Nania Trio Group 0/1/2 Infant Car Seat, Grey

When buying a car seat, it's best to try a few in your car before making a decision. Try to find a retailer who is willing to help you with this. Ask whether staff have been trained in fitting car seats. You can also buy combination seats that cross over these groups, such as group 0+/1 seats, which are suitable from birth until your child weighs about 18kg (40lb) or is aged about 4. The most recent addition to the law involves booster seat regulations, but it doesn’t actually affect you as a consumer. Instead, all newly released booster seats can only be made and sold to a child who is 4ft 1in or taller, or who weighs 22kg or more. Existing booster seats will still be valid in your car, so don’t worry about rushing out to buy brand-new seats.

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The road safety officer at your local council can give you detailed advice about child car seats. You can find your local council on GOV.UK. Think about how you will be using the car seat. If you'll be lifting your baby in and out of the car a lot, for example, you may be better off getting a lightweight seat with a base that stays in the car. Test that the seat is installed to the correct tension by pressing towards the top of the child seat in a sharp motion towards the front of the car seat. There should be no excessive forward or sideward movement. If there is excessive movement, repeat tightening the seatbelt until the correct tension is acquired.

The brand of product you buy can vary in importance, from person to person. Some people will of course be much more particular about the brands they will use. Whilst others aren’t interested in the brand and are more interested in the overall quality or price of the product itself. Thankfully Nania is a brand that many customers have grown to love over the years and is very popular for items in the Car seats category. So let’s carry on with our Trio Comfort First Pop Group 0/1/2 Car Seat review and explore the product’s pricing. Accommodating your child from birth until approx. 12 years old, the Every Stage car seat will be a familiar travel companion throughout your child’s childhood. With Guard Surround Safety panels this seat provides extra side protection which can be individually activated for extra room in your vehicle. This modular design allows you to either lift the car seat out in one go or take your little one ergonomically out in the soft carrier, leaving the safety shell in the car. This makes moving your baby – especially if they’re sleeping – to and from your car easy. This car seat is compatible with all Maxi-Cosi stroller frames, too. Car seats that span several groups, for example Group 1/2/3, may seem like great value for money as they last for longer than single group seats, but our testing has uncovered issues with some of them.Open the wedge that's located underneath the child seat so that it swings into place with the large portion of the wedge to the front of the child seat. The Joie i-Level additionally comes with an Isofix-compatible base and the seat is suitable from birth up to 15 months (or 13kg/29lb). Our baby would drift off almost the second we got moving when he was in this car seat and we were disappointed when he outgrew it. In the UK, children are required by law to travel in a booster seat up to the age of 12 (or 135cm in height – whichever comes first). Axkid’s Nextkid is designed for this transition, with a comfortable padded seat with four-step expanding side wings, an adjustable headrest and super-soft fabric. As you can imagine, pricing is one of the most important factors of any purchasing decision. We can find the perfect product for our needs, that fits the brief in every single way. But if it doesn’t fit our budgets, we simply can’t (or at least shouldn’t) buy it. Pass both parts of the belt under the armrest of the child seat closest to the rear of the vehicle.