Recaro Young Sport Review

I am very satisfied with the Recaro YoungSport as my 2 1/2 year old daughter's primary car seat. Knowing Recaro manufacturers harness systems for Formula One racers who crash at 200 mph and walk away unscathed inspires confidence that the company knows what they are doing. After close to a year of use, the dark cover still looks the same and it has installed easily in almost every car we have traveled in.

At first, I was hesitant to choose the YoungSport. Keeping a child in a five-point harness for as long as possible is the safest way to go, and the YoungSport will only harness up to forty pounds before converting into a booster. Unfortunately, none of the seats that keep a child harnessed to the highest limits are a good fit in my compact car. The Recaro is a great choice for a small car because of its 17 inch seat base. Compared with the 20 inch wide Safety First Apex and the 21 inch wide Britax Marathon, this makes a huge difference when it comes to allowing for other passengers in the back seat. The easy install impressed me, as did the harness height adjuster. The harness itself is simple to use, but my mechanically inclined daughter cannot escape.

While I've used other seats that are easy to install, I've never used one that was this comfortable for my child. We drove from San Diego to Yosemite and back, and she never stopped smiling.