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Recommend your car seat

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luckyladygal · 24/02/2024 16:15

Hi
Can you recommend a decent car seat for a 9 month old grandchild. Not going to be in my car constantly so don't want to pay a fortune but want one that is decent and safe. Looking for a swivel one ideally

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luckyladygal · 24/02/2024 18:12

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Tiredmama21 · 24/02/2024 18:13

I recommend the Car Seat Safety UK page on Facebook, great advice on there.

Whattheflipflap · 24/02/2024 18:15

What is your granddaughter’s height and weight did you know. Swivel car seats have limits between 18-20 kilos for weight and About 105 cm for height and some children reach the limits between 2 and 6 years usual y. If your 9mo is long or big for their age you might not get very much use out of one.
if grandchild is small or average a graco turn to me or Joie spin is a good budget option

Danielle9891 · 24/02/2024 18:21

My daughter was really tall at 11 months so when I replaced her carseat (we had a crash) I went with a Swedish plus tested one. I paid £199 for the axkid move in the sale. He should be rear facing for a good few years yet.

luckyladygal · 24/02/2024 19:55

@Tiredmama21 joined the Facebook group so thanks for that info

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luckyladygal · 24/02/2024 19:56

@Whattheflipflap I was looking at the Joie and the Graco as fits my budget

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lochmaree · 24/02/2024 19:58

I'd get the axkid move in that situation

BertieBotts · 27/02/2024 21:39

If your budget can stretch to £200, then the Cybex Sirona Gi i-size is lovely, and I think it's a little bit easier and nicer to use than the Joie and Graco. It also has a slightly higher weight limit with 20kg, rather than 18kg which is the usual.

The Joie 360 Spin and Graco Turn2Me (these are the same seat with different covers) are the cheapest I would go. These are at least decent build quality although they do have trickier safety straps, inserts, and they don't have much leg room when rear facing. If you're going to get this one then let me know and I will share a very good video which covers all the strap and insert use.

There are a lot of cheap swivel seats on the market and a lot of them are very poor quality, difficult to use, confusing safety instructions - steer clear of them.

Joie or Graco if you want to go budget. Graco Turn2Me i-size is currently the best price of these models, unless Joie still have their older version on offer in Tesco, I think it was?

It's recommended to keep babies rear facing much longer these days, at least until 15 months, but best for as long as possible. While the Joie and Graco and Cybex seats all technically have the same possibility for rear facing (up to approx 4 years) in reality many people find the leg room is tricky in the Joie/Graco seats by about age 2. The Cybex is a bit better in this regard.

The swivel seats can be a bit heavy to move from car to car if that would be a concern.

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