Car Seat - which one?!

[Visitor8]

I love the turn a tot one of the best things about it is that it is such a large car seat! My 5 year old still fits in it but weight wise he is out by 1 kg

[mbear]

Safe and sound meridian with retractor..

.....same here. Have used it with all 3 girls and had no probs.
Ive always hired a capsule for the first 6 months, and will be doing the same for this baby. Like JordieC i love the fact i can lift baby outta the car still in capsule and not disturb him/her....being a winter baby too i think its important.....

[Nicole S]

Same here MIL bought us the Safe and sound meridian but manual as I wanted to have more control of seat belts..

[Calluna]

We got the turn-a-tot because it's the only one that would fit in our car, and we like that you can turn it around (we have a 2 door).
If you do get the turn-a-tot though I would get the base model, not the deluxe as the deluxe is $100 more(at least it was where we got it) for just one or 2 extra (not REALLY necessary) features.

[~Trish~]

You really can't go wrong with anything by Safe N Sound. I have a Premier retractor which has been great and I have a Royale, also very good. They all pretty much work the same, some are just fancier than others (the Meridian has lots of extra padding, AHR, etc.).

Baby Love is a good brand too (Australian made), but I personally don't like them as much as Safe N Sound car seats. But they are a bit more affordable, they are good quality and exceed the Australian standards. I also think their seats are a bit wider than the SNS ones.

I have heard mixed things about Turn-a-tots. I've sold a couple of them second-hand in the past and they seem much heavier and bulkier than the Safe-N-Sound car seats. Some people love them though.

Good luck deciding

[Shalou]

We have a ZUZU Cortex which DD has used for the past 3 years and we love it. I'm not sure whether it is a Baby Love or Mothers Choice brand car set. We are just upgrading now to a bigger seat for DD and going to use the baby seat for our new bub. We only paid $149 for it at Big W and glad we didn't buy a more expensive car seat as this one has been perfect for us. It came with certification that it met all Australian standards & they are still selling them now so we're happy to keep using it.