So DD (14.5 months) is almost at 9kg and I would like to buy her an ERF group 1 seat. Before anyone says "she should remain in her infant car seat until she's outgrown it" - we don't actually have an infant carrier as we don't have a car! We hire a car a few times a year and have managed to borrow or hire an infant seat thus far, however we would like to buy a group 1 seat as we'd get a good few years of use out of it and people generally don't have spare group 1 seats sitting around to lend out!
Our criteria are:
- ERF seat. We plan to keep DD rear-facing until she's around 4 and then we'd to turn the seat around to be used forward facing rather than buying a new seat.
- Belted not ISOFIX
- Fit a large variety of cars (as we hire we get a different car every time)
- Relatively easy to install and uninstall
- We also plan to take the seat on holiday with us so would like a seat that is (relatively) lightweight and easy to maneuver. I know that group 1 seats do tend to be big beasts when compared to infant car seats (especially ERF seats) but I'm after the least heavyweight of the group!
- Price not an issue as we would hopefully get a good few years out of the seat.
From my research, it seems to be that the TWE is my best bet, but I just want to check that I'm not missing anything else out there that would be better for our needs. Are we?
TIA