Avionaut - Pixel PRO 2.0 C

I didn’t use it much when she was first born, however now she’s three months I clip the car seat into the stroller more. I have an incredibly curious and nosy baby and she gets frustrated with how little she can see when she’s in the carry cot. You don’t need to buy a “travel system” though. We have a silver cross pram/stroller and just clip our car seat (Avionaut pixel pro) into it using the universal adaptors. Car seats vary a lot in terms of quality and actual safety so I recommend you look at their ADAC scores before buying one.

A pram isn't a safety item. You want the bassinet to be certified for safe sleep as some babies sleep great in the pram. You want UV protection and for it to be easy to navigate on the terrain you're gonna push it on. Otherwise, it's a pram. Any will do. The car seat is a safety device. You need to invest more in safety items imo as it will save your baby's life should an accident occur, or as I tell my patients (midwife), you just need to brake a little too hard and baby could suffer serious injuries. The best of the best infant carrier is the Avionaut Pixel Pro. The Avionaut Cosmo is a great budget option. Isofix is not safer than belting in the seat but it is more convenient (I actually found it more hassle whereas my partner loved having the isofix base). I regret buying a whole travel system. So expensive and we bought a cheaper stroller which we now use all the time. If I could rewind time, I wouldn't have got sucked into buying a big bulky travel system.

Try and find an independent car seat shop that specialises in extended rear facing. They will know what is best and give you lots of options at different price points. The gold standard in infant carriers seems to be the avionaut pixel pro or cosmo. In terms of the buggy go to JL and try them out!’

Generally a lot of seats which come with travel systems and thought to be less safe. They obviously have to have a minimum safety to be sold. When we researched we found a very small number of car seats are really made for newborns so went with the avionaut pixel pro 2 which has newborn inserts (we’re likely to have a tiny baby so kinda needed this).

For car seats, while basically all infant carrier are safe in crash tests because they all have the same basic concept, not all are supportive for newborns and especially tiny and premature babies. They can put babies in a chin to chest position which can restrict my their airways. And some seats have really bulky inserts which fit a newborn well but have an awkward transitional stage where they’ve outgrown the inserts but don’t fit properly in the seats. Some of the more supportive ones are Avionaut Pixel/Cosmo; BeSafe Go Beyond; Britax BabySafe; Maxi-Cosi Cabriofix; Cybex Cloud Z. You can sometimes get these seats in bundles.

I want to reiterate what so many have said, 0-12 car seats are a gimmick, you won't get a safe and supportive fit across all stages and they won't be tested to the best standards available. There are Facebook groups dedicated to the safest car seat and to be honest it is definitely one of the things that you're better off spending a bit more on, rather than bottle warmers and travel systems and stuff, as your child's life could literally depend on it. Brands like Axkid and Avionaut have a stellar reputation. We went with an Avionaut infant seat and the fit for the baby is superb compared to what my older kids had, no head flop or anything.

In all honesty, you’ll probably hate the heavy travel system after a year to 18 months. The coasatto plans are fine, it’s just the car seat that’s the issue. Definitely try out some prams in store and try some of the lighter travel systems, that are easy to operate. You can find some great offers on FB marketplace if you’re not wanting to spend a lot of money on something you may not like! You’ll probably want a compact stroller at some point and that again depends on what you need. Autofold and lightweight is the way to go. The avionaut car seats for little ones is great.

We just got our first car seat Avionaut which goes with a Nuna travel system. The thing to understand is many car seats use universal or Maxicosi adapters to put their car seat onto the stroller. Regarding how useful it would be, ideally the car seat should mainly be only used in the car and a carry cot or a lie flat stroller should be used outside. We figured that for quick grocery run or something else ( within the 2 hour car seat time limit), it would be useful to have the option to attach it to the stroller