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| Product Group | Baby Product |
| Color | Black |
We bought this along with the Maxi-Cosi Pebble carrier for our new baby. At first I was put off by the price, but after more than a year of use I have to admit it has been worth it.
The base is fairly simple to fit, however it also very easy to get it wrong (which might have been what happened to the one-star reviewer). If you get it wrong then it will bleep at you; especially when turning corners, when the weight of the carrier on the unit shifts it enough to trigger the sensors. The way it works is that it has three sets of sensors which tell it/you if it is properly fixed - one on the leg, one on the Isofix struts, and one for the carrier. I had no problems fitting it to the middle seat of my C4 Grand Picasso, but when I moved it to our Ford Fiesta (current model) it took a few goes to get it right; until then I was also greeted with regular beeps. In this case, adjusting the length of the leg solved the problem. We've moved it between cars a number of times, and it's a...
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I bought this because I'm aware I own one of the silliest cars if you have just started a family - an E46 3-series vert. Without this 'comfort access system I would have to open the windows on one side, lean in through the very confined window area and do up the three-point seatbelt to wrap around the pebble. My car has the seatbelt going the wrong way (from centre to side) which doesn't help either! With this system my life is so easy: lift the pebble, put it through into the back seat, and without even looking I can get it click. From the second time I used it. Now I have had this for four months and I have only praise for this product. The green lights and the click sounds helps confirm the seat is well secured too.
However, all luxuries come at a cost. I paid £110 for this base, which is not cheap, plus £107 for an out-going coloured pebble, and i frankly i might not buy the Group 1 Peal seat as the cheapest i can find (around £130 at this time) is still...
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I have been using this base with the Pebble for the last 9 months and it's been fantastic, no issues with it at all and makes it a lot easier to install the car seat. HOWEVER I have just been looking at the next car seat for my 9 month old (group 1) and have found that the only one compatible in the next size up is the Pearl. With recent advice being published that all car seats should be rear facing, as this is a lot safer, the Pearl car seat is only front facing. Research shows that facing rearwards is a safer option and from 2018 and the new i-Size law will require children to stay in a rear-facing car seat until they are at least 15 months old. If I want to ensure my child is in the safest car seat position possible I will now have to buy a new ISOFIX i-Size base and car seat, based on the Maxi Cosi 2way Pearl options this will amount to around £300.OK so I should have researched this initially but I want to make people explicitly aware that this is the case so you don't make the...
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