Car seat - Group 1 - what do you have and do you love it?

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Exactly what it says on the tin! I'm awaybto buy a car seat for my 11mo. She's 83cm and nearly 10kg so her Cybex Aton Q is now a bit of a squeeze!

We have ISOFIX so I guess that opens up my options massively.

What ones do you have and what do you think of them?

My only caveat is that DD sleeps in the car every time and I don't want her head lolling forward. X

Bumping for traffic (pardon the pun)

We have the joie 0-4, our 9 week old seems very happy in it

Besafe izi kid isofix. Just an all round nice seat.

There is a facebook group called "car seat advice for mummies and daddies" which despite having a twee name, is fantastic at advising which car seat is best for your car/height and weight of your child. I've learnt loads from it. They know which seats have head loll in certain cars etc.

Ooooh thanks Cwtchy xx

We have a Joie Stages purely because it rearfaces until 4 and it was good value. My 18mo DD is comfy and her head doesn't loll forward unlike the rubbish maxi cosi seat we had before!

We've got the Cybex sirona M2, and have had no issues with head lolling, we still have it on the most recline position and our DD is 20 months. We had the Nuna rebl before, but after reading the latest safety ratings we returned it and swapped for the sirona as it had good safety ratings on Which. We have a Joie Steadi in my parents car, it's not isofix but has a good recline on it also and goes rear facing up to 4 years.

We have the graco milestones which can recline when baby Is slerping and has extended rear facing option and lasts till 11-12 years old . Eventually converts to high back booster . Love it

An Axkid Minikid, fab seat especially if your child is high on the centile chart for weight or height. I love it and I've been through many a car seat over the years so it takes a lot for me to say that!

Jinny are you in Scandinavia? It's a good make, I know, but only available in Norway AFAIK??

You can buy online for delivery. My seat was from carseat.se (although a finnish site now has the one I bought - a Britax Two Way Elite - cheaper).

Ideally you want your child to rear-face and be in a harness until at least age 4. Have a look at predicted height/weight at 4 before you buy.

I also recommend the facebook group already mentioned.

No, Scotland 😃

I got it from Uberkids.com but there are a few other places who stock it too.

Thanks to everyone on this thread for their help, am going to hit up every single website mentioned here, thank you all

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If you're anywhere near Milton Keynes I know a lot of people who highly rate the in car safety centre. Some friends have travelled three hours to go there for a carseat

If you're near York I'd recommend Paul Stride. They sell the axkid, among loads of others.