Baby Seat Questions

[jnufcuk]

Hi all my sister recently had a little baby girl so my mum and dad are looking to get a car seat so that when she comes over (she lives in ireland) we have a car seat ready.

However we recently brought one which was a cheap one lol, and when we fitted it the whole seat would move to the side quite badly. So we took it back and popped to halfords today to which all the seats have the same sort of fixing. The botton of the seat belts loops over the bottom and the top of the seat belt around the back which is fine until you start to rock the seat and find out that it isnt very safe?
The girl said this was to give for side impact which is fair enough but the poor bubba would end up flying out the other window.

What have others got in their car or what would they recommend?

We were going to look at iso fix ones but if we wanted to switch between cars we didnt really want this.

Thanks guys and gals

[Jack3559]

[jnufcuk]

Cool reacro ones lol.

But how does it fit in mate do you know?

[Jack3559]

Not entirely sure.

I know you said you'd rather not go for isofix, but in terms of stability and safety; it's the only way to go.

[jnufcuk]

ye just a pain as it would mean putting it in my dads car which he uses for driving lessons. Im trying to convince my mum to buy my 2.0 gti lol but she says its too big and will end up costing to much. But she wont have that it will be hell of a lot easier then her little clio lol

[murraymint]

ye just a pain as it would mean putting it in my dads car which he uses for driving lessons. Im trying to convince my mum to buy my 2.0 gti lol but she says its too big and will end up costing to much. But she wont have that it will be hell of a lot easier then her little clio lol

get a 1.8 turbo, say its ideal coz its got a smaller engine then the 2.0gti but better then the french crap lol

[jnufcuk]

i have one thats why im trying to sell my 2.0 lol 

[bobotheclown]

maxi cosi cabrio fix for new borns. you can get the optional iso fix base. I got one and they are rock solid and very popular

[Jay]

Don't go to Halfords, bunch of cowboys monkeys that know diddly squat about car seats - at least round here. Go to Mothercare and get someone who deals with car seats all day and knows their stuff, if the car has ISOFIX get and ISOFIX seat, much easier to get in and out and just as safe if not safer than non-ISOFIX. Get a car seat that's going to be rearward facing for as long as possible, it's recommended up to about 3-4 years now.

Maxi Cosi, Britax, Graco and Recaro are all good makes.

This is the one we've got, it's huge but very good quality and even though it's non-ISOFIX it's easy to get in and out compared to some of the other's we've had. 

http://www.mothercare.com/Britax-First-Class-Plus-Seat/dp/B004H4GXCY?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_5&nodeId=44451031&sr=1-5&qid=1309553304&pf_rd_r=1BDFQHVBPPZA50PHJQEX&pf_rd_m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=44451031&pf_rd_p=231490867&pf_rd_s=related-tab-3-5

[Wazzzer]

My daughters recaro seat was secured with the seat belt, never had a problem with it. The one in the pic above is for 9months +