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The idea of a swivel seat is great for someone with lower back problems or piriformis symptoms (tend to throw your back when you just turn wrong and never figure out why? might be this). The problem, however, is that each car seat is different and so you must work with the swivel seat product to make it right for your situation. Here's what we did: first the car's bucket seat prevented the swivel seat from nesting securely within it. No matter how much I adjusted it, the edges of the swivel seat rested on the edges of the car's seat and the center was lifted, creating movement and a bad fit (imagine the car seat as a wide U and the swivel seat resting on the uprights of the U, but not the bottom curve). Solution: a small folded towel placed in the center of the bucket seat leveled it out (filled in the U) and the swivel seat now nests flatly. Second problem: even though it sits flat, it still slides around. Solution: I placed a strip of 3M safety walk, indoor/outdoor tread tape across the bottom of the swivel seat. It now sits securely in place and my mom can get in and out of the car better. I can't yet comment on the durability of the swivel seat because it is new. If it breaks or malfunctions, I'll update this. Update 11/2013: it's still working great. Note: I also purchased The Stander's Handybar (see my review on that product page). Once mom turns to the side, she simply drops the handybar into the door frame slot (where the car door connects with the frame) and boosts herself up and out. Update 09/2016: still working great!