Car Seat Insert

I would join the Facebook group Car Seat Safety UK and post this there - the admins are specialist car seat retailers so they’d be best placed to advise you 😊

just requested! Thank you 😌

i have been told this group is rather toxic and they refuse to give advice or be rude if you get a car seat from other retailers (not from admins of the group). I have been told Extended Rear Facing (something like that group is more friendly). I don't know as we have not got a car yet. Hopefully my husband will pass his test soon and we will get a car swat, but I won't be joining this group for that reason.

OP, I am sure you will have the feel of the group when you join, but basically it is not recommended to get a 2nd hand car seat as you don't know the history of it (whether been in accidents). Also all car seats have expiry dates.

Yeah that is the correct newborn insert in it already lovely, x

yes 100% I have a joie I spin and happy as anything and they always want you to swap to one of their seats, of course they will push those as they are running businesses but they claim they don’t they only push the safest. But I don’t believe it lol. I’m happy with my seat, it’s a really safe seat and my daughter is comfy safe and rear facing . X

some of the admins can be a little short with people at times but I wouldn’t say it’s toxic. They give really good advice for free so overall I’d say it’s useful. They won’t give support with specialist ERF seats if not bought from admins but they will advise on all infant carriers, which is what this one is.
Also it’s ok to have a secondhand seat if it’s from a trusted friend or relative and you know it hasn’t been in any accidents. You just wouldn’t want to buy one off Facebook Marketplace or something!

Just checked and yes, the bottom is wedged and you can take out the grey part! So, must be the new born insert 😌 Thank you!!

thank you! Just want to make sure 🥹 x

admins recommend the Joie seats regularly despite not selling them themselves, I can only imagine that they thought from your fit check that your baby didn’t have a safe fit in yours. There is one admin I think is rude at times, possibly you had the bad luck to catch her, but nevertheless her advice is usually spot on. And as for them “pushing the massive brands”, Joie is a much bigger brand than Axkid and Avionaut!

Can also back up that the car safety uk group are toxic, clearly have certain affiliations with shops & people who they ‘recommend’ you buying from and in my opinion are overall biased. I inboxed one lady to ask about a specific seat regarding my partners 3 door car and I was told (after waiting a week n a half for a response) to ‘ignore the car manual this seat isn’t recommended and buy an ERF seat instead’ which is all well n good in theory but not everyone has £500+ to spend. I then made a comment on another post as someone was trying to get in contact with the same lady ‘goodluck getting through it took them a while to message me back’ and I was met with a lot of horrible comments from other admins that ‘they have a life too’ etc and then resulted in me being blocked from the group🤣

I just couldn’t believe she told me not to listen to the instruction manual that came with the car considering that the 3 door and the back seat lay out is really cramped, doesn’t have a middle seat and isn’t compatible with certain seats, and isn’t compatible with the the car model 😭🤣

you can buy ERF seats for well under £500 😊

I have this exact car seat. That is already set up for new born stage xx

thank you lovely! 😌 xx