Infa Secure Luxi Review
Book Professional InstallationInfaSecure have been manufacturing the Luxi car seat (or its equivalent) for the past 16 years. 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 Unfortunately in my opinion making this an outdated version of an Australian original, a weight based seat.
What Have the Changes Been?
I wonder how much shelf life actually remains for the Luxi car seat; with relatively small changes in design to the actual seat itself. Infa Secure made a small upgrade with the belt path changing, bringing the Luxi in line with other models, going to the single seat belt path under the seating position.
In recent times Infa-Secure have extended the rear facing capabilities; therefore increasing rear facing from the minimum 6 months to 12 months. For most other manufacturers this would now be considered the minimum.
Infa also increased the length of the actual seat itself to accommodate a possible 4 year old child in the harness; this in turn increased the booster height.
Best Safety Practice
The Luxi car seat by Infa Secure does not meet any best practices most people would consider the following best practices:
- Easy adjust harness (no manual re-thread)
- Extended rear facing (up to 30 months)
- Extended harnessing (6 point harness to 7+ years of age)
- Adjustable buckle
Drawbacks of the Luxi
The width of the Luxi by Infa-Secure is 48 cm: making this the widest car seat currently available on the Australian market.
The biggest drawback of the Luxi is the manually adjusted head rest. The head rest tends to loosen off over time; allowing the head rest to fall down from its set position to sit on your child’s shoulders.
Benefits of the Luxi
Despite all the drawbacks mentioned above, the Infa Secure Luxi is the best seat on the market for children that have hip dysplasia. The width of the seat is wide enough to accommodate a rigid brace and the low sides allow a Pavlik harness to be used easily.
This seat can be hired easily from TravelSafe Baby Capsule Hire either on a monthly basis or on a longer term basis.