Car seat..

Wanting a car seat that spins (any amount), is Swedish safety plus tested and relatively compact (fit in Ford Bmax)

Have been looking at the Joie I-spin safe and Axkid Spinkid 2.. Any personal recommendations or other options?

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avionaut stardust 360!

We have the Nuna TODL and we love it!

Think both of those seats have limits to rear facing around 18/19kg so would depend on the centiles your LO is following, as could be outgrown before ready to forward face.

Ideally should keep LO rear facing till 5/6 as their bones have ossified so safer to turn them forward facing around this time.

My LB is 3y5m and already over 18kg. We have Axkid MiniKid 4 Max which is up to 36kg, he climbs into his seat usually from the other side. Should last him to 6.5yrs which I'll forward face then.

Agree with above bump to booster great grp to learn more and look at the ERF seats that are swedish + tested.

You’ll be surprised how easy it is to get LO in and out without it being a spin base. We have the Avionaut Sky in a 3 door car and so easy.

There’s many groups online that can offer free advice. I’ve joined Car Seat safety group on Facebook and bought off admins from there. Is the car seat for newborn or for 6+ months? Infant carriers will be your best friend if it’s for a newborn.

Cybex is a good car seat

Cybex anoris t2 or pallas

I love our maxi cosi ones - had the newborn one and now have a bigger one for him as a toddler. No idea about the standards you mention.

I don't know about the Swedish thing but we recently got the enfasafe superia and my little girl loves it! She used to cry every car journey in her infant carrier car seat. Now she only cries if she's tired or hungry. And no where near the same crying as her previous car seat. X

I love our Avionaut stardust 360...and it has a higher weight limit for rear facing than other 360s, which is great for my higher percentile toddler who outgrew her previous 360 seat! Sadly we couldn't fit any fixed rear facing in the cars we would need it to.

I have the axkid- it’s an amazing seat, my boy loves travelling in this seat. We have the cosetto 360 for hubbys car and he’s not keen on it.
I’d 💯 spend the money again- worth the price tag in our eyes

I just ordered the Nuna one, will let you know when I get it this week:)

We have the Joie ispin safe but it’s very bulky and now that my son is 4 years old (and tall for his age) he’s finding it uncomfortable. As far as I know the axkid spin one lasts longer but I could be wrong!

Thanks everyone, have ordered the Joie ISpin Safe :)

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