02-17-2019, 11:32 AM | #1 |
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Evening folks, with the new arrival on its way I'm now looking for some car seat recommendations for an F31. If anyone has any advice on iso fix seats that are able to transfer into a pram or similar, where your able to use the Base for bigger seats that hopefully swivel too and more importantly fit in the back of the F31 well I'd appreciate it.
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Congrats on your up and coming new born. We have 3 kids so we have a little experience. For our vehicles we picked up Britax brand seats.
They are good quality, has good ratings, and most of the choices we saw were black/grey color which matched our car interiors. Personally I didn't want any bright colored seats in our black interior lol. Our 5 almost 6 year old is still in her Britax.
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We are expecting baby no2 in 2 weeks... and forgot how heavy those stupid new born seats are! I personally wouldnt care about a swivel isofix for bigger seats... as when they are bigger getting them in and out is easier as you clip them on... and not a spaceship of a seat!! |
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02-17-2019, 12:31 PM | #4 |
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Both our kids got Recaro baby seats. Cheap investment in your kids safety. Car wrecks are vicious mercilessly incidents. The Recaro child seat lasted and only complaint was the weight but compared to others you'll see how flimsy they really are and why the Recaro has the weight to it.
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02-17-2019, 01:03 PM | #5 |
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We've been very happy with the Joie stuff, got the entire travel system for around £500, yes some people spend £1k+ on iCandy etc. but honestly it's not worth it as they grow out of it and have a proper car seat and lightweight foldable pushchair before you know it!
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02-18-2019, 04:38 AM | #7 |
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Thanks everyone, I will be getting one that has an isofix base Theone88 but would like to find one that once the little one is out the baby seat and into something a bit bigger i can use the same base.
teaston i looked at the Joie stuff this morning which one do you have? https://www.joiebaby.com/cat/travel-systems/ I'm struggling to understand the difference in them apart from the colour I will spend some more time looking into recaro too Gospeedracer |
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Axissfix is good https://www.maxi-cosi.co.uk/gb-en/ca.../axissfix.aspx
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02-18-2019, 08:56 AM | #11 |
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when we went to car seat safety centre in Milton Keynes they reckoned that the F30/1 was one of the worst cars they knew of to fit baby seats into due to the incline of the rear seats. Not so much on the baby seat but when you get an infant seat you need to check the angle of seat when installed in your car. The child won't be as reclined in an F30/1 assuming rear facing. We got a Maxi Cosi with separate ISOfix base and it has been very good. Front seat travel and/or position is limited with it in place though.
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https://www.preciouslittleone.com/pr...SABEgJ7JPD_BwE Then you just need an isofix base: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Baby-Car-...ie+isofix+base As 1966-TR4 says, don't worry about the base fitting the later car seat, get a "360" one that has isofix built in when the time comes. |
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02-18-2019, 11:18 AM | #13 | |
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We have just bought a replacement as the seat was in my car when someone hit my wife from behind...seems mad I’ve got to bin 450 quid worth of car seat which is immaculate but better safe than sorry! |
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We used the Maxi-Cosi Cabriofix (as part of an iCandy travel system) with the iso-fix base. This was great for a few months and make life really easy for getting little one around and into the buggy base for a quick trip out, but we found that once she got to around 4-5 months, although she fitted in the Cabriofix, it was starting to get a bit heavy lifting the whole unit in and out with her in.
Changed to a Britax Dualfix and it’s been great so far. Not sure with other swivel seats, but this one will swivel either way, so it’s still farily easy to get them in/out of the other side of the car if needed. You’ll probably find that when they get to the bigger seats, the isofix base is fixed - might struglle to find one the uses the same base from birth on a removable seat system. Car seats (along with most other baby stuff) are a bloody minefield!! Find a good Mothercare or John Lewis and they’ll go through and demonstrate everything. Congrats on the new arrival - it’s one hell of a life changer!!
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Maxi-cosi pebble plus with isofix base for the first 12months then switched to the axissfix up to 4yrs old, the swivel is worth its weight in gold in my opinion, saves your back and less disruptive to Baba if he/she is sleeping when you want to take them out.
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That’s really good to know, our insurance provider has reimbursed me for the full amount so not so worried about the old one but may get it looked at as a back up as a spare.
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Sorry to bring it back up. Just about to push the button on a maxi cosy pebble plus & 2way Isofix Base.
Does any fellow f31 have one and does it fit ok with the slightly awkward seats. Also we have chosen the Joei Chrome DLX which seems to fit the bill perfectly! |
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04-07-2019, 01:45 PM | #20 |
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The two way fix base has an adjustable leg and we have fitted it in a range of different cars. Fits well in my 430d vert so imagine it would fit better in an f31.
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Me again.
So I've just ordered a car seat and Base a maxi cosi one to be exact. I tried it in at mothercare and fits nicely but made me wonder about protecting the leather and if anyone has put something underneath the Base to stop it wearing / scratching or am I just being over protective. |
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