Hifold by Mifold - High Back Travel Car Booster Seat - Safe and Portable Folding Child Car Seat - Adjustable for Growing Kids - Lightweight - Group 2/3 15-45 kg (4-12 years), Slate Grey

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Do you get Joie seats in Italy? Joie Elevate has a tall harness, though that gets issues with forward anchorage too and it's not really compact. Same for Joie Stages/Graco Enhance which would be my other international tall 18kg harness suggestion. (Graco is often more prevalent).

Since your child might not be quite in the weight/height region for booster seats just yet, what about a lightweight standard type car seat? Something like Britax Eclipse (which is additionally plane approved) or Joie Steadi (which has a rear facing option). These are cheaper than most of the folding options so it might not matter that you'll only get a couple of years out of it. Or even the cheaper generic/own brand type supermarket seats by Nania etc - these tend to be pretty flimsy, and average to low on the performance end, but they are light, seatbelt fitted, cheap to buy and they score better than the Urban Kanga. Something like Nania Racer SP or Nania I-Max SP In a nutshell, with hifold, it’s the seat belt that goes across the child, but with the Urban Kanga, the car seat harness goes across the child. At TaxiBaby, we recommend that parents keep children riding in a harnessed car seat until at least four years of age. If this isn’t possible for your situation, then have a look at hifold or the RideSafer vest. Choosing between different child restraints can be daunting, but fret not, we're always here to help you. If you’d like some advice on which products would suit your family, grab a micro-consult with us. It’s much bigger and heavier than the Ride Safer travel vest or the Bubblebum, so families are less likely to have it for unexpected Uber rides The hifold is suitable from 15-45kg / 90-150cm so from around 4 years old until they reach the legal limit of 12 years or 135cm to no longer be in a car seat. We would just recommend that the child stays in their harnessed seat for as long as possible. The weight limit is higher than other seats at 45kg. Second, find the red tabs on the bottom to adjust the width of the lap belt guides. They’re easy to adjust once you know what to look for. There are three different widths to choose from, market on the guides as I, II and III. Choose the same width on each side, and be sure it’s the option that’s closest to your child without touching. For reference, my almost 7 year old (around 45 pounds) used setting I and my 9.5 year old (around 65 pounds) used setting II.I suspect that true big kids – let’s say over 9+ years old – wouldn’t find it comfortable enough for more than a short ride. My son is 8.5 and small and the seat wasn’t deep enough to support him all the way through his thighs. Fortunately the boost isn’t very high so it was manageable, but I really can’t see a kid who’s 59” riding comfortably for long. So while the width may be ample for kids up to 100 pounds, I doubt the depth is. Safety standards: ECE R44.04 in the UK and Europe, NHTSA FMVSS 213 in the US, the CCC in China and the RSSR in Canada (cannot use currently in Australia and Taiwan) Your car and car seat must have Isofix, a system that attaches car seats directly to the frame of your car using connectors (either on an isofix base or on the seat itself). Models we've tested include the Maxi-Cosi Jade + 3wayFix, Joie i-Level, Jane iMatrix + iPlatform and Britax Romer Baby-Safe2 i-Size. It’s also critical that your child achieve a safe seatbelt fit in any booster seat she’s going to use – more on that later in this mifold review.

Once your child no longer needs their car seat, you may struggle to know what to do with it. Some choose to hold onto it for a second child, others may give to a family member and some might throw it away. How does the hi fold car seat compare to its older-but-smaller sibling, the mifold grab and go booster seat? You say you're not clear about the advantages of a Peg-Perego over a traditional booster. I was thinking weight (at 6.7 kg it's not a feather but ordinary boosters can be heavier) and bulk, because it folds kind of flat and is easier to carry around. We have taken a few flights with an ordinary car seat in a huge shoulder bag - not fun, with the car seat that you can't place on top of the suitcase trolley, and which keeps swinging from your shoulder.

I’ve written a pretty comprehensive guide to common questions about car seats and air travel. But sometimes you can solve some of those problems simply by investing in the right travel gear in the first place. Quite a few new car seat and booster products have come onto the market the last few years. Products are more compact and designs are more innovative. Taking a car seat on a plane and being able to use it at your destination grows ever easier. It’s about time! It does offer a teensy bit more seating area than the original mifold as you can see below. However, that additional length moves the lap belt even further down the thighs and away from the proper position.