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Mifold Review: Hands-On With mifold Comfort (2021)

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A decade ago when parents of school-age children went on vacation, they generally left the booster seats at home. Some of them knew it wasn’t safe and preferred convenience, while others didn’t even realize the danger of using an adult seatbelt alone. Booster seats have come a long way since then, and there’s now a huge universe of portable booster car seats to keep kids safe while traveling light.

In this review, I’m taking a look at one of the most innovative child safety products of the last few years: the mifold folding booster seat. Thanks to our partners at Carfoldio, I have the opportunity to get hands-on and in-depth with their upgraded version, the new mifold comfort .

This mifold comfort (also available here ) review covers the basics of mifold, who should use mifold, how to use mifold, how it fares in real world testing and hands-on comparisons of mifold versus competing folding booster seats. Hopefully this review will help you decide if mifold is the right choice for your family.

What is the mifold travel booster seat?

The mifold comfort is an ultra-portable booster seat that folds in half like a clamshell and weighs about as much as a hardcover book. As you can see above, it’s tiny!

Read more: Folding car seats for every age

Like all belt positioning boosters, it adjusts the fit of an adult seatbelt to fit a child’s much smaller body. The difference is that it pulls the lap belt lower on the child rather than boosting the child up – the same basic idea as the Ride Safer travel vest (read my Ride Safer review ).

There are several versions of the mifold booster seat out in the wild, though in this review I primarily evaluate the new mifold comfort. There are three mifold folding booster seats currently available: mifold original, mifold sport and mifold comfort. They all have the same basic design but mifold sport and mifold comfort have additional padding (and are thus a little bulkier) compared to the hard surface of mifold original. You can see all three below to compare.

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Who is the mifold grab and go booster seat for?

Mifold’s manufacturer advises on the booster seat packaging, manual and labels that the mifold grab n go car booster seat is for kids ages 4+ who weigh 33-100 pounds. The model I received for testing was manufactured in July 2020.

On their website, mifold lists the size range as 40-100 pounds and 40-57″. The minimum weight change is in line with the direction all booster seat manufacturers are moving in light of booster seats shifting underneath some young riders who are under 40 pounds in certain types of crashes. In looking at customer reviews on mifold’s website, there seems to be some confusion among consumers as to whether the current minimum size is 33lbs or 40lbs. Unfortunately a 33 pound child may not weigh enough to keep the booster seat in place in a severe crash.

The general guidance for booster seat usage in the Child Passenger Safety community is at least 40lbs, at least 5 years old and mature enough to stay seated properly 100% of the time . Parents and CPSTs alike know that most children aren’t mature enough to stay seated correctly 100% of the time at age 4. Some children are ready at age 5 and many are not ready until 6 or even 7 years old.

It’s also critical that your child achieve a safe seatbelt fit in any booster seat she’s going to use – more on that later in this mifold review.

Read more: The best travel car seats for 5 year olds

How do you use the mifold booster seat?

There are just a few steps to prepare the mifold portable booster seat for use, but it’s important to follow them.

First, unwind the shoulder belt adjuster strap that’s used to keep mifold folded. That will allow mifold to flop open as it needs to be for your child to sit on it.

Second, find the red tabs on the bottom to adjust the width of the lap belt guides. They’re easy to adjust once you know what to look for. There are three different widths to choose from, market on the guides as I, II and III. Choose the same width on each side, and be sure it’s the option that’s closest to your child without touching . For reference, my almost 7 year old (around 45 pounds) used setting I and my 9.5 year old (around 65 pounds) used setting II.

Third, place the mifold as far back on the vehicle seat as possible. You want the back of the mifold booster car seat to be right at the junction between the bottom and back of the vehicle seat. If your vehicle seat has a “waterfall” bight – meaning there’s a small sloped panel between the bottom and back of the seat – the mifold manual directs you to place the back panel of the mifold up on the slope.

Fourth, thread the shoulder belt through the attached and required red shoulder belt guide. If you’re already familiar with backless boosters, you’ll know that the shoulder belt adjuster clip is typically required only if your child needs it to achieve a proper fit. That is not the case with mifold.

Finally, have your child sit on the mifold folding booster seat, thread the lap belt through the red guides on both sides and then buckle the seatbelt. The shoulder belt doesn’t go through the guides (which is fine, but different than many boosters to older independent riders might need reassurance that it’s correct). Adjust the shoulder belt clip down so that the shoulder belt makes nice contact and crosses mid-way between the neck and the edge of the shoulder.

That’s it! Once you’ve done it once or twice, the whole set up process is extremely quick – as is the case with most backless booster seats.

If you’re riding in a car with adjustable head restraints, be sure to move it up so that your child has full support at least to the tops of the ears (but ideally to the top of the head).

mifold review: seatbelt fit

While some booster seats include fancy extra features, in reality a booster seat’s function is simple: to properly position an adult seatbelt so that it safely secures a child’s much smaller body. The shoulder belt should make contact with the middle of your child’s shoulder. The top of the lap belt should fit low on the hips and touch the top of the thighs.

This diagram from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is extremely helpful in understanding how to judge lap belt fit. If it’s too high, the seatbelt can cause severe abdominal injury (also called “seatbelt syndrome”) in a crash. If it’s too low, the child’s pelvis can be rotated forward and cause them to slide down in a crash – again resulting in abdominal injury.

In performing a mifold safety review, the million dollar question for CPSTs is how well the lap belt fits. It’s generally easy enough to adjust shoulder belt fit with a clip, but the lap belt positioning is primarily based on the design of the booster seat and the child’s build; sometimes the specific car’s seatbelt geometry can come into play as well. There’s really no way to change the lap belt fit.

I have seen many, many seat belt fit pictures of the original mifold. In about 80% of them, the lap belt fit is not one I’d be comfortable with for my own child or the kids I help as a CPST. In the remaining 20% it’s ok, but rarely in an ideal range unless the child is close to passing the “5 step test” to stop using a booster seat (around age 10-12).

I was pleasantly surprised to see that the fit on my son (9.5 years old, around 49″, 65 pounds and desperately in need of a profession haircut) was pretty close to what I would feel comfortable with. The lap belt is still a little lower than what I’d consider a great fit, but it’s getting there. The shoulder belt fit is just fine.

For those of you reading this with booster-age kids, you’ll probably recognize that my kids are little peanuts for their ages. Genetics at work! Most of my son’s buddies are 6-12″ taller than he is and the thicker built ones will likely achieve a much safer lap belt fit. I’ll definitely be keeping our new mifold comfort in the trunk as a backup if one of them needs a lift home from soccer.

Now on to my even tinier child… she’ll be 7 soon but is only around 45″ and 45 pounds. She’s small for her age but still well within range for the mifold, which now starts at 40lbs and 40″. We’ve had a hard time getting a good fit for her in a few boosters because she has a short torso – she could still fit in plenty of convertible car seats but is mature enough to handle a booster seat. As long as a booster seat fits her properly, it’s an extremely safe choice for her age, size and developmental level.

Unfortunately the lap belt fit you see in this picture is typically of what we often see with young kids using the mifold – remember that this joyful sprite is almost 7 and the product is marketed for kids 4+. The lap belt is extremely far forward on her thighs, clearly out of the recommended range that we saw in the IIHS diagram above. In a crash, her pelvis could move forward without engaging the lap belt as it should.

I checked several times to make sure that the booster was flush with the vehicle seatback and that she was properly positioned. This is where the lap belt landed and there’s no realistic way to change it.

For comparison, you can see her below in the same spot on the same day fit testing the Graco RightGuide. That seat has a 50lb minimum so she didn’t ride in it yet. But the lap belt fit is completely in the “green zone” from the IIHS chart above.

Read more: The best travel car seats for 6 year olds

So what’s the issue here? The mifold lap belt guides are positioned really far forward. It’s possible that in the car with the “waterfall” seat bight I mentioned in the installation section, the lap belt guides would be in the perfect spot (I know this sounds excessively nuanced, but these are the details that we as CPSTs look out for – check out page 19 here if you really want more info). But in most modern cars, the bottom and back of the vehicle seat are basically perpendicular to each other and the mifold comfort will sit flat like it does here in my CR-V.

A child who has a thicker-than-average build may have a better lap belt fit with mifold than my average kiddos. This is why it’s always so important to try each child in each booster seat in each car to make sure fit is correct. Booster seats seem simple at first glance, but there’s a lot of room for error!

For reference, you can see above how the lap belt guides are positioned on the hifold booster by the same company versus the mifold comfort sitting in its lap. The shiny red arm of hifold on the right is its lap belt guide. mifold is pushed all the way back here – meaning the child’s back would be positioned the same in both. You can see that mifold’s lap belt guides are several inches forward of the hifold lap belt guides.

We have no problem getting a safe lap belt fit with hifold. Below you can see her more than a year ago testing out hifold. The lap belt is exactly where it should be.

Many CPSTs have noted that mifold’s lap belt fit would be much better if the belt guides were simply moved to the other half of the shell. Some people have even done a fit test with the mifold backwards (not that they would use it that way) and found the lap belt fit substantially better. While that kind of change would require some engineering work, it would also make mifold safely usable for a much broader group of kids in the stated size range. Hopefully we’ll see that change in the next version!

mifold comfort review

In this review, we specifically tried the mifold comfort. Thanks to a neighbor I had the opportunity to compare it to the original. While the bones of the two seats are basically the same, the new one is definitely an improvement!

First off, you can see that there’s a lot more labeling on the shell of the mifold comfort (dark blue shell on the left). The mifold comfort complies with regulations for US, Canada, Europe /UN (though the older R44/04 as the new standard doesn’t allow backless boosters) and China. Functionally, that means you can legally use the mifold comfort everywhere except Australia ! The same is true of their hifold highback booster seat , though that has a shot at Australian compliance since it has a back.

You may notice the zip ties our neighbors added to their original mifold ( not an approved modification that I’d recommend to families). They found that in the locked position, the belt guides were hard for their kids to release without adult assistance. At the same time, I noted that it was extremely easy to push the belt guides back in even without using the buttons on the bottom. Fortunately the entire adjustment mechanism seems to work much better on the mifold comfort.

One small change is the presence of those little gray triangles. They’re intended to decrease slipping on the seat when your child gets in though they were inadequate for my kids’ testing.

The biggest change from the original mifold grab and go to the new mifold comfort is the addition of lots of squishy padding. One of the biggest complaints about the original mifold was child comfort for all but the shortest rides, and that issue has been successfully addressed. My kids were both satisfied with the padding of the hifold and this is even thicker and squishier!

When I asked my kids how they felt sitting on the mifold comfort, they both said it was comfortable but very small. “Small” wasn’t so much of a negative for them as it was a surprise, given that they’re both used to riding in high back boosters or larger backless boosters. It doesn’t lift kids off the seat too much so the shallow depth may not be much of a problem even for older kids with long legs.

It does offer a teensy bit more seating area than the original mifold as you can see below. However, that additional length moves the lap belt even further down the thighs and away from the proper position.

My biggest comfort-related concern is that the kids who actually achieve a safe seatbelt fit will be so big that they find the seating area inadequate. I’m hoping to borrow a taller model soon to answer that question!

mifold booster reviews: travel worthiness

One of the big selling points of the original mifold is that it’s compact enough to slip in a purse or backpack so that you always have it when you’re out for the day. The new mifold comfort isn’t quite as compact, but it’s still much smaller than most of its competitors – see below for lots of helpful comparisons.

When considering a child restraint’s “travel worthiness” it’s really important to consider whether or not you’ll be able to use it properly in a given car. In the case of a car seat that might include ease of installation and whether or not you’ll be able to find a top tether overseas, but for the mifold it all comes back to the seatbelt fit.

If you plan to travel with mifold, you need to be confident that your child will have a safe seatbelt fit in whatever kind of car you’re in – and if you plan to use a taxi , Uber or Lyft you may not be able to predict what will come your way. Before bringing mifold on a trip, I recommend trying your child on it in multiple cars to confirm that you get a good lap belt fit in different types of vehicles.

As I mentioned above, the new mifold comfort is approved for visitors to use in almost every country. If it fits a child well, that’ll be a huge relief for parents worried about the legality of using an American car seat on vacation.

mifold comfort vs mifold original

mifold comfort is noticeably thicker than mifold original. It clocks in at 1lb 10oz on my scale versus 1lb 8oz for the original – not a big difference. Either one will fit well in your day bag, but your kids will probably be happier with the mifold comfort. A happy kid is certainly worth the small trade-off in size and weight.

mifold vs Ride Safer travel vest

When folded, mifold comfort (on the right) is only a little smaller than the Ride Safer travel vest ( full review here ). The Ride Safer is about 4oz heavier than the mifold comfort but it’s a great, safe choice for kids starting at age 4. However, mifold is simpler to use especially for quick hops in and out of taxis.

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mifold vs Bubblebum

The Bubblebum inflatable booster seat ( full review here ) has long been a popular choice for traveling families. It weighs 1lb 1oz, gives a great seatbelt fit for kids starting at 40lbs/4oz and even passes crash testing when deflated for an extra measure of security. When rolled, the Bubblebum takes up a bit more space than mifold comfort and much more than mifold original.

The Bubblebum’s seating area is just a little bigger than mifold comfort’s seating area. Many parents don’t realize it, but kids aren’t supposed to sit on the silver part of Bubblebum! If your child’s bottom is on it, they need a bigger booster seat.

mifold vs hiccapop Uberboost

Like the mifold comfort, the hiccapop Uberboost ( full review here ) wasn’t ideal for our petite kids but could work well for bigger carpool buddies who sometimes ride with us. It’s another inflatable booster seat but gives a little more space for broader kiddos than the Bubblebum. It’s hollow inside so you can probably roll it small than this, and at 1lb 3oz it’s 6oz lighter than the mifold comfort. However, my kid hated the optional shoulder belt clip and won’t use the seat until he’s tall enough to avoid it.

mifold vs Graco RightGuide

The Graco RightGuide is a new kid on the block in the portable booster seat game. It’s foldable in the sense that the belt guides fold under the seat to make it flat for transportation. As you can see, it’s quite a bit larger than mifold or mifold comfort. It weighs 2lbs 1oz vs 1lb 10oz for the mifold comfort so that’s a noticeable difference. The RightGuide has minimum requirements of 5yo/50lbs/43″ so it’s one of the more meaningful comparisons with the mifold.

As you can see below, the Graco RightGuide offers a much bigger seating area. Kids who are big enough to get a good seat belt fit with both will need to decide whether they want to carry around the extra size of the RightGuide or be content with the smaller seating area of the mifold comfort. Either way, parents can rejoice that these kiddos are old enough to carry their own booster seats!

I tested both of my kids on the Graco RightGuide and was very pleased with the seatbelt fit (even though my daughter isn’t even big enough to use it for a ride yet). It’s not without it faults, though, so be sure to do your research before buying.

Read more: In-depth Graco RightGuide review

mifold vs hifold

As you’ve probably noted by now, mifold isn’t Carfoldio’s only product! Their hifold highback booster seat is pretty rad. In fact, as of this writing it’s my daughter’s daily ride. You can read my full review here . The major advantage of hifold is that kids will almost certainly achieve a safer seat belt fit than with mifold; that’s why hifold will be coming with us on our upcoming vacation. The downside of hifold compared to mifold is that’s there’s no comparing the size – hifold weighs 10 pounds and folds to the size of a bowling ball bag. It’s not an ideal choice if you’ll be jumping in and out of Ubers all day!

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Final thoughts of my mifold booster seat review

I truly applaud Carfoldio for pushing the envelope on booster seat design. As kids get older and travel and carpool more frequently, it’s handy to have ultra-compact options that keep them safe.

I also hope that the engineers will take some of my feedback (and feedback from fellow CPSTs) to heart in designing the next version. Parents don’t generally have all the information they need to judge booster seat fit and as a CPST I try to steer parents toward products that are safe, easy to use and consistent. Especially for traveling families, it’s extremely challenging to recommend a product that will only work safely for certain children in certain cars.

If your child is well into the approved size range has a sturdier build it may be worth ordering one to see how the lap belt fit looks on your kiddo. If it fits safely, consider yourself fortunate to be able to travel with the most compact booster seat on the market!

Where to buy mifold comfort

If you feel that mifold comfort is right for your child, here are the best places to find a good deal:

mifold FAQs

Mifold passes crash testing per American, Canadian, European and Chinese standards. However, any booster seat is only safe if the seatbelt fits your child properly in your vehicle. The seatbelt fit with mifold isn’t consistent, so if you’re interested in using the product you’ll need to buy or borrow one to see how it fits on your kiddo.

Nearly all 4 year olds do not have the impulse control to sit properly in a booster seat 100% of the time. In addition, the lap belt fit issues I highlighted above will be even more pronounced with a smaller child. There are many excellent travel car seats for 4 year olds .

Yes, mifold is approved in the US.

Yes, mifold is currently legal in the UK and Europe. It’s permitted under the older ECE R44/04 standard. Once new R44 seats are no longer allowed and only newer R129-compliant seats are approved, the minimum height for all backless boosters in the UK and Europe will be 125cm (49″). That’s the size of an average 7 year old and is in line with both best practice and the size at which mifold realistically starts to fit children safely. Some of the details of R129 “booster cushions” (backless boosters) are still being ironed out but heightless boosters like mifold may eventually need to be redesigned to comply with design specifications.

Yes, mifold booster seats have a usable lifespan of 7 years. Fortunately the date of manufacture is printed right on the shoulder adjustment clip so you’ll never have to hunt for it!

Thank you to our partners at Carfoldio for providing the mifold comfort for review. All opinions are my own.

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Mifold booster seat review

Compact and collapsable, this booster seat skimps on safety for some kids

Updated August 8, 2022

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Mifold Original

Lightweight

Highly portable

Uncomfortable

Seatbelt positioning is erratic

Fit isn't for everyone

If you’ve ever traveled with a bulky car seat or booster, you have probably searched far and wide for a lighter, less cumbersome, and more portable alternative.

About the Milfold booster seat

The Mifold makes it easy to adjust the shoulder belt, making it safer for kids to ride.

The grab-and-go booster is available in five different booster options, including two “luxury” models, which offer more padding and comfort than the original model, a high-back foldable model, and a baseline model that sits flat but doesn’t fold.

The Mifold Original is the one that first gained the brand its fame and is the model we tried. It has a simple design that allows it to fold up to be 9-inches long and 4-inches wide, making it smaller and lighter than a typical kids’ tablet—to give you a baseline item to compare its size to.

How does the Mifold work?

Far smaller than a regular booster, rather than raising a child up, the Mifold booster aims to properly align and fit both a car’s lap belt and shoulder belt so that they are safe and secure for children ages 4 and older, 40 pounds to 100 pounds, and 40 inches to 57 inches tall.

The Mifold booster meets or exceeds U.S.’s NHTSA standards FMVSS 213 and is regulated for use in every state and all countries except for Australia. It’s also narrow enough to fit three in a row across the back seat of most cars.

What we like about the Mifold car seat

The size of the Mifold booster is certainly an upgrade from a typical booster.

It’s convenient

Our son’s impromptu play dates increased exponentially since we started testing out the Mifold booster. The thing that we liked best about the Mifold car seat is that there really is no reason not to always have it in your car. We kept ours in the seat-back pocket of our Prius; whenever a child floated the idea of hanging out, we had the means to take them along with us on our adventures.

Suddenly my kid and his friends can socialize with the carefree ease similar to that of my 80s childhood, back when we didn’t have to worry about car seats and boosters. Only, with the Mifold booster, they are much safer than we were back then.

It’s fairly easy to use

The lap belt is held in place with a typical hook closure.

To use the Mifold, simply unfold it, squeeze the red tabs on the underside to extend the belt guides, and position the booster to rest securely in your car’s seat bight (where the horizontal and vertical parts of your car’s seat come together). Then pull the lap belt through the guides and then clip the positioning strap so the clip sits approximately 1 inch above your child’s shoulder.

We like that the shoulder belt positioning strap quickly clips around the seat belt for a secure fit and is easily adjustable. This sets the Mifold apart from other boosters and car seats that require the seat belt be threaded through a guide, which can be cumbersome and opens things up to user error when you’re moving it from one car to another.

It’s compliant

The Mifold is compliant with the U.S.’s Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards FMVSS 213, which governs the performance and design criteria of child restraint systems for kids up to 80 pounds, and it meets or exceeds regulatory standards worldwide (excluding Australia).

What that means is you can take the Mifold just about anywhere and can confidently know that you are using a product that is compliant with safety standards in any city and in just about any country you travel to.

It’s perfect for travel

Because the Mifold is so lightweight and compact, it’s a traveler’s dream. It’s perfect for city travel when you’re hopping in and out of cab rides and car rentals.

We traveled all over town with our Mifold. A friend of ours even borrowed the Mifold we tested, as well as two others, for a trip to Mexico with her three children. All three boosters they traveled with were able to fit in their carry-on luggage and, when it was time to hop into a car, all three lined up easily in the back of a sedan.

It’s affordable

Prices range anywhere from $29.99 to $129.99 depending on the model you purchase. By and large, the Mifold is an affordable and accessible option for most families. We like that it’s sold at a price point that is within reach of just about anyone.

What we didn’t like about the Mifold booster

It’s not very comfortable.

We tested the Mifold Original on six children overall and most complained that it was not comfortable to sit on. The seat itself is hard and stiff and elicited complaints for trips longer than a quick jaunt from a park to home. Unless your nerves are impervious to whining children, we don’t recommend the Mifold Original for long car rides.

It’s not great for all cars

While the Mifold booster fits on most cars, if you have a curved-back seat, it’s going to be problematic. This issue tends to be the case with most car seats and boosters and isn’t a problem that’s unique to the Mifold booster—however, seeing as part of the appeal of the Mifold is that you can throw it in your backpack and pop it into any car anywhere you go, this is a problem worth noting.

It’s challenging for kids to use

While the adults were able to use the Mifold with relative ease, it wasn’t so easy for kids. Adult supervision and, in almost all cases, assistance were required to accurately line things up. We found kids struggled with getting their lap belt into the guides and, when they were successful, the lap belt wasn’t actually where it was supposed to be on their hips—rendering the Mifold unsafe in those instances.

Our children testers, ages 5 to 9, all struggled to get out of the Mifold on their own (one even yelled at me that I "trapped him"). The collapsible seat belt guides do a good job of holding the seat belt in place, but it’s difficult to remove the seat belt when you’re ready to get out of the car. For adults it’s challenging and takes a lot of patience; for kids, however, it seems near impossible.

Each of the six children testers struggled with the seat belt guides. None were able to get out of the Milfold booster independently, even with repeated tries.

Safety is questionable for smaller kids

We found that the lap belt positioned itself too low on the lap of smaller kids. This can be remedied with some adjustments, but it's something to be aware of.

While some booster seats have fancy extras, a booster really only has one function and that’s to properly position an adult seat belt so that it safely secures a child’s smaller body. They should position seat belts so they lie across the strong bones of the chest and pelvis instead of the belly and the neck, where they could severely hurt a child in a crash.

What this means is, in the possibility of a crash, your child’s pelvis isn’t secure, which can result in serious injury.

Should you buy the Mifold booster seat?

The Mifold Original booster seat is 10 times smaller than your regular booster, it’s easy to use, and it makes traveling a breeze, but while the Mifold does make travel easier, it isn’t for everyone.

Its selling points are attractive, but the drawback of the erratic seat belt fit is significant. Because the issues that we take with the Mifold are ones of safety, we think the cons of the Mifold outweigh pros. Unfortunately, we cannot unequivocally recommend it.

If you are looking for a travel booster and your child has a more sturdy body build, the Mifold may work well for you. Some of our testers love it and our Parenting editor says she found it incredibly useful when in cab-centric cities like New York.

For my family, however, the fit just isn’t one we consider safe. It looks like we’ll be lugging around our bulky booster for a couple more years.

Prices were accurate at the time this article was published but may change over time.

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Redefining Traveling with Booster Seats: Mifold Grab and Go Booster Seat Review

Several years ago, I saw a video for a start-up company for a product they dubbed as “the most advanced, compact and portable booster seats – EVER”. At the time both my girls were still in booster seats so this definitely peeked my interest. To have a grab-in-go booster that fits inside my purse or the kid’s backpacks sounded awesome! But, I couldn’t buy one yet since they were still in development…so I clicked off and moved on to something I could buy – that day. For the next few years, the RideSafer Travel Safety Vest became our go-to for portable booster seats.

Fast forward to 2017. The product – mifold – has officially launched and is ready to use. When I was asked to review the product earlier this summer my interest was peeked yet again.

While Princess One is now out of a booster seat, Princess Two isn’t and has a VERY difficult time using the Travel Safety Vest. Her little fingers are just not strong or nimble enough to get the seat belts into and out of the small, metal attachments; this was never an issue for Princess One. Every child is different but for Princess Two this “difference” has meant transporting the HUGE booster seat to and from school, birthday parties and other events when we’re carpooling. We’ve still relied on the vest when traveling since I’m there to manage the process.

When I showed Princess Two the mifold even she was excited to test it out. Not only was it tiny – 10x smaller than a regular booster seat – but her little fingers could easily slip and snap the seat belt into place. She’s now retired our Travel Safety Vest and is loving the mifold. (See the video below and she’ll show you just how easy it is!)

How the mifold Works

The mifold is completely different than other car seats, especially in the routing of the seat belt and size of the seat. Unlike other booster seats that lift the child to position the seat belt around their lap and their chest, the mifold adapts the belt to fit the child. The lap belt is designed to be low on the hips and contacting the top of the thighs, which has been shown to be a very safe and effective positioning. It’s so simple, kids can do it themselves. See for yourself…

The mifold is fully tested around the world and meets or exceeds the United States NHTSA standard FMVSS 213, the Canadian RSSR CMVSS 213 and the European standard ECE R44.04.

The Bottom-line

Somethings are worth waiting for, including the launch of the mifold. I’m so happy the mifold has launched and is available! It’s perfect for traveling, carpooling and everyday use. My kids can EASILY do it without any help and can simply keep it in their backpacks for those last-minute playdates/carpools. And, for Princess Two, who’s eight now and thinks booster seats are for babies, it’s the perfect thing to stash for her use. For me, it’s tiny size makes it easy to toss in my purse when we’re traveling and cabbing or Ubering our way around town.

The Princess Rating: TWO THUMBS UP

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The Moscow Metro is the third most intensive subway system in the world after Tokyo and Seoul subways. The first line was opened on May 15, 1935. Since 1955, the metro has the name of V.I. Lenin.

The system consists of 12 lines with a total length of 305.7 km. Forty four stations are recognized cultural heritage. The largest passenger traffic is in rush hours from 8:00 to 9:00 and from 18:00 to 19:00.

Cellular communication is available on most of the stations of the Moscow Metro. In March 2012, a free Wi-Fi appeared in the Circle Line train. The Moscow Metro is open to passengers from 5:20 to 01:00. The average interval between trains is 2.5 minutes.

The fare is paid by using contactless tickets and contactless smart cards, the passes to the stations are controlled by automatic turnstiles. Ticket offices and ticket vending machines can be found in station vestibules.

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Tomás · August 27, 2012 at 11:34 pm

The Moscow metro stations are the best That I know, cars do not.

Alberto Calvo · September 25, 2016 at 8:57 pm

Great videos! Moscow Metro is just spectacular. I actually visited Moscow myself quite recently and wrote a post about my top 7 stations, please check it out and let me know what you think! :)

http://www.arwtravels.com/blog/moscow-metro-top-7-stations-you-cant-miss

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Touring the Top 10 Moscow Metro Stations

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Komsomolskaya metro station looks like a museum. It has vaulted ceilings and baroque decor.

Hidden underground, in the heart of Moscow, are historical and architectural treasures of Russia. These are Soviet-era creations – the metro stations of Moscow.

Our guide Maria introduced these elaborate metro stations as “the palaces for the people.” Built between 1937 and 1955, each station holds its own history and stories. Stalin had the idea of building beautiful underground spaces that the masses could enjoy. They would look like museums, art centers, concert halls, palaces and churches. Each would have a different theme. None would be alike.

The two-hour private tour was with a former Intourist tour guide named Maria. Maria lived in Moscow all her life and through the communist era of 60s to 90s. She has been a tour guide for more than 30 years. Being in her 60s, she moved rather quickly for her age. We traveled and crammed with Maria and other Muscovites on the metro to visit 10 different metro stations.

Arrow showing the direction of metro line 1 and 2

Moscow subways are very clean

To Maria, every street, metro and building told a story. I couldn’t keep up with her stories. I don’t remember most of what she said because I was just thrilled being in Moscow.   Added to that, she spilled out so many Russian words and names, which to one who can’t read Cyrillic, sounded so foreign and could be easily forgotten.

The metro tour was the first part of our all day tour of Moscow with Maria. Here are the stations we visited:

1. Komsomolskaya Metro Station  is the most beautiful of them all. Painted yellow and decorated with chandeliers, gold leaves and semi precious stones, the station looks like a stately museum. And possibly decorated like a palace. I saw Komsomolskaya first, before the rest of the stations upon arrival in Moscow by train from St. Petersburg.

2. Revolution Square Metro Station (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) has marble arches and 72 bronze sculptures designed by Alexey Dushkin. The marble arches are flanked by the bronze sculptures. If you look closely you will see passersby touching the bronze dog's nose. Legend has it that good luck comes to those who touch the dog's nose.

Touch the dog's nose for good luck. At the Revolution Square station

Revolution Square Metro Station

3. Arbatskaya Metro Station served as a shelter during the Soviet-era. It is one of the largest and the deepest metro stations in Moscow.

Arbatskaya Metro Station

4. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station was built in 1935 and named after the Russian State Library. It is located near the library and has a big mosaic portrait of Lenin and yellow ceramic tiles on the track walls.

Lenin's portrait at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station

5. Kievskaya Metro Station was one of the first to be completed in Moscow. Named after the capital city of Ukraine by Kiev-born, Nikita Khruschev, Stalin's successor.

Kievskaya Metro Station

6. Novoslobodskaya Metro Station  was built in 1952. It has 32 stained glass murals with brass borders.

Novoslobodskaya metro station

7. Kurskaya Metro Station was one of the first few to be built in Moscow in 1938. It has ceiling panels and artwork showing Soviet leadership, Soviet lifestyle and political power. It has a dome with patriotic slogans decorated with red stars representing the Soviet's World War II Hall of Fame. Kurskaya Metro Station is a must-visit station in Moscow.

Ceiling panel and artworks at Kurskaya Metro Station

8. Mayakovskaya Metro Station built in 1938. It was named after Russian poet Vladmir Mayakovsky. This is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world with 34 mosaics painted by Alexander Deyneka.

Mayakovskaya station

One of the over 30 ceiling mosaics in Mayakovskaya metro station

9. Belorusskaya Metro Station is named after the people of Belarus. In the picture below, there are statues of 3 members of the Partisan Resistance in Belarus during World War II. The statues were sculpted by Sergei Orlov, S. Rabinovich and I. Slonim.

10. Teatralnaya Metro Station (Theatre Metro Station) is located near the Bolshoi Theatre.

Teatralnaya Metro Station decorated with porcelain figures .

Taking the metro's escalator at the end of the tour with Maria the tour guide.

Have you visited the Moscow Metro? Leave your comment below.

January 15, 2017 at 8:17 am

An excellent read! Thanks for much for sharing the Russian metro system with us. We're heading to Moscow in April and exploring the metro stations were on our list and after reading your post, I'm even more excited to go visit them. Thanks again 🙂

December 6, 2017 at 10:45 pm

Hi, do you remember which tour company you contacted for this tour?

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