Car seat recommendations age 1+

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Looking for recommendations for my daughter who is 13 months currently, 77cm & 9.5kg approx. She is currently using a nuna pipa next car seat with a max weight of 13kg but the height max is around 80/81cm so she will be too tall for it probably by Christmas. I'm waiting ideas so I can keep an eye on prices and if there's any discount/sales.

We could probably spend up to £250 if it was the bees knees of car seats, even more potentially depending on how savings go but Christmas is coming so we are also saving for that, but an excellent car seat does come first. Also happy for 'cheaper' recommendations.

I would like her to rear face until at least 3/4 depending on her height. If she's anything like her brother, she will be very tall for her age. Son is 3.5 and he is 119cm tall! But I would also like a seat that can forward face when the time comes. We have a Joie every stage for my son and I love it, simple, easy to clean and comfy but it doesn't rear face (uneducated with my first and by the time I educated myself he had actually outgrown rear facing (took him with us to buy a rear facing even if it was only a couple of months and we couldn't find one where his head was below the headrest).

Are there any decent, rear & front facing group 1+ seats out there that are isofix? We have a Skoda Octavia so it's pretty roomy in the back.

The Joie Every Stage does rear face up to 18kg - perhaps you have the Elevate?

I think honestly I would go for just a RF seat for her, one of the ones with the 125cm limit. Since she is likely to be tall, you will end up needing to get another one before she is 3 if you get one which goes both ways as they all only go up to 105cm in your budget range. If for some reason she absolutely hates RF, you can always keep the Elevate as a back up since your son will be too big for the 5 point harness on it by the time she makes this clear (if he is not already - he might be.) IME, it's quite rare for them to just suddenly hate RF out of nowhere when it's all they have ever known.

For £250, your current 125cm limit options would be Axkid Move, Axkid Minikid 2, Britax Max Safe Pro (if you get it from an online discounter like Kiddies Kingdom), or Britax Safe Way M.

Nuna Pipa Next is up to 83cm, and they do grow more slowly after 12 months, so you might be surprised with how long it lasts. I would say from 77cm to 83cm is likely to be about 6 months maybe longer.