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If you have a BeSafe Izi Combi

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lampli · 14/11/2011 13:21

non-isofix version, what car do you have please?

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lampli · 16/11/2011 10:55

anybody?

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moonstorm · 16/11/2011 17:01

I had one in a Ford Focus. It wasn't the best fit, but was ok.

thisisyesterday · 16/11/2011 17:04

a volvo v70

LadyBeckenham · 16/11/2011 17:06

We have 2 iso fix; is the space taken up not the same?

In case it's any help

1 x Clio
1 x BMW 3 series estate

thisisyesterday · 16/11/2011 17:13

might be a seatbelt length issue?

LadyBeckenham · 16/11/2011 17:17

Ah, being an ISOfix family I hadn't considered that!

lampli · 16/11/2011 18:43

Thank you everybody. Thisisyesterday is yours non-isofix? Volvos have quite short belts I think, or at least they used to.

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thisisyesterday · 16/11/2011 19:13

yes, it's the belted version and the seatbelt is just long enough (has maybe 2 inches of slack left in it when fitted!)

are you thinking of buying a car to go with the seat?

if so i think anything from 2006 onwards should have isofix as standard. only remember that because ours is only a teeny bit older. dammit!

lampli · 16/11/2011 19:21

No, I'm not exactly thinking of buying a car to go with the seat, but I just wanted to get an idea of whether it will fit in different cars. DC is almost out of the seat but not really mature enough to go into a HBB so he will have to stay in it for another few months OR I will need to fork out for a new one.

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lampli · 16/11/2011 19:30

Sorry, posted too early. I just remember what a rigmarole it was buying the seat in the first place and I am not really looking forward to going through it all again, so I am trying to reassure myself that it may fit in future cars. I would have preferred isofix in the first place but couldn't get it due to underfloor storage.

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lampli · 16/11/2011 19:37

More Volvo questions! In which seat do you have the Izi installed, and which other seats do you have in the car, if any?

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thisisyesterday · 16/11/2011 20:08

ahh ok.
we have it behind the passenger seat, then we have a britax 2 way elite in the middle, and a britax adventure behind the drivers seat.

pics on my profile

lampli · 16/11/2011 20:35

Thank you! That is incredibly helpful. I wish I had got the TWE in the first place. It was the only other rear facer to fit my car and I got the Izi because I naively thought that subsequent DCs would be of similar build and height to the first one, who is tiny.

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thisisyesterday · 16/11/2011 20:44

no probs. fwiw we moved ds2 from the besafe into the 2 way elite when he was about 2 and a half, bit over maybe. because his head was getting quite near the top of the seat.

he is 4 now and he sat in it the other day and his head is still only just level with the top of the seat! i guess all the growing he has done has been in his legs rather than in his body lol

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