Thanks everyone, i must admit i am a bit 'safety conscious' about things like that, i only ever had the carseats fitted and turned by a professional fitter (my cars a right PITA to get them in) and only JUST put seats in on my own a couple of weeks ago in DP's dad's car

I might check out the baby shops and look at the babyluv compared to the maxirider (1 star difference) and see what we think.

The think i love about the maxirider is that Safe-N-Sound have a crash replacement program so i thought they might be less likely to be sold if they'd been in an accident IYKWIM. ??
Did not know about the crash exchange program, thankful our insurer covered up to $500 for the replacement of our two seats.