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Summary – Not Recommended. The Nuna Rava car seat; can not be recommended; due to a number of concerns. The main being that it looks almost identical to the Joie Itravel convertible car seat; which was recalled back in March 2020; additionally the isofix system is very clunky and does not tighten.
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Summary: NOT RECOMMENDED – The Maxi-Cosi Titan Pro is NOT recommended due to difficulty of installation, not using best practices (extended harnessing) and difficulty in operation (loosening the harness). There are other seats on the market that provide extended harnessing at a lower cost.
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InfaSecure have been manufacturing the Luxi car seat or its equivalent for the past 16 years; since the 2004 standards (with the model CS40/41). However on reflection this design of car seat has little to no change in the design. Unfortunately in my opinion making this an outdated version of an an Australia original a weight based seat.
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We were lucky enough to be invited for the launch of the Britax Bfirst for an one on one with the Britax engineers to get an intimate look at the new B-First . With a list a features; that really puts anything else in the 0-4 space, outdated. Read why the Bfrist is the leading edge in baby car seats and why other companies will try to copy the first and the best.
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NOT Recommended – There are too many issues with Mothers Choice Celestial car seat. The shell of the celestial is very small; you will turn your child around earlier than many other parents. The manual rethread means that in forward facing mode, the harness will be at the incorrect position, not securing your child a well as it should be.
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Not Recommended – The Joie Curve car seat; is not recommended; due to the high RRP and its limitations. You will not get much use out of the seat past 3 years of age & it will only keep your child rear facing for between 12 and 14 months of age.
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NOT Recommended – There are too many issues with Mothers Choice Celestial car seat. The shell of the celestial is very small; you will turn your child around earlier than many other parents. The manual rethread means that in forward facing mode, the harness will be at the incorrect position, not securing your child a well as it should be. In forward facing mode the most secure position is upright; this may cause head flop for your child. Lastly the possibility for incorrect installation forward facing is very high; due to two forward facing seat belt paths.
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NOT RECOMMENDED -The Installation for the Mothers choice easy fit car seat; is extremely difficult ; meaning that mum and dad will not be able to install the seat The length of the seat makes it impossible to sit in the front seat unless you are very short. You can buy better seats at the similar price at department stores like BIGW
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Not Recommended – The Euro NXT is the original Euro but with lower height markers, meaning your child will only last until is approximately 3 years of age.
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Convertible seat height markers have been introduced with the 2010 australian standard. THe 2013 australian standard introduced new shoulder height markers for extended rear facing and extended harnessing.
Convertible car seats can include extended rear facing (A4) car seats, which allow child to travel in rear facing mode for an extended period of time (till approximately average of 30 months.)
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