I bought the maxi Cosi pebble 360 Pro car seat including the ISOFIX. And the Oxford pram to go along with it.
We love it. Love the ease of use to remove and put back into either the car seat or pram. The car seat has a lie flat position for when baby is asleep. And it's rated to for until 18 months.
Hear me out okay, but the Maxi Cosi Pebble 360 Pro (you don’t need to bother with the 360 swivel base, it can be used with a seat belt).
https://www.maxi-cosi.co.uk/car-seats/pebble-360-pro2
I know it’s super expensive and it only lasts till 18 months but (with the newborn insert) it’s properly lie flat. Most prams have adapters that will allow you to fit it onto the pram, so it can be used instead of a dedicated carrycot.
Removing the expense of the carrycot potentially covers a large portion of the cost of the car seat.
We actually bought a pram with a carrycot and ended up never using the carrycot because we used the Pebble instead. Not to mention you can transfer the car seat straight onto your pram (or vice versa) and not have to worry about waking the baby up on the transfer!!!
I got the Maxi-cosi pebble 360 pro along with the FamilyFix 360 Pro base for my son born August 2024, specifically because it had done very well in the safety tests that are typically used for guidance in my country (Finland). My son is starting to grow out of it now at 16 months, but I have been very satisfied with it. The only downside is that it is quite heavy, but I usually got my husband to carry it when necessary...
I have included the test here:
https://www.autoliitto.fi/turvaistuintesti/maxi-cosi-pebble-360-pro-familyfix-360-pro-telakka/
You probably don't speak Finnish, but I think Google translate would get the general idea across.
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.
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