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Red kite push me I pace travel system

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mumto2tobex · 05/11/2026 18:13

I’m looking at getting this travel system for my baby, however the car seat is apparently no good; so I’m looking for alternative car seats that fit on the frame to use on the school run so I’m not messing about trying to put together a pram etc in the rain n stuff, I’ve looked at maxi cosi ones but I’m not sure on the adaptors and I don’t want to buy random stuff that isn’t compatible- pls help

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BertieBotts · Yesterday 15:49

TBH I would be sceptical of the claim that the car seat is "no good" - Red Kite is a reasonable brand even though they are on the budget end of the market, their car seats conform to the same safety standards as any other on sale in the UK.

What I suspect people mean is either that they want you to buy a car seat from a specific brand - safety wise, there is no reason to do this, as long as your car seat is approved to R44 or R129 and is suitable for your baby's age and size, it's fine (and this one is R129, the newer regulation).

Or they mean that car seats from budget or fashion focused brands are sometimes not designed well in terms of newborn position, comfort and ease of use. This one is more likely to have truth behind it, but whether it matters enough to replace the seat is more of a personal decision.

Not all travel systems do have the ability to change the car seat, although the more manufacturers move to generic producers the more they all rely on the same systems. I can't find a picture of the car seat adapters for this pushchair, but if you want to trawl through video reviews, you will eventually normally find a shot of someone using them, or of course if you already have it, you could look at the ones it came with.

If you google image search the phrase "Maxi Cosi car seat adapters", you'll see a selection of different car seat adapters that all have the same shape at the top - it's a sort of cut-out U shape. If your car seat adapters look like this, you can put a different brand on them. If they look like a different shape, then it's probably only Red Kite car seats which will fit.

mumto2tobex · Today 03:40

BertieBotts · Yesterday 15:49

TBH I would be sceptical of the claim that the car seat is "no good" - Red Kite is a reasonable brand even though they are on the budget end of the market, their car seats conform to the same safety standards as any other on sale in the UK.

What I suspect people mean is either that they want you to buy a car seat from a specific brand - safety wise, there is no reason to do this, as long as your car seat is approved to R44 or R129 and is suitable for your baby's age and size, it's fine (and this one is R129, the newer regulation).

Or they mean that car seats from budget or fashion focused brands are sometimes not designed well in terms of newborn position, comfort and ease of use. This one is more likely to have truth behind it, but whether it matters enough to replace the seat is more of a personal decision.

Not all travel systems do have the ability to change the car seat, although the more manufacturers move to generic producers the more they all rely on the same systems. I can't find a picture of the car seat adapters for this pushchair, but if you want to trawl through video reviews, you will eventually normally find a shot of someone using them, or of course if you already have it, you could look at the ones it came with.

If you google image search the phrase "Maxi Cosi car seat adapters", you'll see a selection of different car seat adapters that all have the same shape at the top - it's a sort of cut-out U shape. If your car seat adapters look like this, you can put a different brand on them. If they look like a different shape, then it's probably only Red Kite car seats which will fit.

Thank you, honestly I’m just so paranoid about it this time round with my first I didn’t drive so we never went anywhere in the car so the seat didn’t matter, but me and my partner drive and we go out all the time so I just wanted to make sure my baby was safe in the car seat! I did see the regulations it conforms too but I’ve seen that about other ones and I’ve been told there no good for newborns due to position they’d be in, it’s so hard because I want to do right by my baby but also I can’t justify £500+ on the travel systems I’ve seen🙈

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