Britax evolva car seat

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I’d be grateful for some car seat advice…. I have a tall but light 3.5 year old. They are about to grow out of their current car seat and so I’m looking for a new 1/2/3 seat. I was thinking of this as I think it’s one of the better ADAC scoring ones: www.britax-romer.co.uk/car-seats/toddler/evolva-1-2-3-sl-sict/2000025423.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAyfybBhBKEiwAgtB7fmhsPLQCg2F2q3v4HVYWglfGE7KZO9D_C4lRFU3oeJakjf0fYFvEQBoCd-8QAvD_BwE

They won’t be 18kg for some time yet. But before I make an expensive mistake, is there a height limit on the use of the 5 point harness? Thanks!

Bump!

I looked at this one for 3yo DD, as far as I could find there was no height limit for the harness it just goes by weight. The only thing that put me off it was the fact it's forward facing only and it's recommended to rear face until at least 4, she's still very petite so we went with the britax maxway, it will last her up to 25kg which were miles off yet and it should last until she's big enough for a high back booster.

Thank you 😊

There is no numerical height limit, but it will only go up so far. Try it in a shop before you buy. If they are outgrowing their current Group 1 seat, the top harness height might be roughly equivalent unless their current seat is a particularly small one (original Britax Dualfix, Cybex spin seats, Joie Tilt for instance are all quite short)

It's the best rated belt fitted 123 seat, but if you have isofix and top tether you would benefit from looking at 123 seats which use these, as they perform better. Again, check the physical max extension of harness in a shop before you buy.

If an 18kg harness is physically too small you would want to look at the seats with a harness limit of 25kg. Joie Bold for instance. These also need top tether, but there are rear facing options which are seatbelt only. Unfortunately the only seatbelt 25kg FF seat is Maxi Cosi Beryl which has more of an 18kg sized harness than a 25kg sized one (so, again, try before you buy). It's also expensive.

This is incredibly helpful @BertieBotts. Thank you! Car definitely has isofix but will need to check about top tether - it’s a 2014 VW polo so I’m hopeful 🤞 Which are the isofix ones that score well? I previously looked at the Bold but thought it looked quite bulky. Sounds like I shouldn’t be too quick to rule it out though.