I have recently bought a Halford Zeus XT car seat from Baby Invasion in Cheras. Shop is owned by a pair of friendly and informative married couple. Car seat price is a little under 400. Been looking everywhere for a Halford car seat as they are affordable and certified with ECE R44 standard. The shop also sells recaro and joie car seats.

The shop had Halford Zeus in stock, which has isofix and was a little more expensive but with lesser padding it seems. The one I bought came with extra padding inserts. Can be used for 0-25kg.

It wasn't difficult to install (comment by husband because I wasn't looking when the owner helped us to install) and we are using a Hyundai Elantra. Back seat can hardly seat two more person as the seats are curved on the sides.

My boy liked the car seat. He used to sit with me before my husband car has a car seat installed so we bribed him to stay in the car seat with snacks. Then just let him cry if he wants to come off lol. So far we're able to get him sit for a car journey that's as long as an hour.

For my car (a dated proton wira) I already trained my boy to stay inside car seat during journey. The seat used there is a joie (not sure stages or every stage, it was a gift and we didn't have much knowledge on car seat back then) and fits quite well actually. As it was used to train him and I wanted to monitor him, it's placed front facing in the passenger seat. We only travel short distances using the car though.

Appreciate all the comments above as I surveyed here before making the decision to get a new car seat. It's hard with a defiant husband and in-laws.

This post has been edited by mumblingmuffins: Nov 22 2016, 09:42 PM