Baby Seats in E60?

[Andy M]

The missus and I are expecting an arrival around Christmas time, and are beginning to look at what gear we need to buy.

I'll leave Mrs M to find the rest of the stuff, but I'm on the lookout for a cool pram, with a baby seat which will be easily taken in and out of the 535d.

Do you guys/gals have any recommendations?

[jamoor]

I know it's not much use, but baby seats will ruin the leather in your car if you have it.

[Coneyhurst Blue]

First of all congrats !
As for the leather in the E60 Jamoor is right, however I find that a blanket / towel folded several times and then placed on the seat with the baby seat on top means that the leahter is not marked.
Bit of a pain to do every time but well worth it. Worked a treat for me.
Best of luck !

[Zod]

THe BMW ISOFIX seats are very good. We have the rear-facing one and the forward-facing one. You do need a blanket underneath.

[MazDave]

Better than a blanket etc is a product called Grip-It which protects the seat and is particularly useful for when they move up to booster seats which tend to move around more. About £10 from Amazon etc.....

[Andy M]

Thanks all - appreciated

[richterswil]

I've got an E60 with 2 x child seats (one rear and one forward facing) for our 2 young kids. Never bothered with a blanket to be honest and when I've taken them out (when the car is cleaned) the leather has been absolutely fine. That said, its proably a reasonable precaution to use a blanket.

Any seat with ISOFIX poits will do the job. We have a MaxiCosi and Bugaboo and have since bought a Phil & Ted Twin Sport (or something like that). Both fit really easily in the boot so I imagine you can go with anyhting you see - the boot is pretty big.

[Ashok]

http://www.recaro-seats.co.uk/child-seats/index.ph...

[Zod]

The Recaros are horrifically ugly things. Get the BMW ones.

[Andy M]

Any idea on the prices of the BMW models?

[Zod]

Andy M said:

Any idea on the prices of the BMW models?

Not cheap, but they are much better quality than the Maxi Cosis in my wife's car.

[Mr_Sukebe]

Last time I looked, the BMW ones were around £270. What I found interesting was that the Mini badged ones were around £40 cheaper, but appeared to be exactly the same (excluding the badging). Might be worth seeing if the Mini unit would fit.

[Zod]

They will fit (but have a mini badge). The BMW seats are the same as the Porsche and Mercedes ones.