Maxi-Cosi - Pebble 360 Pro²

Infant carrier car seats as well as isofixes. Do you really trust a random person to be honest about the history of the car seat? The thing in which you transport your new baby? It is also not only an accident but a drop or a fall can also cause damage. Especially important in infant carriers that get used for so much more than just car rides. It can have internal damage without being visible on the outside. Also, they expire. The maximum life span is 7 to 10 years. The cheapest maxi Cosi is less than 50 eurosnew. Friends or family, perhaps, but I’d rather go with a cheap new seat than a used one. They might not remember it fell or it might be too old. Isofixes are a little bit less risky because you don’t move them that often but again, not recommended to buy second hand. Friends and family should be fine.

Okay, i did extensive research on this topic. The cybex T cloud and the maxi Cosi pebble 360 pro seem to be the safest infant carrier car seats. There are a few other that also test quite well in collisions but often don’t offer the recline function. If you want to do your own research, also look at side collision test results. Chat gpt can help you with the test results. Every seat has it’s own isofix and real car seats have their own different isofixes. I don’t think you can mix and match. The seat and isofix you must buy new or use from someone you know really well. Don’t buy them second hand. For a real car seat, same. Check the test results. The weight limit on rear facing is very important. Rear facing is recommended until four yo or 22-25kg. We personally really like swivelling car seats as my partners car is an suv. We are probably going with the growing seat of maxi Cosi (the new one). I would steer clear of doona type car seats. They are very convenient but don’t offer suspension and are often used as strollers which is not good for the infant. They are expensive and not stroller compatible. For me not worth it. Strollers really depend on what it is what you are looking for. On my list I have real tires, big front tires, ventilated moses basket (preferably with anti reflux possibilities), large sunshade upf 50+ and a comfortable toddler seat. I highly suggest going to a big baby store and trying these out yourself. Height of the bar might be a very determining factor as well.

We did start with a maxi cosi pebble 360 pro as car seat. Now we use the maxi cosi emerald 360 s. Our stroller is thule spring. We made these choices because of comfort of both, child and parent, and safety.

FTM, and baby is now 1.5 years old. Spent a considerable amount of money on a pram and car seat that can fit into the pram frame (with an adapter) - thus not a ‘bundle’. Based on my experience I would still buy the car seat that we had but I wouldn’t spend nowhere near enough money that we spent on the buggy - for the reasons that I will mention below… Personal opinion, but if I were to do this all over again and potentially if you’d have more than 1 child: - buy the car seat that you’re happy with and safe for for newborn. We had maxi cosi pebble with isofix and this is a life saver. You can then use this for 2nd baby too at newborn stage up until say 6 months old. - then once baby is long / old enough to move on to the next stage, get a car seat that he/she can use up until around 4 years of age. We opted for maxi cosi Pearl which is the next size up from Pebble. Use the same isofix so just need to buy the car seat. - buggy: you can opt for a buggy that can then becomes a double buggy - hence saving you money in the longer run. But they are typically very sturdy and bulky. At some point in your life you may also want to have a ‘travel’ buggy for travelling that can go into cabin hold for example. I spent a lot of money on a buggy that I really want to get rid of and just want to use the travel buggy now. So consider what you may want to do in the future. Long story short, I won’t be fixated with a ‘bundle’ of the same brands between pram and car seat because it may not make sense / give you the best option. Then on the buggy/ pram - don’t spend a fortune because most people will then opt for a second pram (lighter, travel pram etc) unless you are 100% sure you want a double buggy and use the buggy a lot. We drives a lot and long distance - hence a good car seat is a must. And because most of the time we don’t take public transport or do a super long walk with the baby, the pram / bassinet gets less use than what it was originally intended for. Each to their own. Think about what you need more & most and budget it based on that. Also buy in stages than all in 1 go, even if you have the £££ as more often than not, people’s life change and what suits you today may not suits you 1-2 years from now. Also when we were selecting the car seat, I wanted one that fully reclined for the newborn, yet versatile enough to be brought on the plane whilst also can be used with both seatbelt and isofix. We actually used all of the functionality as I took the car seat with me to asia for 6 weeks and we were travelling to 10 different cities when baby was 4-6 months old. That car seat has been everywhere and was a life saver because he was safe in a taxi, on the plane (we booked him a seat on low-cost airlines that has no bassinet) and because it docked into the buggy then we can move the car seat straight into the buggy if he was asleep. And because that particular car seat can be used with or without isofix, we didn’t buy another car seat for our 2nd car. We just use isofix for 1 car (the main one) and if we need to drive the other car we just secure it using the seatbelt.

FWIW we've just upgraded to Avionaut Stardust, which does have a separate insert to make it suitable from birth and should last her ERF til 6 then becomes a HBB. *However* - it has been handy on occasion to bring baby into the house in her car seat, which just isn't really possible with the multi-stage ones as they're too heavy. NB we were using Maxi Cosi Pebble with 360base (very handy!!)

We had an icandy pram with Maxi Cosi car seat that was on a 360 base.

We had a Maxi-Cosi infant seat and moved him to the Graco Extend2fit at about 8 months. He had started to hate the bucket seat and I got it on a good sale. He was instantly happy! He just turned 2 and still loves his seat. It can rear face until 50lbs so that was one of the reasons we went with it. We eventually got one for my husband's car (had a Cosco Scenera before)

Agree with this! Our infant seat is MC and I got it for $280 during a sale a couple years ago. So price and the fact that the seat was light were big selling features. Our daughter (and our arms lol) were happier when we switched her to a convertible seat around 6 months. We went with Clek Fllo for that... liked it so much we bought another for baby#2 due in a couple months. But definitely agree that the screaming is a sign that baby is either over the infant seat and/or they are making their opinions on car rides known now that they're leaving the potato stage lol.