Cosi little seat!

Advantages: Comfortable, safe
Disadvantages: heavy

...I was recommended to buy this car seat by a friend and now I can see why they rated it so highly. Which magazine have rated Maxi Cosi as one of their safest car seats and it's been a great buy for us. The seat itself is very well padded and comes with a head hugger which has extra padding on it which is velcroed on. You easily detach this once your baby has out grown it. The head hugger is really great though for when your baby is tiny. It gives that extra comfort and support which a newborn needs. The head hugger stayed in our car seat until our baby was 5 months old. The padding around the rest of the seat is really sound comfortable but not so overly padded that it seems too soft and therefore not safe. When the baby is sat in it it doesn't hunch them up like in other car seats, instead the baby is well supported and has...

mrbing10 16.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maxi-Cosi Cabrio Car Seat

Maxi Cosi Minimum Fuss.

Advantages: Fits Bugaboo Frog Pushchair, Mid-Range Price, Easy to install.
Disadvantages: Strap for tightening harness can be tricky when fitted in car.

...The Maxi Cosi Cabrio is a Group0 (0-13kg) rear facing baby seat which is easy to install and not too heavy. The handle bar has three positions - upright for carrying and travelling in the car, midway so the seat can rock when not in the car and fully down behind so the seat does not rock when on the floor. The imminent arrival of twins and a day trip to John Lewis faced us with a bewildering choice of baby seats, which I had basically decided on pre purchase research was going to be a Britax seat of sorts. All the pre purchase research was binned when my wife decided on the day that we were going to buy a (did I say "a"?, sorry should have been "some") Bugaboo Frog pushchair system (see review elsewhere), and this system's car seat solution was(exclusively) a Maxi Cosi car seat and adaptor. So the only decision was then "What colour...

FloAmsDad 29.03.2005 · Read review
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Review of Maxi-Cosi Cabrio Car Seat

Maxi Cosi Make It Maxi Easy At A Maxi Price

Advantages: Makes getting an infant into and out of the car a doddle.
Disadvantages: Pricey.

...INTRODUCTION Anyone with young children will know the hassle and bother of fiddling with infant car seats to get them secured properly. It usually involves a veritable dance of up, under and over as you loop seatbelts this way and that while trying your best not to tie yourself in knots. When we invested in a new Maxi Cosi Cabrio car seat for our newborn son, I resigned myself to at least another year of back seat ballet. However, my resourceful wife informed me of a product called ?Easybase? which allows the car seat to be clicked in place very simply, without the seatbelt. Intrigued and hopeful, I decided to investigate. WHAT IS IT? Easybase is a heavy base suitable for most cars which uses the three point seat belt on the back seat, plus an extendable retractable leg, to create a solid and practically immovable base...

Hishyeness 26.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maxi Cosi Easybase

Maxi-Cosi; Comfort and Style!

Advantages: Easy to fit, easy to clean, compatible with some Quinny systems
Disadvantages: Baby sweats more easily

...We bought the Maxi-Cosi carseat to use with our Quinny Zapp travel system - lucky for us as otherwise we probably wouldn't have looked at it! Initially this carseat seemed more expensive than some others, but as soon as we investigated in the shops I could certainly see why. It seems to be a higher quality than other, cheaper carseats on the market, with an interesting design that I've never seen elsewhere. There is no assembly or fiddling required - all you need to do when you get this home is have a browse through the instructions, then off you go! Fixing the carseat into your vehicle using a seatbelt is very easy - I tend to be very easily confused (embarrassing but true) but even I find this very straightforward and obvious. The seat comes complete with a cushion insert so that younger babies can lie in a more horizontal...

monkeybelly 23.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Maxi-Cosi Cabrio Car Seat

As cosy as the name implies.

Advantages: Safe and comfortable for baby. Easy to fit, use and carry for parents.
Disadvantages: Only suitable for up to 13 kg (1 year approximately)

...As a proud and excited first-time grandmother, I promised my daughter a pram and car seat as my initial contribution to the phenomenal expense that the new baby would bring. As any one who is familiar with my daughter (l0bsterquadrille) could guess, she did not choose a popular brand of buggy but opted instead for the somewhat unusual Stokke Xplory. One of our first considerations then was a car seat that would fit effortlessly onto the Xplory making the transition between car and buggy as smooth and easy as possible. One of the options was the Maxi-Cosi Cabriofix. Adapters fitted to the side of the buggy enable the seat to be fitted. The safety and comfort specifications of the seat were enough to sway us. The seat itself has a RRP of £105 however is available at a range of prices at different venues. We paid £84.99 at a local...

MAFARRIMOND 08.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Maxi Cosi Cabriofix

Maxi Cosi car seat a great product

Advantages: easy to remove, compatible with push chairs, safe, comfortable
Disadvantages: yet to find any!

...I had absoloutely no knowledge about car seats and what was the 'best' on the market before having my baby. People recommended all different kinds and after consulting Which magazine I decided to go for the Maxi Cosi. I am more than happy with it's performance so far. It is a cosy-looking seat as the head hugger- suitable for younger babies and is removed once the baby gets too big for it- moulds nicely around my baby's head and makes her feel as though she is still being held. It isn't a car seat which makes the baby look all hunched up and so I am not concerned about having her travel in it for up to 3 hours. my baby seems very happy with it too. It's very practical as it's easy to get in and out of the car so easy in fact that it often doesn't wake my baby if I lift the car seat out whilst she's still asleep which is...

lorriellah 10.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maxi Cosi Easyfix

Maxi Cosi Car Seat

Advantages: Very easy to use features. Very cosi for your little one.
Disadvantages: Non that I can find.

...This is an excellent product. Easy to install and very safe for your little precious cargo. You will notice that I have specified this as 12-36 months in age range but I was advised that it suits children from 9 months to 4 years. This car seat is very easy to use as the straps remain connected and in place so you don't have to keep moving them around every time your child gets in or out of the vehicle. It also has a head rest that adjusts the hight of the straps without having to fiddle with them through tiny slats when your child grows a bit bigger. The straps also loosen and tighten very easily by holding down the front clasp you just pull the straps free. And when tightening it up when your child is on board you just pull the belt near the clasp and wait for the green arrow to indicator to show that it is secure. The maxi cosi...

pomposticker7 25.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maxi Cosi Tobi

Maxi cosi priori sps - a good allrounder

Advantages: good allrounder.
Disadvantages: less padded than some, lack of head support.

...seat! the covers are easy to remove for cleaning although i found a damp cloth works just as well. i did find that when the little one fell asleep and his hed flopped to one side if i went round corner his head would flop to the other side (even when the seat was reclined). i believe there is a head pad available from maxi cosi but it can only be used when the harness is in the lowest position. when adjusting the harness hieght i found it was rather fiddly task. it took me about 10-15 mins to remove then rethread the harness. i would say this is a good all round seat. light enough to transfer between cars quickly and easily but still feel safe a solid when installed. i would recomend this seat to a friend however i would advice them to look around and try out other seats as well before they buy....

redminidriver 18.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maxi Cosi Priori Sps

MAXI COSI PRIORI XP - WHAT A SEAT

Advantages: Safety, comfort, ease of use
Disadvantages: Quite expensive

...Wow how easy and versatile is this car seat. I bought this seat for my daughter when she was aged 11 months. It has been one of the best buys for my baby to date. The maxi cosi car seat is a forward facing group/stage 1 car seat, but can hold a child up to the age of approx 4 years. You arre recommended not to put your baby in a forward facing car seat until they are over 20Lbs in weight. We waited for this but were desperate to get our little one out of her rear facing car seat and into this one, she was getting too alert and was finding the rear facing seat boring by now. Anyway off we went shopping and what a shock it was, so much choice and not knowing which way to jump. Top of our list was safety, comfort and easy of use. Probably the same as most parents. The seat itself is easy to install and the instructions it comes with are...

watso75 19.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Maxi Cosi Priori Xp

My cosy tot loves her Cosy Tot

Advantages: Comfort for baby
Disadvantages: Awkwardness of getting seatbelt released

...My daughter was born in December so when I was getting my hospital bag ready, I dug out my old Britax Rock-a-tot from under the stairs. Unfortunately I hadn't sealed the bags it was packed in and it had become damp and mouldy so I had no option but to buy a new one. I looked online for a new rock-a-tot, but it looked like they had been superceded by the cosy tot. In my opinion, the Britax brand is reliable, durable, and high quality. My Rock-a-tot had been used not only by my 2 older children, but also by my nephew and would still have looked as good as new, had it not been for our damp cupboard! My next stage car seat, currently being used by my toddler, is also a Britax and has been used constantly for the last 5 years by both her and her older brother. Despite several washes in the machine, with the exception of a little bit...

skyelass2003 17.03.2007 · Read review
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