It's approved for use with children from 61-105cm tall, which is around four months to four years old. We love toddlers (most of the time!) but there’s no doubt that they can occasionally , ahem, be a bit of a handful when you’re getting them into the car seat. To try and help you make the best decision for your family, we’ve rounded up a list of the best toddler car seats on the market right now.

What makes the Cybex Z base even more appealing is it can be used until your child reaches 105cm tall, regardless of which way you use the seats. SensorSafe i-Size is something you’ll come across time and again when searching for car seats, and at first glance it seems as if it’s just some term that allows brands to charge a lot more. As such, you want to make sure that the seat you end up buying allows for easy entry and exit — no faffing around and getting them frustrated! Firstly, there are a huge number of different seats on the market and it can be almost impossible to work out which is the best — and even to know what features make a good car seat.

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It comes with an inlay for newborns which is padded to make the seat more comfortable, and can be removed when your baby grows. It’s also worth remembering the seat can last until approx. four years of age (105cm) so it does have long term use in mind. It's purely a rear-facing seat so there is no option to put forward-facing, but this is much safer for children anyway. I was a bit bleary when I posted that as DS2 had me up! I will try and find a few summaries of the differences. Additionally, when the Cloud Z car seat is combined with the Cybex Z base, it can be rotated towards the car door for ease of fitting and securing your baby in the car.

It has side impact protection, as well as front and rear impact protection (vs just front and rear impact protection in the old regulation) Which? use state-of-the-art crash test dummies that record the forces of the crash on key parts of the bodies. They also crash test each car seat several times in the different formats it can be used in, and then combine the scores to work out an overall worst-case scenario score.Plus many of the i-Size features have already been integrated into seats built to the old regulation — ISOFIX, extended rear facing and side impact protection in particular. It can be installed in your car by two methods - either with the CYBEX Base Z Isofix base with support leg, or with the car's adult seat belt. For it to be truly classed as i-Size it needs to be used with the Base Z, which can also be used with Sirona Z car seats. ISOFIX is an attachment system that allows you to reliably and safely connect your car seat directly to the car without using a seatbelt. If you can’t afford an i-Size seat, take a closer look at the description for other safety indications. Many of the seats built to the old regulation incorporate many of the i-Size features (and are often much cheaper).