Car seat safety and buying advice...help!

[familygirl]

We need a car seat, for my daughter who is 3.5yrs, about 1m tall and just over 13kg, so my son can have her old stage 1 seat. Should I get another stage 1 car seat-at what point do these become unsafe, other than by weight? I'm thinking of getting another Britax Duo Isofix. If not which seat should I get as she needs a 5 point harness, but the multi-stage seats seem to get bad ratings in Which? don't they? Does anyone know? MrsBadger? NannyL?

What about the Britax Evolva 123 Ultra?

She isn;t big enough for a stage 2 yet, but it won;t be long (18kg), so a 1-3 sounds sensible.

Multi-stage seats aren;t ever as good as single-stage ones, but the Evolva 123 Ultra is still pretty good and isn't madly expensive either (have just bought one for dd after fainting at the price of the stage 1 MaxiCosis). Make sure you get the Ultra though as the side protection is better.

The Recaro Young Sport is meant to be ok too.

Thankyou so much-that's helpful to know. I'm gald we've made the right decision then! If she carries on the way she has so far (which I know is not in any way inevitable!)she won't reach 15kg til she's about 5 and 18kg at about 6 and half! So I'm thinking Britax Evolva 123 Ultra is the way to go...

Hi
Not sure if you've heard of the website www.rearfacing.co.uk but there is lots of advice about car seats on there.