When someone told me that the first year of a baby’s life flies by, they weren’t joking! The truth of this struck me when I realised that, at nine months, my daughter had almost outgrown her little Grade 0+ car seat and it would soon be time to buy a new one (car seat, not daughter). While idly contemplating this fact, I was then thrown into a panic when informed that my two year old niece was coming over to visit from France in a week or so, and I would have to get a new car seat for her arrival. For this reason, I didn’t have enough time to do my usual painstaking background research on each individual car seat on the market. It was a case of ...  Read the complete review

This is a birth to 4 years car seat. It is quite wide and bulky, with a large plastic base under the seat. However, I think this is the case for all the carseats for this age range. It can be installed in the car facing forwards, or backwards. You are supposed to use it backwards for the first 9 months and then turn it forwards. We bought it because our daughter had outgrown her infant carseat but wasn't yet heavy enough to go in a forward-facing carseat (9kg). It is quite hard to fit rear-facing - it is quite wobbly, and quite difficult to get the child in and out because the car seatbelt cuts across the space that you need to put the child ...  Read the complete review

I have been testing car seats for 'Mother and Baby magazine.' This seat I was very impressed with - so were the other 8 parents that tested them. It came tops!! This seat is very easy to install. It comes with very clear easy to understand instructions. When it is installed it fits very well, it is nice and tight with no chance of movement. Unfortunately it is a fairly bulky seat and can only be sponge cleaned, though these are the only disadvantages to it. There are two clips on the side of the seat so that you can clip the straps out of the way when putting baby into his/her seat. These are very useful and also stop the straps ...  Read the complete review

I'm 45 and have a 21 year old son. I also have a 15month old baby (well I wanted to make sure the first one was okay before I made another) Anyway, initially we bought a Graco travel system, car seat and pram type pushchair thingy, but eventually Conor, the new baby, became too big for the old seat, time to buy another. Which magazine slated most seats so it was time to do a bit of personal research. In the end I decided to buy the iseos, reasons were. 1. Good safety as far as I could tell. 2. Padding good. 3. Harness good 5 point. 4. Adjustable up to age 4 ish. It fits rear of forward facing and is rated 0+ to 4 I ...  Read the complete review