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  "title": "Booster car seat recline and safety",
  "question": "Do booster car seats recline, and is reclining safe?",
  "answer": "Clek Oobr: The rigid LATCH can only be used with a LATCH installation, and recline is only available in high back mode with LATCH, allowing up to 12 degrees of recline. No checked fact states whether reclining is safe.",
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    "facts": "Every value in the table is a fact RoboTrunk checked, linked to the page it came from. A dash means no checked fact fills that cell.",
    "price": "Prices and stock change, so this page prints neither: each product name links to its RoboTrunk page, which shows them live."
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      "product": "Cybex Solution G2",
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      "value": "One independent review reports 7.1/10 on crash testing and 74/100 overall, 5th of 16 boosters, with head and chest sensor readings well below average, while BabyGearLab's own page reports 7.5/10 and 75/100; the sources disagree.",
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      "product": "Cybex Solution G2",
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      "value": "It is a foldable, lightweight high-back booster car seat whose backrest folds down for carrying and storage.",
      "stated_as": "Foldable and lightweight, the Solution G2 high-back booster combines portability with advanced safety features, including a reclining headrest.",
      "source_type": "guide",
      "source_url": "https://www.cybex-online.com/en/us/p/10103674.html",
      "source_read_at": "2026-10-09T19:13:31.277Z"
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      "product": "Clek Oobr",
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      "value": "In NHTSA's Car Seat Ease of Use Ratings, listed by RoboTrunk from the ratings API (https://api.nhtsa.gov/childSeats?dataSet=ratings) on 2026-10-09, the Clek Oobr booster (model number S22146826, seat made 2022-06-08, child weight 40.0–100.0 lb, child height 38.0–57.0 in) scored overall 3 of 5 stars, with securing the child 1 of 5, evaluation of labels 3 of 5, vehicle installation features 4 of 5 and evaluation of instructions 5 of 5. These are ease-of-use ratings, not crash-test results.",
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      "source_read_at": "2026-10-09T11:24:16.015Z"
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      "product": "Clek Oobr",
      "field": "recline and LATCH",
      "value": "The rigid LATCH can only be used with a LATCH installation, and recline is only available in high back mode with LATCH, allowing up to 12 degrees of recline.",
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      "source_url": "https://parentingnerd.com/clek-oobr-review/",
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        "index_read_at": "2026-09-25T21:56:43.040Z",
        "notices_fetched_at": "2026-09-25T15:02:47.095Z",
        "meaning": "This listing is the brand and model a regulator's notice names. Two AI models judged it so independently. It does not mean the unit on sale is from an affected batch, that the store knew, or that the product is illegal where the store sells it; a US recall does not bind an Australian store. The notice may cover only some serial numbers or dates of manufacture, which a listing does not show. RoboTrunk never limits or blocks a purchase over a notice; read the notice and decide.",
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            "title": "Transport Canada Recall - 2024716 - CLEK",
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