Looking for a rear facing seat for chunky 12 month old who HATES the car. He hates being restricted and strains in his infant seat, and screams with boredom and frustration. Main criteria are:
Needs to have a nice upright position, not one where he's restricted in a titled back bucket seat position.
Also needs a good recline that can be easily adjusted for nap time.
Needs to sit high in car so he can see out of window well.
Needs to have good leg room - I think having his legs scrunched up will just annoy him more.
Needs to be reasonably open round sides, so he doesn't feel enclosed or restricted and can reach out sideways.
Ideally needs good room for growth height wise - don't really want to find, but for the right seat I might compromise.
I thought I was set on something going up to 25kg but for the right seat I'll settle for 18kg.
For the reasons above we LOVED the BeSafe Izi Plus - lovely upright position and then fab recline. Nice cut away sides so he could see round and stick his arms out. Really high up. Tonnes of leg room. Sales lady was pretty negative about it saying it had less height in it than others we dismissed, which is a bit disappointing given price but I might have to suck it...
So far we've tried lots of others that we've discounted, mainly because they were very low, had a seat belt that got in the way, or didn't have adjustable recline positions in the rear facing position, or had lots of reviews with concerns about head flopping forwards. The only ones I think might be contenders are the Cybex Sirona and the Britax Dualfix, neither of which we've seen yet.
Pros and cons....?
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Sleepybeanbump · 13/01/2017 22:11
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