Which car seat to buy?

[asiababy]

Here is an interesting consumer report on infant carseats:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/babies-kids/child-car-booster-seats/car-seats-2-07/overview/0207_seats_ov.htm

[sulavaca]

"Dear _____
Well received your kind inquiry with many thanks. You are welcome to visit our website: www.babybus.com.tw to see our whole range car seat with details. Pls kindly do not hesiate to contact with us if still any questions.

Tks & B. Rgds
Betty
翔盛國際貿易股份有限公司
6F, No.49, Lane76, Ruey-Guang Rd.,
Taipei, Taiwan
TEL: 02-87924158
FAX: 02-87911586
www.babybus.com.tw "

This is one place to look into getting the all latest ISOFIX car safety seats for children. They obviously have an English speaker in their staff and so should be a great help to foreigners looking to secure their children safely in the car.
ISOFIX by the way is the new up and comming standard fit for child safety seats in cars. Up until this time, a large proportion of child seats fitted into vehicles are fitted either incorectly or inapropriately and so have been found to be less safe in an emergency situation. ISOFIX is a new method of attatching the child seat to the car. Previous seats have always been fitted by threading the vehicle's seatbelt or lapbelt through the child seat. This has various problems such as seat belt slack, which can affect the seat's performance in an emergency, sloppy seat angle and limited adjustment of seat rake angle. The new ISOFIX attempts to solve these problems, by adjusting the seat's design in hand with the vehicle design. Many, but not yet most new vehicles in Taiwan have the new ISOFIX technology in the form of welded metal brackets in the vehicle's floor which allow the ISOFIX type seat to simply click and plug themselves in to the vehicle's floor pan fixings. THis guarantees a correct and secure seat fixing and the best possible arrangement in an emergency situation. Another plus to this new technology is that the child's seats are allowed to be better adjusted in tilt/rake, forwards and backwards, with greater ease.
It is possible to check with the manufacturer of a vehicle to see if the vehicle has this ISOFIX technology in place. Some vehicles may already have the 'FIX and may display the ISOFIX tag on or around the rear seats or seatbelt fixing.

ISOFIX VIDEO

[Hobart]

Hi all. I need some about choosing a car seat for soon to arrive Miss Audrey Armani. The wife's family has no experince with such things, so once again I turn to Forumosa. What do you all recommend?

There is a great one that I purchased that is quite expensive, but excellent in design and quite unique as no other child seat does it. it can be spun around when in the seated position so that you can put them in more easily then turn them into place. Also, you can lay ot flat for sleeping new borns then raise it up in one fluid motion for then they sit up, or face it backwards in one motion for the early days. It is made by APRICA. I think it is not even sold abroad except in Asia. it is 100% Japanese.

[sulavaca]

Well I just upgraded our seat to a ISOFIX Maxi Combi, which is a dutch brand. It was originally marked at 18,000nt, but they are on special at the moment, at 15,900nt, I managed to get a one month old demonstrator model for 13,500nt so I was quite chuffed. The ISOFIX is great and doesn't put as many wrinkles in the leather seats as the old style seatbelt bolstered type. It also has better adjustment on the seating angle and the Maxi Combi is made from some nice material that is soft, durable and easy to clean and also very well designed and put together. It can also double in fixing by the car's own seatbelt instead of the ISOFIX in case one needs to move the seat from car to car, as some cars don't have the ISOFIX fitting. I really recommend this seat for any child up to 18kg and for any car with the ISOFIX child seat allowance. Most new VWs, Audis, some Toyotas and Mazdas, BMW, Merc, Skoda etc have this ISOFIX function and it will always be shown on the rear seats of the car by a tag or simple embossed onto the leather. Unfortunately most car sales persons I have enquired about the ISOFIX technology don't seem to know the first thing about it, and none of them were able to inform me of where these seats can be purchased or even how they are bolstered by the car's chassis or seat brackets. As far as I know there is just the one distributor at present which is at the address I posted above. They can help fit the seat for you which is simple to do and show you how to adjust it and take care of it. The other advantage with purchasing it straight from the distributor is that you may get a better deal than you will at the department store outlets and they are better trained in presenting the seat and it's fitting instructions.

[Taiwan_Student]

Does anyone have a recomendation for an infant carseat for twins? If any Forumosans want to sell their infant seats, please pm me.

[sarahcarlisle61]

Hello friends.I think you guys are discussing about best car seat to buy.I have a suggestion for you guys.Recently when I purchased Disney Pushchair for my baby in online.I got to see some nice car seats with best features and available at very affordable prices.I suggest you people to visit them.

[fridge]

We bought a Chickabiddy model ?

Pink. It's the only Taiwan one with a reddot certification whatever that means

0 to 4years about $6000

Seems really good. Fully adjustable. Reasonable quality. Looks nice. You can get a stroller version but we opted for just the carseat.
It's this one I think
http://store.pchome.com.tw/shirley/M02393979.htm - pink
http://store.pchome.com.tw/shirley/M02393968.htm -blue

bought it at mama bobo but search around you might find it cheaper elsewhere
Hope it's helpful
K

[sulavaca]

I've put the kid's seat up for sale in case anyone's interested.



Maxi Cosi Priorifix