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Narrow group 1 seat??

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thingamajig · 31/01/2011 19:48

I'm expecting id girls in Feb sometime and I have a 3 yo dd. I am trying to find a carseat combination that fits 2x baby seats and a group 1 across the back of my Zafira - I want isofix bases for the twins so I can pop them on and off, but it is finding a narrow 9m-4y seat that is tricky - neither her kiddy infinity pro or the priori xp fit.

So do you have any ideas for a narrow seat - it needs to be under 45 cm at the widest point

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thingamajig · 31/01/2011 19:49

That should say identical twin girls at the start

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mybootsaremuddy · 31/01/2011 22:15

The Britax Eclipse and Prince are both quite narrow i think. Not sure on the measurements but u could always go into halfords or mothercare ect and try them out.

sazm · 31/01/2011 22:36

i have a britax eclipse in the middle of my car,and can fit a cabrio beside it.(i didnt have a base to try it with though)

best thing to do would be go to halfords and get them to try them in.

thisisyesterday · 31/01/2011 22:40

thingamajig, it's worth going somewhere and trying them out

we fit 3 across the back of our car and we needed a narrow highback booster for ds1. we were sold a graco as it was (on paper) the narrowest, however it didn't fit with the other seats because it had arm rests

so we ended up with a britax seat that was technically wider, but fits in better!

so yes, it's really worth a trip to somewhere that has several different seats that you can try and just seeing which ones fit with your infant carriers

sazm · 31/01/2011 22:52

yep our britax high backed boosters fitted in beside the cabrio perfectly,we now have a eclipse and 2 britax high backed boosters.

castleonthehill · 01/02/2011 13:08

Britax prince or this one or the kiddicare version. They are the same as mothercare or nania but it depends if you do lots of long journeys.

Have you tried putting one base in with issofix and one next to it with the belt does that give you any more space.

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thingamajig · 01/02/2011 21:45

Hi there all, thank you for all your advice.
I have been to Halfords, who reckoned their narrowest was the priori, but that doesn't fit safely ( will go in but such a squash). I cant use the buckles to fix the grp 0 bases or seats due to buckle crunch.

I have had several suggestions of the britax eclipse, I guess I go back and try again.

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sazm · 01/02/2011 22:11

did they put the priori in the middle?
what was the reason it didnt fit safely?

HuckingFell · 01/02/2011 22:12

what about 3 recaro isofix bases - two baby carriers and a stage 1? No seat belts necessary then.

have a look

Beamur · 01/02/2011 22:13

We had a Zafira and found only a few seats fitted - we ended up with a Maxicosi Tobi but it is massive.

sazm · 01/02/2011 22:15

huckingfell - we had the second stage recaro and it is HUGE,really wide,was 3 inches wider than our jane racing seat!
it was also a dont buy in the which tests (not sure if the isofix version is safer or not?

HuckingFell · 01/02/2011 22:22

ah. Just thinking of avoiding buckle crunch really. Surely any 3 isofix ones should be ok? no seat belts required?

sazm · 01/02/2011 22:34

its the width of the seats though,that stops you being able to fit 3 across the back seat.

also theres not many cars (if any??) that actually have 3 isofix points on the back seat,they usually have 2 and the middle is a seatbelt?

thisisyesterday · 02/02/2011 13:58

is changing the car an option??

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thingamajig · 02/02/2011 21:42

You're right, no isofix in the middle. I thought that the zafira would be one of the bigger cars around. The twins are due any day and at the mo I'm thinking dd will have to go in the front and me in the back, in the middle, if we all want to go out together.
The multimac system would come to £1600 - not really an option for us at the moment.
I can't believe that I'm the only person to have this problem though. We annoyingly live in Cornwall, so there are no large showrooms for carseats - I would love to go to Bristol where there is a big Mothercare, big Halfords and a Mamas and Papas all in a row, but I'm just too pregnant.

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sazm · 03/02/2011 08:48

why wont the priori fit in the middle???

loopsy - you cant turn the airbag off in a zafira unless you pay a dealer to do it,but it may be expensive and also affect your insurance .

there must be a way,i had 3 seats in the back of a 3 door corsa!

you could always put her in the back until you have had the babies and can get to bristol ?
tbh i wouldnt put her in the front,although its legal to have a forward facing seat installed where there is an active airbag it really isnt safe,can cause all sorts of injuries,i would only put her there in a total emergency.

mybootsaremuddy · 03/02/2011 19:50

Did you try the britax eclipse or Prince? My friend has a prince in middle of her 07 zafira. It looks pretty roomy either side so you may find you can fit the infant seats in.

OADCB · 05/02/2011 20:10

OP whereabouts roughly are you? Have you tried hayle?

I can recommend some other fantastic independants. PM me if you want

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