R*** ANT

Anyone got a mama's and papa's baby seat fitted in the back of their classic????

The wife has her heart set on a pram and car seat for our soon to be new arrival, had it fitted today but not entirely convinced it was as safe as the girl was making out!!!!!!

Anyone got one or maybe any other recommendations!

Cheers in advance

Tony

NotoriousREV

Which seat? We had the one that clips onto the pram chassis and then onto a base in the car. It fit better in the back of my classic than any other car, once in properly it was rock solid.

s70rjw

iTrader: (2)

Our first had a Mamas and Papas combination which gave us no end of problems.Not so much the car seat but the chassis / carrycot and pushchair.The customer care we received when we complained was atrocious.They said they did not have a refund policy when one of the axles snapped on the pushchair, but offered to fix it free of charge if I agreed to take it to a dealer of their choice and pay £40 postage each way as it was a bulky item. When I quoted Sales of goods act I was told "See you in court, no ones taken us there yet" We were so disappointed as we'd spent thousands equipping babies room in M&P stuff

mmmiddy

I found the best way to fit one, is to get all your body weight on the seat as you fit it, to compress the seat padding.

mightyyid

Depending on the age of your car, get an ISOFIX seat. Rock solid compared to those that use seat belts and way way way more effective in accidents etc. They are more expensive but what's money with your kids eh! We've had both the Britax ISOFIX baby one and recently moved to the Britax ISOFIX forward facing seat and it's so easy to move between cars and again, is rock solid...

I'm amazed more people don't buy ISOFIX given so many cars have the fixings now...

bogie

Hi Tony,

We had the Graco combi thing which had a base fixed in the car and you lifted the baby seat from the pram then clicked it into the base. It was really good as you didn't need to lift or wake the baby to put them in the car. Same when you got to your destination, you just unclicked the baby cradle from the car and clicked it into the pram part.

Now that our son is 20 months he is in the same pram / push-chair without the baby cradle part and we now have Priory XP car seats. I did try the Britax ISOFIX one in my 04Sti but didn't like the fit of it compared to the Priory XP.

Cheers

Andy M3

We have had no end of car seats kids and push chairs. They are all poo in my opinion especially mama's and papa's stuff. I too spend thousands on mama's and papa's gear and it is crap. The £50 wardrobe I bought from Ikea to match has faired better.

As for the car seat chat, I imagine if it is M+P it will be very expensive - so don't waste your money as you will only need a rear facing child seat for 9-12 months. But on the other hand do what is easiest for you both, and make sure it fits snug in the car. The toddler seats are harder to choose though...........

Hope that vague reply helped - lol

dela

I can really recommend the Maxi-Cosi combination of car seat and push chair.
We've also got the carrycot that fits on the push chair base.

Good customer service from Maxi cosi when the push chair needed some spares.

dela

Marky-San

How do you find out what cars have ISOFIX?

We have the seatbelt one and its seems pretty secure.

s70rjw

iTrader: (2)

Maxi Cosi get my vote too. Decent quality pram/ pushchair at a reasonable price
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R*** ANT

Thanks for all your help guys!!! I think we might steer clear of M+P's, only gone and ordered 1300 quids worth of furniture from them. Oh well!

***scoobybabe***

IMHO you cant beat the recaro start car seat, ab fab with lap cushion, head hugger and a built in plug for earphones so your little one can listen to a cd whilst you are driving along, very safe too. Bit pricey, but definately worth the extra!

ben44

Ouch! I hope that was from baby's direct with their 10% discount and not from the high street Mama's and Papa's? If its not, cancel it and ring them

http://www.yell.com/search/ShowMap?n...crambleSeed%3D

NTDWM

Squadron-Leader

R*** ANT

M&P furniture is pretty good. We bought a shed load of the Modensa range for our little girl (now almost 18 months) and it's all still standing.

The Mrs wanted a Jane pram and car seat, which turned out to fit the Scoob fine. The car seat was so light it was a joy to move in and out of the Scoob and Fiesta.

Have to admit the Mrs now has an M&P seat in the Fiesta (which is fine) but I've stuck with Subaru and bought the ISOFIX seat..... which is just a Britax seat with Subaru cloth and a badge on it. Nice match though. (my04 wagon btw)



J.

mightyyid

Go to Britax website and it lists all of the cars there.

Seatbelts are pretty good but compare it to an ISOFIX and you'll see the difference - and of course, every time to install the seat, the tension will be different. ISOFIX means it's always the same...