Sleepypod Clickit Sport Review: What a Five-Star Crash Rating Covers

CPS rated the Clickit Sport under its harness protocol, CPS-001-014.01, in July 2014, with five stars for the small, medium and large. The extra-large passed later under the same protocol, according to CPS's test record. The protocol grew out of the group's 2013 study. Of the brands that qualified for crash testing that year, only Sleepypod's older Clickit Utility gave its dummy dog real crash protection.

To pass, the test dog has to stay on the seat for the whole run. The hardware, webbing and connection point have to hold, and the dog's forward travel has to stay within set limits. CPS uses weighted, instrumented dummies, not live animals. CPS measures head travel by FMVSS 213, the US child-seat standard, which simulates a frontal crash, and Sleepypod puts the test speed at 30 mph. Sleepypod also crash-tested the harness to the Canadian and European child-seat standards and posts the videos on its product page.

A maker in the CPS program also commits to quality-control monitoring and to truthful marketing, and CPS takes no money from pet product companies. In October 2026 its list names three certified harnesses. Besides the Clickit Sport, there is Sleepypod's newer Clickit Range, tested in November 2024 with a 110 lb dummy, and the Saker Bomber Harness, tested in November 2022 with a 75 lb dummy. CPS still lists the Clickit Sport, on a page last updated in March 2026.

Sleepypod sizes the harness by the rib cage, measured just behind the front legs. Its sizing page gives the small 16.5 to 22 inches, the medium 22.5 to 28, the large 28.5 to 34 and the extra-large 34.5 to 40, for dogs from 18 lb up.

Sleepypod's size selector says CPS rated the small to 25 lb and the larger sizes to 90 lb. The CPS record gives the small the same 25 lb. So a compact dog of 30 or 40 lb whose chest measures 22 inches or less fits the small by the chart and outweighs what that size was rated for. Ask Sleepypod which size it will stand behind before ordering for a dog in that range.

Below that floor, Sleepypod says a dog's bones tend to be more fragile, and its shop sends those dogs to a belted carrier instead. Four of its carriers are on the CPS list.

On the dog, the manual puts the logo in the center of the chest. Each strap should be snug enough to slide three fingers flat under the buckles while the dog stands, and the straps look loose when it lies down. There is no long-body cut of the Sport. Sleepypod's Clickit Range adds a 2X-Large for chests up to 44 inches, Long versions of each size and a 110 lb limit. Sleepypod's chart lists only the US child-seat test for the Range.

The car's seat belt runs through two loops on the back of the vest and buckles as it would for a passenger, with no tether or anchor strap in between. Buckled, it holds the dog against the seat, as Sleepypod's instructions show. Two rules come with it: pets ride in the back seat, and the belt should not be locked. In cars whose belts lock when pulled all the way out (a mode meant for child seats), that means drawing out only the length you need.

The S-Clip in the box sets a belt length and stops the shoulder strap from retracting tight during the drive. The Buckle Shield, a neoprene sleeve with a drawstring that also comes in the box, covers the buckle so a paw can't press the release.

Whole Dog Journal bought the Clickit Terrain, which threads the belt the same way, and found that the belt across the back worked like a back plate. Its tall test dogs couldn't or wouldn't stand once buckled in. That made the Terrain the most restrictive of the four harnesses in the 2021 test and, in the magazine's judgment, the safest. The manual asks only that the dog can sit up and lie down comfortably, and a tall dog that likes to stand and watch the road may not manage it.

CPS warns against adding an extension tether or a zipline to any harness, because the slack lets the dog be thrown forward and snapped back. Brands that sell tethers can't join its certification program, according to its January 2026 advisory.

Clip both metal rings at the neck onto a leash and the Clickit Sport becomes a walking harness, the manual says, with reflective strips for walks after dark. Cleaning means a damp, soapy cloth on the front of the vest and a vacuum for fur on the neoprene back.

After an accident, Sleepypod's Crash Replacement Program can replace the harness free for the original purchaser, as long as it was used as the instructions direct. A claim needs a copy of the police report and photos of the accident, and you pay the shipping. Owners of another brand's damaged restraint can apply too, for a free Sleepypod product. Sleepypod's advice is to inspect any harness for damage after a collision before using it again.