- Extended Rearfacing Car Seats When my son was 8 months old we started to research Group 1 car seats and came across information on the benefits of extended rearfacing car seats. Although these are rare in the UK, in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries children must remain rearfacing in the car until they have reached the age of 4 and weigh at least 25kgs. This law is in place as research as shown that children are up to 5 times safer rearfacing if they are involved in an accident. All the information about extended rearfacing can be found at www.rearfacing.co.uk, along with details of the car seats available and the location of ...  Read the complete review

When my daughter grew out of her infant car seat we did a great deal of research into its replacement. Buying this car seat came out of that, and what I discovered on the way horrified me to some extent. Having discovered http://www.rearfacing.co.uk/ I was keen to find a rear facing car seat for my then nearly one year old and found it almost impossible. We live in Scotland and we had to travel to York, where we had a choice of a small handful of seats. Of course the infant seat was far too small by this time (we use mainly public transport - don't worry, we weren't still using it!) so my daughter and I ended up travelling by train while my husband drove down ...  Read the complete review