QUOTE(chinti @ Apr 16 2018, 12:05 PM)
1) What car are you driving? - vellfire
2) U planning to use seat belts or isofix/latch? - isofix/latch
3) Are u planning to have more than 1 child car seat at the car rear seats?- nope
4) What are your priorities in sequence? - safety, comfortable
currently looking at Joie every stage FX and Recaro young sport hero, however the recaro 1 only for baby starting from 9 months old, so at the moment i think Joie every stage FX is a better option.
any other recommendation? how is graco 4ever compared to joie every stage fx?
Wahh bro, u have upgraded your car <thumbs-up> and congratz on becoming a father soon.
Before i proceed to give some advice, please take note on some golden rules below of child car seat.
1) Rear-facing of child car seats are 5 times safer than Forward-facing. So try to buy those child car seat that have the highest rear-facing weight limitation.
2) Never put child car seats with airbag (Eg. Front passenger seats with frontal airbag). Side airbags are fine. The safest child car seat position in the car is the middle rear seats for sedan. For MPV, it is the 2nd row middle seats.
3) Highly recommended to replace your child car seat if it is involved in a car accident even it is a minor one.
4) Every child car seat have a expiry period. Child car seat manufacturers have tested the child car seats so it can work as expected before the expiry period. Therefore, there should be a manufacturing date stated on the child car seats. Sadly, some countries including Malaysia does not enforce this rule because retailers will have a hard time selling the child car seat. All-in-1 child car seat usually have a higher expiry period (eg. 10 years and above)
Buying multiple stages child car seats are usually more expensive than buying All-in-1 child car seat. But all-in-1 are a risky investment due to the 3) golden rule. All-in-1 car seats usually take up alot of space but i think u wont have that issue in Vellfire.
Graco 4ever 4-in-1 is a very good child car seat and have many good reviews. Graco Extend-2-fit is also a very good child car seat because your kids have more legroom in rear facing position but it is not an All-in-1. If u want best of both worlds, try to buy the Graco Extend-2-fit 3in1.
One thing to take note is most of our cars are Emergency Locking Retractor seat belts. Graco child car seat are mostly cater for Automatic Locking Retractor seat belts therefore they do not have built-in lock-off. Hence u need to use Locking Clip provided by Graco for cars with Emergency Locking Retractor seat belts and child car seat that do not have built-in lock-off.