Rear facing until two seats

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I am going to buy a new seat so that my new little mindee, who starts soon, can rear face until aged two. The parents request that it is an isofix but they are so expensive and a belt held one with good reviews will cost under £100. I don't earn a great deal and didn't earn enough to pay tax last year so I really can't afford the money or the space in my mpv for a large or expensive one. Any ideas, please?

Isofix wise look at the Joie iAdvance as that is rear facing to 4 years & can be turned round from earlier. If not forward facing only look at the new Joie Bold. Forward facing from 9 months, Isofix with top tether but can be a high back booster as well.

I would just be honest with the parents and say you can't afford an isofix one but will be getting a good belted one and if they would prefer to supply their own they can

Give the parents the option - they use the car seat you provide or they provide one?

Isofix rear facing seats are not safer than belted rear facing. It’s just that isofix seats are less likely to be fitted incorrectly. Could you explain that to the parents?

If you want to buy a seat, I’d get a Joie stages or a britax two way elite and get it fitted at a proper rear facing car seat retailer (ie not Halfords etc!). Or the parent can provide an isofix seat!

ive got the joie tilt seats (£75 each) for my mindees they are belt fitted and i think they are fab.

Thanks all. I was looking at the Joie Tilt as it is compact and relatively inexpensive. Think I will order one.

The other posters above are correct. I recently attended a car seat fitting and safety course and it was reiterated several times that isofix is no safer than a belted seat, it's just that isofix has less room for incorrect fitting or losening over time (which is unlikely to happen to a professional childminder who has different children and car seats each day!).
I would explain this to parents. If they are still insistent on it being an isofix car seat then I would find a good belted seat, note down the price of it and then allow the parents to choose an isofix seat that will fit in the car and they can pay the difference between the belted one you found and the one they chose.

Joie 360 spin. Expensive at £250 but can go up to about 4/5 yrs old.

Why not buy second-hand? There are plenty sub-£100 Isofix seats advertised on Facebook Marketplace (and elsewhere).

I need to be 100% sure of a car seats history (no minor bumps etc) and the only way to be sure is to buy new.

Be wary of going half’s on the cost of a new seat. When you finish with the child, who owns it? If the parent demand to take it with them, you’ve lost the equivalent of a seat, if you have to buy their half from them, youve then paid double want you wanted to pay for a seat.