A second car has done wonders for our adventuring. Spontaneous plans are often easier; errands become quicker and inclement weather isn’t as cumbersome. We are all enjoying the added benefits of “mama’s car”.
Like all parents, I want my children to be as safe as possible when traveling in vehicles. I felt confident moving our well-loved Diono Radian RXT into my car for our five-year-old. And when it was finally time to move our seven-and-a-half year old into a proper booster seat we went with the award-winning Diono Monterey Highback Booster. Engineered to be the strongest and safest car seats available, Diono gives me added piece of mind.
Our little big girl couldn’t wait to transition to a booster seat. She’s petite and didn’t hit the 40-pound mark until second grade, so up until recently a five-point-harness was the safest choice for her.
I found the installation process for the Diono Monterey Booster Seat (designed to fit children 40 lb to 120 lb) to be a breeze. An easy-to-adjust dial on the back adjusts the width of the seat to fit a child’s shoulders up to 20″ wide. The 11-position headrest provides solid flexibility (adjusting up to 6.5″ in height) with one hand for the most accurate fit. As a fixed-position booster, integrated LATCH connectors and front adjusters ensure secure installation in seconds (LATCH use is optional) and keeps the seat in position when not in use.
Our little-big-girl has proven to be very comfortable in her high-back booster seat. I often wonder what’s going on in her creative mind as she looks out the window. She absolutely feels a sense of maturity in her new booster seat and makes sure to always tuck a water bottle or toys into the seat’s retractable, dual cup holders.
Best of all, the seat is loaded with safety features: The adjustable head rest and deep, aluminum reinforced sides are lined with energy-absorbing EPS foam for side impact protection. While the reinforced seat bottom provides extra lap belt safety, strengthening the Monterey and providing superior defense against crash forces.
When our daughter outgrows the high back mode of the seat, we can easily adjust it into backless booster mode. We think the Diono Monterey Booster is an excellent choice for keeping bigs kids safe while traveling.
Win It: Our generous friends at Diono are giving away a Diono Monterey Booster ($135 value) to one lucky winner! To enter visit the rafflecopter below. US only – and please note that all entries are verified. Best of luck!
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Sample provided. Opinions as always, are my own.
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Very attractive seat…would love to own one!
What and awesome seat and I love the color of the one you have there! I also love all the safety features it has and the adjustable head rest that is so neat!
I love this booster seat. Up to 120 lbs is great. Love to win one.
With two boys almost to the size limits on their convertible car seats this would be perfect! Love the style.
My son is ready for a booster seat. i love this one!
The thought of taking my daughter out of a 5 point harness killlllllllllllls me, but I would feel a little better putting her in a Diono!
I’ve been looking for a booster seat for my son because he is outgrowing his old one. I’d love to win the diono monterey! I might have to buy this one if I don’t, I love your review!
Would love one for my son who is turning 5 in a few weeks!
love to win for my birthday boy
This seat would be great for my 5 year old that will be moving to booster in the next year! Plus it is blue, his favorite color!
Looks like great care seat. Sure could use a new one. Fingers crossed
We have a diono rxt and we love it. It would be awesome to have this for our growing family.
I love how it holds a child up to 120 lbs. Awesome car seat!
I love that this seat will be able to grow with my child! looks like it will have a long life use of it.
I would love this for my 6 year old. I love the easy to adjust dial on the back!
I loved my diono!
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Would love this so much! My daughter needs a better carseat for her to “sleep ” in lol. (when she falls asleep when we drive somewhere, she doesn’t sleep in it any other time.
This looks like z great seat!
My husband and I could use one of these when our great grandchildren come over. We live in a rural area and you need to use a car to get anywhere for the kids. We love them and we get them as often as we can but it is difficult moving the car seats/booster seats from their parent’s cars to our car. Hope is comes our way.
My daughter will be needing a new car seat in a couple months. This would be a good option.
This would definitely be a great seat for my son! A lot of the boosters that have that high of a weight limit are backless. I would feel much safer with him in a seat like this.
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This seat looks amazing!
I’ve always liked Diono car seats. They are well made and comfortable. The one thing I splurge on for my kids is a good car seat.
This seat looks very stylish and safe. I love the quality from Diono!
My oldest grandson is ready for the transition to a booster car seat. This one looks really safe and comfortable for him!
My 7 year old is so tall. This seat would be a perfect for for her. Thanks for the chance!
I would love this for my son
We just had our third baby so we need another booster seat! This would be great!
GReat !
My cousin is being induced tomorrow! It would be so cool to give her this seat as a gift for when her little newborn is old enough for a booster!
My daughter is getting ready to graduate to a booster seat! I would love to win this for her!!
I love the safety of this booster seat, but also the look of it! My child would love this!
This looks like an awesome booster. I would love it for my daughter. She is almost ready to upgrade.
This would be perfect for my little cousin!
What a great seat. I just love how when my kid falls alsleep her head won’t lay down near her lab.
I could really use this for my 7 yr old!
Thanks for the chance! This seat is awesome; )
I love the color scheme on this seat! It’s perfectly uni-sex, which is a nice break from all the hot pinks I’ve seen lately!
I would love to win this as it would be one less thing I would need to buy.
I need a new seat for my daughter. This would be perfect!
Would be perfect for my almost 5yr old!
I love how narrow Diono seats are. They are the only brand my car can accommodate 3 of.
I would like to win this for my little nephew, Gage. I looks really nice. Thanks for the giveaway
this would be awesome for my oldest! his seat is so old!
The colors of this are awesome, I love it. I also love that is good for up 120 pounds, it would be perfect for my nephew.
I think the idea of a high back booster — think this would be much safer than just the seat. Like that this one goes from 40 pounds up to 120.
I have always heard such great things about Diono seats but have never used one myself with my littles. I have two in seats now!
I have heard such amazing things about Diono seats! Love that it is a high back seat!
Love this seat. Love that it can hold up to 120lbs. This will passed along to all 3 of my kiddos if I win 🙂
This would be perfect for my 7year old. She’s rather tall and the seat she’s in now can be passed down to her younger sibling. Heard a lot of good things about Diono.
I love to win this for my little niece. thankyou, ken
What a great giveaway! We have a Diono Radian RXT for our oldest and plan on buying another when our youngest when she outgrows her infant seat. I would love to win this for when my son is big enough for it!
I like the safety features of this seat. It would be great for my daughter.
Very very nice giveaway, the safety features on this car seat are great !!
I have a Diono for my youngest and it’s by far the best car seat I’ve owned and wish I would’ve bought them for my 2 oldest.
I like the 11 position headrest and five-point-harness. Great features and colors.
My nephew is getting too big for his car seat and could really use this booster seat.
this would come in SO handy for us as new parents !
this looks helpful
What a great booster, i need to get an updated one for my nice this school year.
We are almost the point in needing a bigger car seat for our son. This looks like it would be the perfect one.
I love the deep head wings and side. My 5 1/2 year old son is almost 40 lbs at which point we’re hoping to move him into a booster seat. Because he’s so small, the only forward-facing carseat I feel comfortable with him using is his Diono Radian (because of the SafeStop). I’m really nervous about moving him into a booster, so it only makes sense that Diono would be the perfect booster for him and give me some peace of mind. I think this seat would be perfect for him.
I love the fact that it goes up to 120 pounds!! And the colors are very cool too.
This look like the perfect booster seat for my son, he is getting too big for his car seat 🙂
This would be perfect for us to transition through the next few years of child car safety seats!
I like that it’s adjustable for different sized children.
We have really been needing one of these seats for my granddaughter.
Great booster seat, would be great for my son.
this is a neat booster! my daughter would love it!
Very nice, I would like this for my nephew.
This would be perfect for my son Jack. He gets so uncomfortable in his carseat and we struggle to keep in in it…..I can see this one is far more comfortable and just all around a better car seat. Thanks.
I love Diono car seats the best! They have a lot of great options. I can’t seem to choose which one I want best.
I like the 11-position headrest and the fact is goes to 120 lbs.
I love the design on that seat. Very cool!
This would be nice to win as an extra seat for grandma’s car!
This would be perfect for my little 5 year old 🙂 thanks for a chance
This is a great company and a great car seat for children! How awesome would this be to win? 🙂
My daughter will be 6 this winter and really needs a safe, reliable car seat. This one looks like it could possibly be the answer!
Full of great features, great price
I think this is a great seat. It’s full of features and I love that price. Good job and thank you Marino Bambinos.
I love this seat it would make a great baby gift
would love to own one car seat!
This new grandma could use this
I would love this for my 2 year old son or my 3 year old daughter, as they are outgrowing their current convertible carseats. I love the design!
Both of my sisters have kids.. this would be perfect for either of them.
My son is almost the age where we can switch his seat, I would love to win this.
Yay for nice looking booster seats! They have come a long way stylistically since I was a kid!
I’m loving the colors on this booster seat. My little one is moving on up to a booster seat and I’m just getting serious about looking for a new one.
It looks like a great booster seat. Thanks for the chance.
this is the one i need for my grandson
we are about to upgrade to a bigger car seat for my daughters age and this is the excact size we need.
This looks like a great booster seat. I love the print on it too!
I love this and we will be in need of a booster seat very soon!
Love the seat! Thanks so much for the chance!
My baby nephew would love this 🙂
This is very cute! Thanks for the opportunity to win 🙂
I like how it holds a child up to 120 lbs. Nice!
My nephew would love this booster seat!
really like the design!
What a great seat! I am in the market for new booster seats, as a I had bought my twins when they were around 2, Now boosters are better and way more improved! For example, the boosters they currently have, the base is SO high off of the seat, and it is such a pain, This seems much more functional, IF I won, of course I’d have to buy another, but would be such an amazing break in our budget! Would love to win!!
This looks like a fantastic booster seat!
Safety first! It makes me wonder how we all survived without these in my childhood!
I hear Diono is a great company, would obviously enjoy winning this and so would my son. Thanks so much!
I dream of owning Diono carseats! LOL…they are SO well rated. I am pregnant with my 4th and I am also a big fan of how slim they are compared to most other seats. This would be perfect for my oldest to transition to before the new baby comes!
I like how it holds a child up to 120 lbs
Would love to win this since we are going to have kids in the near future!
What an awesome seat! I would give this to my niece as my future baby wouldn’t need it for a while 🙂
My four year old needs a booster seat now because of his age and weight. Love this one!
We currently have a Diono Radian XT as well, and this looks like a great option for the next step in our car seat journey! I like that it goes up to 120lb.
My nephew could use this
I have 9 grand kids from 2 days old to 6 years and we always need a car/booster seat.
This would make a great gift for my god daughter!
My grandson could put this to good use.
This sounds like a wonderful seat. We would love to have this.
This car seat would be a great fit for my five year old son. : )
I like the aluminum reinforcement construction.
Nothing is more important than the safety of a child! Whoever wins this will be very lucky to have such a great booster seat helping to protect their special little one!
Thanks for a great giveaway, and a great review!
This car seat would be great for my nephew.
It would look beautiful in my car . It would match!
Boy I would love to have this seat for my grandson. He moved in with me with his mom and we don’t have a car seat for him right now and have to borrow one when we go anywhere. I love that this car seat has such a high safety rating.
like the seat and would look great in our car. We need one for our 5 grandchildren.
I feel like this seat would be a better option for my 8yo than his backless booster. He has a cognitive delay so he’s not really mature enough for a backless booster but he outgrew his other one long ago. This could be the perfect solution for us!
I would love to win this diono monterey booster seat for my daughter 🙂
This would make a great gif for my nephew!
I like the pattern on this seat. Not the same boring dark grey or black.
in a couple months from now my baby will be ready for his booster. I love this thanks for sharing
The seat looks stylish,comfortable, durable…and most importantly (given it woul dbe used for several years) easy to clean!
My son is at the point where he has just about outgrown his car seat. We have started looking around for a booster seat for him and this would be perfect! Julie smartsavvymama@gmail.com
I am due with my first in November and although I have a car seat for baby already set, this will come in handy once baby grows out of the infant/baby carrier. Thank you for having the giveaway!
We could definitely use a new car seat!
This looks very comfortable and safe.
great seat! Would win this for my sister!
Love Diono products and this would be perfect since my oldest is out growing her current seat
Seems to be very safe, comfy, and looks great!
Everyone could use extra booster seats.
I’ve heard nothing but great things of the Diono brand!
I prefer the heather grey color
I love the headrest…not only for safety but sleeping too! (for those long car rides!)
My son needs a new seat! This would be perfect!
My daughter is growing so quickly that she will be ready for a booster seat very soon!
My daughter would love this! She is growing out of hers. I love the pattern on it also, so vivid.
We are in need of a new carseat…not a baby anymore, sadly…and I’ve heard nothing but wonderful things about Diono. This would be a GREAT prize!
love that it fits up to 120lbs! Would love to have this for my niece when she rides with me
Looks like a great seat – I would la la LOVE to win this!
This would come in handy right now!
I love the safety features on this seat! I think they just changed some height/ weight requirements in my state for booster seats. I really like that this one can seat up to a 120 lb. child.
Love all the safety features of this seat! It would be perfect for my daughter!
My son is almost ready to move to a booster and this would be perfect for him!
Would love to have a Diono! We currently have a Chicco.
I could really use a booster seat since my youngest will be outgrowing his car seat soon.
I would love to.own this seat – my daughter would be very comfortable in it
My daughter still sits in a transitional booster and based on the new requirements may for another 2 years.
My favorite feature is the he 11-position headrest provides solid flexibility (adjusting up to 6.5″ in height) with one hand for the most accurate fit.
I would love to win this booster for my cousin.
Diono seats seem great
I like that this has aluminum reinforced sides.
Love all the safety features!! Looks like it is very comfy too.
I just love this car seat. This would be great for the grand kids.
I like all of the safety features.
The seat is great for kids who fall asleep on long car rides.
This booster seat would be awesome for my son!!
I like the color of one u showing and love all the safely features
Love this booster! And as luck would have it we need another one. 🙂
I’m extremely happy with the quality of our Diono Rainier…so I love that they brought back the Monterey booster!!! Especially, in these fabulous prints. The ikat is just gorgeous! We’re on the verge of transitioning out 8yo out of her harness, this looks like a new top contender.
this is a great seat ty for this great chance with two grand kids one here and another on the way car seats get costly this would help a great deal such a blessing….best of luck everyone
Would love one for my daughter!
Id love to try Diono! thats the top brand on my list of booster seats I want for my LO.
Love the latch feature! Thanks!
I’d love to try this Diono! It’s great that it goes up to 120 lbs.
I would love this for my daughter.
I would love this booster for my little girl!
I’ve been wantin one of these!!!
We are in need of a new booster seat. Thanks for the review.
It looks very functional
Awesome booster seat! We’re getting ready to purchase one soon.
I just became a grandmother and I could use this!
My favorite feature is the aluminum reinforced sides. Safety is so important! Thanks for the chance!
This would be great for my niece she is 8 but still needs a booster seat also the color matches my car interior 🙂
We are in need of booster seat for our growing girl.
Wonderful review.this would be perfect for our grandson.thanks so much for sharing.
What an awesome seat! I hope to win!!1
This would be a great seat to win!
This is exactly what I have been looking for. I need this for my grandson!
My daughter is about ready to graduate to the next level seat so I’ve been researching. Diono is one of my top picks because of the safety ratings, price & it would just look nice in my car 🙂
I love Diono seats and would love to have one for my nieces. I have an rxt for my kids. Thank you for this giveaway. 🙂
Nice looking seat. Could use for the grandkids
I would love this for my granddaughter. The one I own is incredibly heavy and awkward. This one looks great.
Would love to win! Thanks for the great giveaway.
I love the design of this carseat!
I love that it fits up until 120lbs, this would be a great seat to use for a long period of time.
I like the look of this and the adjustable head rest
Oh, this would be perfect for my 6 year old! She is so tiny so we still have her in her convertible right now, but we’ve been trying to make the transition so she has a little more room. Thank you for the opportunity!
What a wonderful booster seat!
I need one for my son!!
I will need a seat soon for my son. My friend has said that Diono is a good brand, so this would be great!
it is up to 120 lbs
Really love the high back and side head panels. Thanks for the chance!
This would be great for my growing granddaughter.
This carseat looks very comfortable and I love the design fingers crossed!
Very nice seat, we will definitely need one of these in the next several months.
I would love this for my 6 year old, she doesn’t care for her current booster seat this one looks much more comfortable!
Diono seats are awesome. I would love this one for my growing girly! She is needing a new seat since her brother will be taking over hers.
This seat looks awesome!!! Thanks for the chance!!
I would LOVE to win!!! My daughter needs a new seat!
I love the design how safe it looks that it goes to 120lbs perfect for my daugther
I heard these are great and we could sure use this one thanks for the chance to win this one.
I would like to win this for my son. I like the easy to adjust dial and the way it is so easy to install.
I love that this grows with the kid and even looks good too!
I love the colors of this because you can continue to use it for a boy or a girl!
I’ve heard amazing thing about Diono! I’d love to have one of their seats..they look great. thanks!
I love that this is so easy and works up to 120 lbs! Thanks for the chance =)
Great seat….great giveaway; count me in, please. Thanks!
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Would be perfect for my granddaughter
This would be great to have as we are getting a second car soon and a car seat for it would help us out a bunch! O love it will be long term use since an older child can use it.
I love the color and design of this seat. I would love to win it.
Would be a great gift to my bro and sis n law who will need a new seat for my nephew soon.
This booster seat is awesome!!
As a grandmother I only had the money to get a little booster seat for my 5 yr. old granddaughter. I ‘m so worried everytime she comes over because I don’t feel like it is enough protection for her. This would be so great to surprise her with a safe booster waiting for her in grandma’s backseat.
I love the bright neutral design and colors and love the Diono name – committed to quality and safety. What a lovely looking seat.
We are in need of new booster seats for our kids and this would be perfect for one of them.
this booster looks awesome, we’d love to try it!
I really love the design of this seat. It looks sturdy and safe. I love that it would work for both my girl (who is booster size now) and my son who should be in a booster soon-ish. 😀
I’ve heard great things and would love to try this for our kids!
Would be great for my nephew
I would love to win this for my grandchild. I love the look of it and the quality
Love the head piece! Looks so cozy and safe!
My son is so close to outgrowing his convertible so I’m glad to see this booster review! I really appreciate all the safety features.
I love the extra safety features and design of this seat! thanks for the chance.
I have a new grandbaby due in October and this car seat would be ideal!
I would love this for my nephew.
Won’t be long now, only grandchild, 2 years in a couple months will need this soon after!
I’ve read great things about this seat! My son is finally ready for a big boy seat! Thanks for the giveaway!
This looks like a great booster seat.
Diono car seats are so well made and I like the safety features too . It can easily adjust it into backless booster mode which is great when the kids get bigger to use it.
My daughter will need one of these this year. I love that it is great up to over 100 lbs.
I love this!!! The pattern is just adorable and it is such a generous giveaway!! It’s crazy how expensive our sweet little babies are and this really helps us all out so much!! Thanks so much for the amazing giveaways!! We all truly appreciate it!! XOXO
great colors
I would love to try this. I have a Diono car seat and love it.
I love that this car seat isn’t just a booster seat. My little one is almost at the size to where i should be changing her to a booster seat, but i’m really not fond of the just seat kind. I didn’t even know there was an option with a back! I know what i’ll be changing to 😉
Beautiful booster seat strong & safe us what I need for my kids, always looking for the best for their safety. Thanks for the chance! Good luck everyone.
This would be perfect for my son when he grows out of his current seat! Love it!