Recaro elite zero 1 compatibility?

[Belle20]

Hi everyone,

We've bought an oyster 2 but I've been looking at different car seats and one of my friends has been raving about the recaro elite zero 1.

Does anyone know if the infant carrier is compatible (with adaptors or not) with the oyster 2 chasis?

At this point I'm NOT looking for people to tell me whether they think it's a good car seat etc or give me a lecture on not leaving my child in the seat for prolonged periods of time. I simply want to know about the compatibility at this point as part of thorough research. (Hopefully you won't all think I'm crabbit by saying this).

Hopefully someone out there will know the answer! :)

[MiriAmmerman]

I'm pretty sure Recaro seats are only compatible with their own pushchairs - and have a feeling that the infant part of the Zero 1 Elite is not designed to clip on to a pushchair at all really as it is very small/exposed when you release it from the main seat.

We looked at this one - it's a brilliant idea in theory - but decided against it having looked at it in the flesh.

[Belle20]

Yeah you might be right there...it would explain why there isn't much information out there on compatibility. Thanks! X

[BertieBotts]

It does go onto a pushchair - it specifically says so on their website.

Whether it goes onto standard adaptors or just specialised ones - I'll keep looking for you. I have found this a particular source of frustration actually as no manufacturers seem to want to be open about compatibility between brands.

It is smaller than a standard infant carrier type seat so may not be usable for very long.

[teaandbiscuitsforme]

I don't think it's compatible either. Generally if car seats say they'll fit on maxi cosi adapters they're pretty universal but it's more complicated when they only fit on their own adapters.

It looks a good idea but so expensive! One thing to think about with birth to 18kg seats is that they might be outgrown quite early if your child is taller or heavier than the 50th venture. For example, my DS would outgrow that at 2.5yrs so it's far better for me to have an infant carrier and then buy a 25kg rear facing seat. An 18kg seat can be an expensive mistake. But unfortunately you won't know what centile you child is following until they're here!

[teaandbiscuitsforme]

*50th centile

[BertieBotts]

This is the adaptor for their own pushchair. It looks completely different to Maxi Cosi adaptors which are the standard one which works for cybex, Joie, etc. They do mention that other manufacturers carry adaptors, but I think this is quite unlikely as it looks as though it's a specialised one.

int.recaro-cs.com/accessories/accessories-infant-carrier/adapter-zero-1-elite.html

[Jodene]

Ladies I have taken a risk and it worked out! I was gifted the oyster 2 and have bought a recaro zero 1 elite and voilà! It fits! You just have to buy a recaro adaptor and it fits onto the maxi Cosi adaptors. Pitty I can't upload photos or I would show them and how nicely they fit!

[Gabby1085]

Hi
I have the zero 1 elite and I hate it the husbands choice 🙄 it’s too heavy and not compatible with a lot of strollers. Does anyone know if any other car seat with fit the main seat as my infant carrier is too small and my little boy is only 6 months old? Thankyou in advance x

[BertieBotts]

Hi Gabby, no you can't fit any other infant seat into the Recaro I'm afraid.

However at six months, your son may be able to sit in the main part of the seat if you don't like using the infant carrier part. He needs to remain rear facing for now (until he is at least 15 months old) and ideally for as long as possible. If you sit him in the seat and adjust the headrest down as far as it will go, if there are two fingers' worth of space between his shoulders and the headrest, he can sit in there safely. If there is more space than this then he is still too small. The infant carrier can be used up to 76cm or 10kg, whichever is reached first. Have you taken the newborn insert out? Also make sure you are not using the seat with bulky clothing such as coats, as this can make it difficult to get a good harness fit and also make the seat seem smaller.

HTH :)

[bb2605]

@Belle20 the adaptor is compatible with the following:

The Zero.1 Elite cradle allows the infant capsule to be attached to a number of top strollers. The list of pushchairs it is compatible with is growing all the time with currently the following pushchairs being approved.

RECARO Citylife
RECARO Easylife
Uppababy Vista
Uppababy Cruz
Bugaboo Cameleon
Bugaboo Buffalo
iCandy Peach
iCandy Apple (Apple 2 Pear too)
Cybex Priam
GB Qbit
Joolz Day
Joolz Geo
Silver Cross Wayfarer
Egg
Stokke Xplory
Mothercare Orb

You can buy the cradle here groovystyle.co.uk/recaro-zero-1-elite-cradle.html

[Belle20]

Yeah this was from a year ago in August. Thanks for your input though xxx

[Belle20]

Sorry..... That sounded a bit arsey! Not my intention! I'm sure it would help anyone who was looking for info! ❤️❤️ I ended up going with another option xxx

[bb2605]

@Belle20
Haha sorry didn't see that! Last post was from 30-Dec-19 didn't think to check the original post date doh!! What did you end up going for in the end and how did you find it?

[Belle20]

In the end I ended up suffering a prolapse following the birth so I wasn't able to lift the infant carrier so I bought a Joie 360 instead. I've been pretty happy with it. Other people don't always agree but it's been amazing for me. He's now 13 months and still going strong. He's not massively tall (neither are we) so looks like will get our moneys worth out of it x

[A15RP]

Hello,

Thank you for doing a lot of my research as I was getting v confused!

We have a recaro zero elite which has been gifted to us and keen to use it on a bugaboo fox.

Do you think if I get the usual maxi cost adapters for the bugaboo fox and I already have the recaro adapter, in theory it should all fit together?

Thanks!

[BertieBotts]

Yes it should.

[DJGee]

@bb2605 thank you for posting this, I know it's a few years back now but I have been pulling my hair out looking for a buggy that would work with The car seat that my husband Picked.

So am I right in thinking the Recaro adapter then needs other adaptors for it to work on other makes of Buggy?

I have tried speaking to people in shops but they're not very helpful and just want me to buy a whole new travel system. 😔

[bb2605]

Hi there - I'm not sure to be honest. I never used the Recaro adaptor myself - what car seat do you have?

[BertieBotts]

I ended up finding a video for this for somebody a while ago

TBH what I would say now is don't bother with the adapter faff, just get a buggy with carrycot and place car seat directly in carrycot. It's smaller than standard infant carriers so should fit well there.

The Salia elite is the more up to date version, I'm not sure you can even buy the Zero.1 any more.

I would strongly suggest a fit check in car before you commit to buying as the angle for these seats can be overly steep in many cars unfortunately. They are nice toddler seats though.

[bb2605]

Yeah it's really not worth the stress or money. To be honest, I have found that car seats are such a b*gger to get in and out of the car that I very rarely would take the car seat out and attach it to the buggy. Instead, get a buggy that folds down easily into a small size and just leave the car seat in the car!! Tiny babies shouldn't be in car seats for extended periods of time anyway (anything over 2 hours) so instead of leaving them in the car seat and transferring that to a buggy the baby should be being transferred into a lie flat bassinet.