Are those seat saver things safe?

warriormomerin

I'm talking about these things. Do they mess with the safety of the car seat or anything?

I've always had leather interior so I never bothered with them. My next car will probably have cloth and I'd like to keep the seats as clean as possible.

penguingrrl

Some are safe, some aren't. To test if they're safe you want to install the seat without the mat under it. Get it nice and tight then mark where the seatbelt/LATCH strap is with chalk. Uninstall, add the mat, then pull until the chalk line is in the same place. If you can't get it as tight as it was without the chalk then you can't use it. If it's at the same place it's fine!

AnnapolisLari

When I got my new car, I bought 2 bath sheets at BB&B. One goes across the back of the seat and one goes on the seat. They have kept my seats looking brand new, even though I have 2 car seats and we do eat and drink in the car.

They don't interfere with the installation in any way and are easy to toss in the wash.

warriormomerin

AnnapolisLari:

When I got my new car, I bought 2 bath sheets at BB&B. One goes across the back of the seat and one goes on the seat. They have kept my seats looking brand new, even though I have 2 car seats and we do eat and drink in the car.

They don't interfere with the installation in any way and are easy to toss in the wash.

This reminded me of the woman at our fire dept who installed DD's car seat back in the day. She used some of that rubber mat that people use to line their kitchen drawers. She said it helped keep the seat from sliding around on our leather interior. It kept the seats pretty clean too. Maybe I'll look into doing that again. It's much cheaper.