Trunki BoostApak | Kid's Travel Backpack and Portable Child Car Booster Seat | Group 2-3 | Ages 4 – 12 Years (Green)

Best buy. We got it for a flight and a taxi ride. Very easy to use and we saw lots of kids at the airport with the same bag. Remember to label the bag.

Used for a holiday rental car. Held just enough to keep entertained on the plane. Sturdy and easy to use and keep clean. Much easier than carrying a car seat, or renting a potentially dirty one on holiday!

I bought this for a Ryanair flight to Italy for my boy who is 3.5 years and weight just over 15kg. It fits under the seat on the plane and we were able to put my son's toys and book in it. It doesn't slide and was really easy and quick to use, ideal for travelling on short car and taxi rides. I wouln't use it for long journeys though, it doesn't have a back or head-rest so not ideal to nap in. It complies with EU and UK regulations and made travelling with a young child a much more relaxed experience.

Good idea, but heavy and uncomfortable and fiddly to fit.Kind of pointless being rucksack form to be honest, as there’s not much space, it’s too leave for a young child and you can’t access anything when it’s a seat.The seat is hard plastic with zero cushioning. Very disappointed.

This is the second of these boosters we have purchased (one got forgotten in hire car and never retrieved). They have both been very well made, easy to install in/out of the car. It’s a great seat for my 8 year old and the fact that it has storage under the seat is fantastic as we can put her toys/books in it when travelling.I would highly recommend.

Useful for when travelling. Also has a decent space in backpack. Too heavy for child to carry as backpack for extended period of time.

This is just genius. It makes traveling abroad with a four year-old so much easier. It fits her toys, snacks and a couple of books and easily slides under the seat on the airplane. Then we arrive and just pop it into a rental car or taxi. As other reviewers have noted, this is not sized for a small child to carry, rather an older child or adult, but I found it to be easy to handle, comfortable and lightweight as a backpack.

The baby and child related world of products is truly littered with bold claims of "the must have essential", "ideal gadget" or "this will make your life easier". This BoostApak really does do all of those things.The problem this product solves is one that the majority of parents that travel will face at some point in their lives. If you are traveling abroad with young children and want to rent a car in your destination then rental companies will charge you an extortionate £30 to £40 a week to hire a child seat, even for a basic booster seat that you can pick up for less than £10 in your local supermarket. The problem with taking a booster seat with you (which is fine, airlines will not even charge you for it to be put in as hold baggage) is that it is one extra bulky item to worry about in an already stressful traveling environment of traveling with children. By combining this in to a bag the obvious advantage is that you can actually use it for storage space, replacing the kids bag that you would normally take with you. It really is that simple but sooooo convenient, saves time, money and hassle.In terms of the product itself, it is really easy to convert from a bag to a seat and it is really sturdy and robust when used as a seat, certainly much better than your £10 foam supermarket booster seat I mentioned above. I have found the build quality to be very good, this is our second BoostaPak and our previous 3 year old model is still in very good condition. it is a veteran of about 8 trips abroad and also gets used as our everyday booster seat in out car at home even when we are not traveling.Obviously this is only a booster seat so only really suitable from about 5 years old onwards. If your children are younger then I'm afraid you have no option but to either rent a baby or infant seat in your destination or preferably take one with you on the airplane (handy tip - you can do that, no airline (even budget) will charge you to check in a car seat).The only negative worth mentioning is that with the flat, stiff back this is a bit uncomfortable when used as a back pack, I guess this is one design limitation of combining a seat with a bag. Given the limited amount of time that you actually use this as a bag though, this has never been an issue for us. Also the slightly rough exposed bit of Velcro on the seat section of the earlier models is now covered in the later models.As a parent of 3 children I can quite honestly say this is the most useful bit of kit that we use and makes traveling so much easier. Looking forward to buying my third one in about 3 years time, this time in pink!