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Rear facing car seats without isofix, nasty man in halfords told me off.

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Iamnotloobrushphobic · 26/04/2016 11:43

I need to buy a rear facing car seat that doesn't require isofix. Ideally I want to leave baby rear facing until he is 2 years old. I can't have isofix because baby often has to fit on the front passenger seat (airbag has been deactivated). I went to halfords for advice on choosing done thing suitable but got a huge telling off for putting baby in the front seat and he told me that he could not sell me any seats knowing that I wanted to use it in the front. We are currently using an infant carrier seat but want to move up to a bigger seat with more cushioning and decent safety features. I sometimes have no choice but to drive with baby in the front as I drive a motability vehicle which has been adapted and when my older child is in the car with all his disability equipment i cannot safely fix a baby seat into the rear of the car. The car manufacturer says it is okay to use s rear facing seat in the front as long as the airbag is switched off. What seat do you all have / like and can recommend. Tia.

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passport123 · 20/09/2022 19:06

Britax two way elite, and get extra sets of tether straps if you need to move it between different cars. Halfords man is an idiot.

CottonSock · 20/09/2022 19:09

Zombie thread alert..... the mention of mother care in the title made me check.

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