easy to clean.

my 1 and a half yr old little girl loves her new chair, makes her feel like such a big girl and part of the family at meal times. it was easy to put together and is very solid for a plastic chair, also the tray is removable and all is very easy to clean. all in all a very good product.