Child car seat recommendations please!

Lewy

For a 3 year old ready to move up from his rear facing seat.

Budget secondary to safety and comfort.

What’s good out there?

bacchanalian

If you have IsoFix I would recommend the MaxiCosi RodiFix. I certainly felt it was safer than the non isofix versions and was actually a bit more compact. Leaves more room if you need other boosters in the car. Very easy to shift between cars or into the front seat

BigMonka

The recaro ones are very nice but pricey. See if you can find somewhere that will let you try them in your car too as some can be a bit annoying due to the shape of the seats etc

Lewy

Excellent. Thanks both.

RMJ

Joie every stage. Will last till they're 12

Moe_Zambeek

Cybex Q-fix or equivalent. 

crunchman

RMJ said:

Joie every stage. Will last till they're 12

They will probably be tall enough to not need one by 9 or 10.  My daughter is 9 and only 2cm short of 135cm - and she's one of the shorter ones in her class.

Zoolooter

+1 For Recaro. Think the one we bought was about £160 at John Lewis. Technically fits the little one to when he's 10. But try getting a 10 year old in a car seat......

Iamnobody

We've gone for the Recaro's Monza Seatfix something or other after they got decent reviews on Which testing.

It's worth signing up to the £1 free trial with Which to look at their reviews...

We had get 4 of the Recaros but somehow ended up with 5 

I'm quite sure we have a brand new boxed of the latest model in black.

Pm me if that interests you at all. 

joeyowen

I have a friend who works in Halfords.  He refused to sell us anything other than Joie ( we just got on, about to get another).  He also gets them for his other half for her child.  He reallllly knows his stuff and gets sent on training all the time for them.  

eSully

Yea. Just to agree with the previous point we went for the Graco milestone when it was on sale a couple of months back and we're thinking of ditching it for a better seat. The straps and strap lock are fiddly as hell

grungebob

We have the family fix maxicosi job that we bought for our newborn and is good to 4 years old. She's nearly two now and we replace her rear facing seat to fwd facing on this base and it’s great. Much better than other makes I looked at. I like the audible alarms if it’s not fitted right. 

BigMonka

When my daughter was old enough to move out of a rear facing seat we bought one of the multi-stage type ones that will last till she’s 12. Seems like a great idea, but she’s had it for about 5years so far and the cover/padding is starting to look pretty tatty (after getting various food, wee, vomit on it over the years, ewww). So I wouldn’t worry too much about getting one that will last till they don’t need one as you may want to replace it by then anyway.

capo4th

Britax do one the lasts from2-12 or something we have two and they are great. 

capo4th

BigMonka said:

When my daughter was old enough to move out of a rear facing seat we bought one of the multi-stage type ones that will last till she’s 12. Seems like a great idea, but she’s had it for about 5years so far and the cover/padding is starting to look pretty tatty (after getting various food, wee, vomit on it over the years, ewww). So I wouldn’t worry too much about getting one that will last till they don’t need one as you may want to replace it by then anyway.

The Britax also has washable covers ....

BigMonka

capo4th said:

BigMonka said:

When my daughter was old enough to move out of a rear facing seat we bought one of the multi-stage type ones that will last till she’s 12. Seems like a great idea, but she’s had it for about 5years so far and the cover/padding is starting to look pretty tatty (after getting various food, wee, vomit on it over the years, ewww). So I wouldn’t worry too much about getting one that will last till they don’t need one as you may want to replace it by then anyway.

The Britax also has washable covers ....

Yeah, it’s putting mine through the wash a few times that have stopped them looking as good (still function fine of course)

redrighthand

Recaros are awesome. They'll last a long time, get good safety rating, and have speakers built in so you don't have to listen to Peppa Pig chirping on! (The speakers are also a safety feature apparently as they encourage the kid to keep their head back against the seat.)

LuttiS

Get a £1 Which subscription where they are all safety tested. My daughters still in rear facing, but always started my research there. Many big name chairs fail miserably in extra strenuous safety testing. Just remember to cancel subscription before the month is up.

Nitefly

Stick them in the roof-box along with the luggage.

POP.

edbolivar

I 2nd the Cybex recommendation, either the Pallas or q fix
http://cybex-online.com/gb/carseats/solutionq3fix.html


We have a couple and our kids love them

boogieman

Nitefly said:

Stick them in the roof-box along with the luggage.

POP.

Roof box? 
Luxury! 
When mine were little we just tied them to the roof rack.