Britax Safe Fix Plus or Maxi Cosi Priorifix

[stantonjulie]

Want an ISOFIX front facing seat because dd hates car seat and I think will be happier facing forwards. The above 2 seats seem to be the best regarded but any idea on which one to go for? Seem similar on paper - maxi cosi more expensive. Is it worth the extra? Currently have maxi-cosi cabriofix.

[stantonjulie]

She's 10m and weighs about 10kg.

[lowrib]

Are you aware that rear facing is much safer? Might there be a different rear-facing one she's happier in maybe?

[Adventuredad]

Forward facing at 10 months is a terrible unsafe idea. It's 500% less safe than rear facing, quite a large number IMHO. Like Loopy mentioned, using a rear facing car seat such as Britax Hi-Way (Rf to 25 kg) would mean your child is sitting quite upright and can see well though windows. This usually makes a huge difference.

My daughter was the same, hated the steep angle of her infant seat and always wanted to see what was going on. Changing to a Rf seat made a huge difference although I can't say she was incredibly happy:-) At age 2 things turned around and today at 3 years 9 months she's happily strapping herself into her rear facing seat with my supervision.

What car are you driving?

/Håkan
www.carseat.se

[stantonjulie]

we've got an audi a3. she's got the mirror, toys etc but just seems to get bored. she's always been a nightmare - even to just go up the road. we live in london and there are so many traffic lights i just stop going anywhere in the car. at least i can turn round and chat to her when im stationary in a ff, rather than be stressed out constantly when i can't see her and she's yelling. i reckon im more likely to have an accident with her rear facing because she screams so much.