Advice needed - baby car seat questions (merged)

maplegirl2011

the isofix ones are not that dear

http://www.kiddicare.com/invt/cvhgduoisomwllm?No=0&N=365+16

if you don't have isofix then the ones which scored higher in the which crash tests are
maxi cosi prori xp
maxi cosi prori sps
mamas and papas protec
and the above isofix one scored well using the seat belt.

you should have a look on britax and maxi cosi to see whether they fit your car and then go somewhere and get them to try it

emmaroids

hmmm when we had the picaso the only place we could get an isofix seat for the car was at the citreon garage and they quoted about 300 quid :eek:

was 4 years ago though so obviously they have come down a bit lol

Katyag

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1068475&classificationid=1046604&slmRefer=000

Britax Renaissance is what we had (link above Boots have 20% off it and an additonal 10% off orders over £40 til Monday) its an excellent seat. Fits very securely and doesnt move. Once you have got used to fitting it its so easy to do.

We had Halfords re fit it after we had to take it out to use the car to move some stuff and when the refitted it it was awful, so we redid it again and got a much tighter fir than them!!

roadsidetree

thanks to all the responses

after much deliberation, at last we went for britax evolva 123 (£109) from toys r us. DD seems to be taken for it

thanks to all ...

Viz_2

Nice one.

Just to say we had a 0 - 10 month (ish) seat, then a Britax 9 month - 4 years (ish) seat.
When daughter reached 3 and a half we bought the Maxi Cosi Rodi XP.

Andyboy

We need to buy a new car seat for little man. Any tips on purchases you have made and things to look for would be gratefully received.

Info for you
he's 9 mths old
over 20lb
seat should be forward facing
to fit Megane scenic

what we would like please
cost and where
does it fade over time (therefore what colour)
Is it easy to fit
does it have plenty of padding (all we have looked at so far seem very hard and plastic!)

Thanks Guys & Gals.:rolleyes:

Rachie_B

With both my sons we liked the Britax car seats once they outgrew the infant carrier car seats.

They are easy to fit,and fairly well padded

My sister also has them for her 2 children

You can choose & see if they will fit your car here : http://www.britax.co.uk/ChooseSeat.jsp

Rachie_B

This is the one we had http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Product.aspx/bruhome/brutravel/brutravelcarseats/brutravelcarseatsforward/711748

Cheaper seats on here http://www.kiddicare.com/page/navpage?No=0&N=365+16

dawnybabes

We had the Isofix ones by Britax and they where really easy to fix. They where grey so didn't how the muck and washed well. He's just gone to a new seat and we went for the new Britax Isofix Evolvo so that should (??) last him for years and years now. The only downside was the cost the first ones where about £150 and the new ones where £120 - for the new ones we went through Quidco to get the extra commission ! The cost didn't seem to matter as much as DS had cost us circa 12K and 10 years of heartache :-)

cathys1_2

Go to Mothercare or your local council may have a fitting service that is free. They will try every seat until they find the best one for your requirements. Then come back here and find the best deals!!!!!:money:

The britax fit finder is good - but staff in a shop will talk you through the fitting so you know what you are doing!