Child Seat Advice

[Craikeybaby]

Can anybody recommend a group 123 child seat that attaches by seatbelt, but doesn’t have a long convoluted routing?

I currently have a Britax Evolva 123, but the seat belt is too short on most of the seats in my VW T5. While we still have to strap him in to the harness seat, I would rather keep my son on the rear seat next to the sliding door, which doesn’t have ISOfix, and the seatbelt is about 1” too short.

[survivalist]

Craikeybaby said:

Can anybody recommend a group 123 child seat that attaches by seatbelt, but doesn’t have a long convoluted routing?

I currently have a Britax Evolva 123, but the seat belt is too short on most of the seats in my VW T5. While we still have to strap him in to the harness seat, I would rather keep my son on the rear seat next to the sliding door, which doesn’t have ISOfix, and the seatbelt is about 1” too short.

Recaro Young Sport? Has clips to keep the seat belt in place rather than routing it anywhere - recon it uses less seatbelt than the average adult so should work in any car.

[Craikeybaby]

survivalist said:

Craikeybaby said:

Can anybody recommend a group 123 child seat that attaches by seatbelt, but doesn’t have a long convoluted routing?

I currently have a Britax Evolva 123, but the seat belt is too short on most of the seats in my VW T5. While we still have to strap him in to the harness seat, I would rather keep my son on the rear seat next to the sliding door, which doesn’t have ISOfix, and the seatbelt is about 1” too short.

Recaro Young Sport? Has clips to keep the seat belt in place rather than routing it anywhere - recon it uses less seatbelt than the average adult so should work in any car.

You were right! Thank you for the recommendation.

[ToastMan76]

FlatToTheMat said:

I wish there were more reviews and info pertaining to the Joies, I really like the look, feel and price of them but its hard to justify compared to the more promoted stuff.

we've decided to order the Britax DualFix 2R (to update my previous question to this thread, thanks for the advice) it appears to do everything we want and according to the 13.7 million web pages my wife and I have scoured, appears to be the safest..

Will report back in the future with our thoughts

I know an old quote but we have a Joie i-level. We bought it as an upgrade from our Egg2 Eggshell travel system, and its a great little car seat. In terms of quality, its really good we were compring it to the Cybex and preferred the look and feel of the Joie. The lie flat is great and can be used in car as well as on pram. The travel adapters of the egg are stiff but thats an egg issue not a Joie one. The sunshade is great it can come nearly all the way over as a cover. Theres a nice carry handle of leather or faux leather whatever it is. The biggest downside is the weight - ToastWoman struggles carrying it for more than a few seconds, but I treat it as a benefit as it means its sturdy and robust. Base is good - but can be a little stiff getting the seat off - but the only thing that pees me off is the front leg clicks higher if the base gets lifted when removing the seat rather than staying fixed. Maybe thats all car aeats but its bloody annoying.

[Max5476]

Hi All, hoping for some advice on the right size car seat for my daughter. She is 2 1/2, but already 18kg & 95cm. She is currently in a group 1 child seat, which is from the old weight based regulations. This would suggest she should be now move up to a group 2 high backed booster, but it seems very young to change over. With the latest i-size regulations, they suggest high backed boosters from 100cm.

Would you keep her in the group 1 seat slightly longer, even though at the weight limit, or put her into a high backed booster. I don't want to buy an I-size seat which would probably last less than 6 months, at the rate she is currently growing!

Thanks for the advice.

[edc]

I'd go for 25kg at least rear facing seat. I have the Axkid Minikid and Britax Maxway Plus myself across 3 different cars. If the weight tracks past 25kgs before 4.5 then have a look at the 36kg rear facing seats.

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Max5476 said:

Hi All, hoping for some advice on the right size car seat for my daughter. She is 2 1/2, but already 18kg & 95cm. She is currently in a group 1 child seat, which is from the old weight based regulations. This would suggest she should be now move up to a group 2 high backed booster, but it seems very young to change over. With the latest i-size regulations, they suggest high backed boosters from 100cm.

Would you keep her in the group 1 seat slightly longer, even though at the weight limit, or put her into a high backed booster. I don't want to buy an I-size seat which would probably last less than 6 months, at the rate she is currently growing!

Thanks for the advice.

You're in a tricky no man's land unfortunately. High backed booster will use the harness until about 18.5kg and then the adult belt above that. However the adult belt isn't recommended (although it is legal) until about 4 due to a combination of bone structure and maturity (they might undo it).

We had the exact same situation and ended up with a Britax Maxway (extended rear facing to 25kg).

If you have the space in the car then something similar will be the easiest option and last a couple of years.

[Max5476]

Thanks for the advice, I hadn't thought about a rear facing group 2 seat, however I don't think it will work for us. I'm personally not sold on the benefits of rearward facing. We have been facing my daughter forward since she was 18 months already, as she hated facing rearward. I would rather have a happy forward facing child, than a grumpy child who is more likely to cause a distraction.

Over Christmas we got caught out with car sickness putting the group 1 seat put of action, so she ended up in a group 2 / 3 seat high back booster, which worked well, so we are probably going to go that way, despite the previously mentioned risks.

[edc]

The evidence is mostly around bone strength and development and therefore the ability to survive a crash. The choice is yours to make of course.