Tan 2 StageSeat Saver

If you know anything about infant seats and boosters you know your seat is not held in any way, shape, or form by friction from the base, but by the belts and latches. you could oil yuor leather seats and it wouldn't harm the car seat's safety. what does harm your car seat safety is loosing of the belts caused by slow crushing of the cars' seat bolstering and this prevents it more than a towel or a "rug pad"!

now onto the utility. this protector is the only one we have seen or used that is firm enough to reduce permanent depressions in a the car's seat and with a lip that does a good job at catching liquid and crumbs. If you have several messy kids you are better off getting a custom $150 to $250 washable full cover. Short of that, this item is affordable, offers great protection and is easy to use. it works great on benches or buckets.

Lastly a "rug pad" is a very uninformed suggestion. rug pads bleed color. sounds like a good way to stain your seats over time.


This is Great - "Pros" Are Afraid of Lawsuits!   October 3, 2005
Mads (Oceanside, CA)
45 out of 47 found this review helpful

This protector does the job on preventing dents in leather seats.

Remember that these days any type of professional is afraid of a lawsuit, and do not want to use any type of aftermarket product that could interfere with their "professional" installation. That is why no one will approve these mats, or even cupholders on strollers anymore!!!

As a carseat safety fanatic, and being pretty educated on carseat installations I felt confident that I could make a decision if this was inhibiting a proper installation. I see no problems. To be sure the carseat is strapped in super tight, I sit in it as I pull the straps. It doesn't budge one centimeter left or right, or front to back.

This saver was easy to put in the car, and did not need to be adjusted a million times as I tightened in the carseat using LATCH & tether (we use the Britax Marathon). A previous saver bunched and made installation impossible, but this one is very thin, firm and stays put. The add on back was the perfect height, and did not block the tether strap in our F150. It also stayed upright as I put the carseat into place.

This blends in nicely with our black seats and looks good. It's available in three colors - black, tan, and grey. Let's face it - if you're interested in this product it's because you care how things will look long term!

This saver is a great combo of safety and function. While it may not perform perfectly with every single carseat/car combination - if your seat is moving more than an inch in any direction it's not installed correctly whether you are using seat saver or not!



Attractive and Does the Job!   March 24, 2005
Book Bug (Dallas, TX United States)
24 out of 27 found this review helpful

I went to BRU to try and purchase the all rubber Lionheart seat protector and they didn't have it. I was pretty much dead set against this one because of the "professionals" review. Well, (with help from the guy from BRU, we took this one out of the package and pulled my car seat off of the display. We then tried it out on the seat that they have available at BRU for just such tests. It was fine. I just installed it in my vehicle (Envoy XL) it doesn't have the largest seats in the world and this fit just fine. No, it didn't completely cover the back of the seat, but it wasn't made to. Most indentations occur on the seat bottom and the mid section of the seat. This covers all of that just fine. I don't know why the "professional" says that this protector is too thick...it isn't thick at all. Go to BRU and have one of their friendly folks do a demonstration. I give it 2 thumbs up!


New improved design-spring 2004   March 31, 2004
20 out of 22 found this review helpful

We just purchased two of these to protect the leather seats in our new conversion van. Previous reviewers mentioned a velcro problem. The company must have redesigned these recently. Ours have a strip of velcro along the width of the top and bottom pieces. In addition, the middle portion has a half-circle of velcro 8-10 inches long. The velcro held strong when the car seat was tightened. There was no problem using this pad with the LATCH system or the coventional seatbelt method. The pad is thick and appears very durable with sides that have "walls" to contain any spills.

If I had to list a con, the depth is not quite long enough for the pad to bend over the front of our third row's bench seat (it does come right to the end to protect where lil' ones rest their feet). But, this is the type of seat that converts to a bed and is deeper than conventional bench seats. This pad covers the captains chairs easily and I'm confident it would cover standard bench seats just fine.

Overall, it was an inexpensive solution to protect the seats from spills and indentations. I would highly recommend purchasing this two stage protector!!!