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Maxi-Cosi Priori XP Car Seat
by robosharkatron
When buying a car seat, you need to know that what you're buying is going to do the job. You need to be able to have total faith in the product and I think the Maxi-Cosi Priori XP gives this.
I spent a long time trying to choose which seat to buy. I eventually chose this one because it looked comfortable, but secure. The seat ... is highly adjustable. The straps can be fitted so that they are quite tight, but they won't dig and irritate the child.
It's easy to fit into the car. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. The safety instructions are direct and logical. Even if you were a bit clueless, this seat would be very easy to install!
It has a high seat which means that the child is in a good position and can see what's going on around them. The reclining position is also useful.
It's also very durable. The fabric hasn't worn away after three years' use. It's also reasonably easy to clean if need be. The covers can be stripped off no problem.
After reading around, I have found that this seat is considered one of the safest on the market. This doesn't surprise me. It oozes quality and I trust it implicitly.
I'd recommend it to anyone. It's a bit more pricey than some other models, but you get what you pay for. When it comes to keeping children safe, there's no such thing as a bargain.
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Maxi Cosi Baby Car Seat
by corneliabrown
I bought this car seat from Mothercare after I have been let down by Argos where from I bought a car seat on offer which was dreadful, hard to use and impractical.
I started to do my research one month before I was due to have my baby which was a little late but I found out I was pregnant just 2 month before I was due to give birth ... as my GB said I had a fibroid but that's another story! Anyway I was quite impressed with the Maxi Cosi range of car seat so I decided to go for it.
==Specifications==
Suitable from birth to maximum 13kg (12-15 months). Height about 70 cm, width about 45 cm, depth about 55 cm, side impact protection, adjustable head rest, ergonomic handle, pushchair compatible for this you will need to buy two adaptors which are between £22 -£30 depend where you buy it from. The adaptors are not very strong, they're plastic, mine went broken from the first use and I had to have a new pairs which I got for free as I had a two yeas warranty on the adaptors as well.
You get a two years warranty.
Can be installed using the vehicle's seat belt or you can buy a Maxi-Cosi base, like Maxi Cosi FamilyFix base or Maxi Cosi EasyFix base.
Compatible with a wide range of pushchairs to form a travel system which is great.
I must say it is a very comfy chair and my son loves it, the fabric is so soft and very easy to clean if you spill something on it however is not machine washable but wet wipes will do miracles if you clean it right away. I did take it to the beach though one day and it ended up with a lot of sand al over and I found it a little difficult to clean it up soI had to put the vacuum on it, it would not clean with a brush so keep that in mind.
It comes in different colors, I bought the black color as I have a boy and also babies make a lot of mess so black was just perfect. You can choose to have any color you wish when you order if you buy from Mothercare.
==Pricewise==
It was on offer at the time I bought mine with £99 reduced from £129 I believe. I do believe you can a get a good price on it if you shop around, still you will not find it cheaper than £90 unless you buy a second which I don't recommend.
It is very easy to adjust and very practical but it does not have a lower back support so that's a bit tricky. It doesn't look very big you would not think a 1 year old child would fit in it but it definitely does, no problems at all. It's a high quality product, it's not cheap but it worth the money for sure. You have to be careful where you buying it from, Halfords will sell this chair at a double price and I myself I have seen some cheap imitations in the Sunday Market in Devon so I do advise to buy from well known companies/online retailers etc.
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Maxi-Cosi CabrioFix Car Seat
by MsTricia
When my daughter was first born, we had no idea about baby stuff and what was good in terms of value and practicality and so a lot of products and things like different prams (we had 3 different ones!) were trial and error and one of them was this Maxi-Cosi car seat. We literally had it for 8 months after which point it was rendered ... obsolete but nevertheless here is my overall review of using this car seat.
--- Specifications ---
This is a simple car seat from the maxi-cosi brand is suitable for babies from birth up to 13kg or 12 months. It is a sleek black design so unisex for boys/girls and fits nicely in cars as it doesn't stand out too harshly.
The basic plus points for this car seat is it's multi-purpose use. It is a car seat that can be used in the car, and also on prams which are Maxi-Cosi and the popular in the market; Quinny frame.
In terms of in the car it can be put in safely and securely using a seatbelt for the car seat on it's own or it can be put on an isofix base (insert a new extortionate fee for this set of equipment here! I'm serious. It's an additional £105!) When used with EasyBase it is easier as there is no need to attach seat with seat belt, just click this car seat in and go!
It has a convenient carry handle and is very lightweight (3.35kg without a baby in it, a fair bit more when baby is inside!) There is also a "secret" (since for first 2 months I did not even know it was there!) storage compartment at the back, but let's not get carried away you won't be putting nappies or wipes in here, perhaps a packet of tissues and a couple papers is all the capacity is really capable of!
It has an easily removable cover for washing so anytime baby has a little spew it can be cleaned in a nanosecond. As usual with a children's car seat this one has has a 5 point safety harness, with the 5 straps: two are at the shoulders, two at the hips, and one at the crotch that all come to connect to a buckle release mechanism. This car seat has the one pull harness for easy adjusting harness length. This makes it a lot easier to adjust the straps as baby grows with the car seat
--- Features and Comfort ---
One thing with this car seat is that it looks (I can't judge having never gotten it it! Although I think I did try once) extremely comfortable, snug and padded. Bringing my newborn home in it she looked so happy (all that milk I'm sure) and supported in there I hardly wanted to take her out. It comes as shown in the picture with the removable support pillow with headhugger for smaller babies, belt pads and integrated sun canopy.
The sun canopy is a thin black almost viscose type material that stretches over the handle bars so when that is up, the canopy is up, shielding baby from harsh sunlight and also deflects heat quite well giving baby some shade and leaving baby a lot cooler and protected from the sun.
--- Purchasing ---
We were fortunate enough to be given this car seat as a gift so we didn't pay for it meaning I cannot quarrel too much, but for the price (which fills me with horror!) it seems a bit pricey for what it does as it is currently in the price range of £100, and marginally upwards.
--- Personal Opinion and Use ---
Right where do I start....there aren't many but I will try think of some good points:
ADVANTAGES
It is a nice looking car seat, looks expensive (it should do for hundred quid!), very sleek as it is black and is quite good to have it for use in car and also on a travel system for Quinny or Maxi-Cosi and I am sure a few other leading brands like Bug-a-boo and Silver Cross are also compatible with this car seat.
For my newborn it was perfect as she looked comfortable and well placed inside and I did truly love it at first. It is sturdy in that it doesn't feel flimsy and is lightweight so a good strong man will have ease carrying this around with baby inside. However...
DISADVANTAGES
What seems to make this a leading brand car seat is because it can be used with a wide variety of travel systems (in laymens term a pushchair frame) I think the mass market just assume it is the "car seat to have". However, for what it does I really can't justify it being worth £100.
The fact it is only rearward facing was a big problem for us. My daughter was quite advanced (at least I like to think so!) and by 6 months she was already standing up and holding her own. Sitting in this car seat like a baby, she would just cry consistently as she wanted to be able to sit up and look around out the window out the view and be more active, not sitting squashed in this car seat unable to really do anything. This just made car journeys a nightmare! The specifications also say up to 13kg but this is nonsense. No child that weight would fit in this car seat no way! Most definitely not up to 12 months without legs hanging out drastically and in the rearward facing position this is impossible as the actual seat of the car would cause legs to be bent and most definitely uncomfortable.
One thing I most definitely don't understand is why parent's use this car seat on their prams and then again in their cars...especially for newborns! The position of this car seat leaves baby in quite a hunched position, and as they are quite fragile and their spines aren't fully formed babies are not supposed to sit in this car seat for more than 2 hours at a time (if that!) and are better lying fully flat. Fully informed with this information prior to my daughter's birth I bought a Mamas & Papas pramette in which my daughter was fully able to lie down flat for first few months of her life and would not be uncomfortable, and only used this car seat for when we were doing small journeys to and from new grandparents house in my partners car (I did not drive at the time) so as to do what was best for her growth. I hope any parents reading this don't make practice of extensive use of these types of car seats with their newborns as it really isn't good at all!
Lastly, this car seat was extraordinarily fiddly to secure in the car. It isn't rocket science I have to say but the first time we used it, we didn't know what was going on! It required the car seat belt to stretch across baby's lap, held down under 2 handles either side of the car seat and then into the clasp to secure it down, then the longer strap (which would normally be across an adult's chest when in the seatbelt) to go around the back of the car seat and into a little slot. This secures the car seat from jerking back and forth should the car come to an immediate halt however it does not secure the car seat from rocking side to side so (GOD FORBID!) you were in a terrible car seat and the car flipped on the side, I can assure you the car seat will be going the same way and will not be secured in base. I definitely was not impressed with the ease the car seat still moved even when "securely" strapped down in the car. No doubt with the iSoFix base it would be 100 times more secure but I really didn't see any point shelling out £100 when I had already found a car seat that did the job a million times better and at a far cheaper price.
---Would I recommend? ---
Sadly I would not. It is not a car seat with longevity, as we didn't use it past 8 months or so and it is ridiculously overpriced. Parents with a pram which accomodates this car seat may love it, but as I only used it in the car it seems way too much to pay £100 for especially when you can practically get an identical version of a different brand (cough, cough kiddicare!) for a good £60 and more cheaper. It'll last the same time, and do the same job so really for this car seat you are paying for the name and image more than anything else.
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