CYBEX SIRONA Z I-Size Deep Black

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ISOFIX is an attachment system that allows you to reliably and safely connect your car seat directly to the car without using a seatbelt.

been implemented across the world. In Europe, child car seat manufacturers currently must comply with The Cybex Sirona is a car seat designed for children weighing between 5 and 65 pounds. The seat is mounted with ISOFIX, ensuring secure installation in the car. It comes equipped with an adjustable headrest, allowing the seat to grow with the child. The headrest can be easily moved with one hand, no rethreading is required.The Cloud Z i-Size + Base Z is a rearward-facing car seat approved for use with babies from 45cm to 87cm tall, which is from birth up to about 18 months old, but the weight limit is 13kg so watch out if your baby is bigger than average. As such, you want to make sure that the seat you end up buying allows for easy entry and exit — no faffing around and getting them frustrated! Which? are continually evolving their tests to help influence the car-seat standards and help to keep babies and children safer. Which? recently changed their test programme in 2011 and 2015. Results aren't directly comparable between changes. There's an 11 position headrest height adjustment, which automatically moves the harness at the same time, to help get a better fit for your growing baby. It has a padded insert for use with younger babies; as they grow, this can be removed to make more room. It comes with an inlay for newborns which is padded to make the seat more comfortable, and can be removed when your baby grows.

Similarly to Cloud Z, the Cybex Sirona Z2 comes under the R129 i-Size regulation, so is also tested to the latest standards and features the Linear Side-impact Protection System. It's approved for use with children from 61-105cm tall, which is around four months to four years old. The Which? ‘Best Buy’ is given to products which have exceeded specific criteria based on the results of rigorous comparative tests and analysis carried out by Which? experts. ‘Best Buy’ car seats perform best in the Which? crash tests and are considered the easiest to use and install.

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This seat scores strongly for practicality, too. It has five reclining positions, enabling babies to lie almost flat and older children to sit more upright. There’s a bar at the foot of the seat that extends by up to 26cm to provide more leg space as youngsters grow. There are comprehensive fitting instructions on the seat (via a QR code) and on a laminated paper guide. Remember that it’s always better to buy a car seat brand new rather than getting one second-hand or as a hand-me-down as that’s the only way you know that the seat hasn’t been damaged in a previous accident or by mishandling. i-Size has not replaced the old regulation (R44/04), so you don’t have to buy an i-Size seat if you don’t want to.

Which? use state-of-the-art crash test dummies that record the forces of the crash on key parts of the bodies. They also crash test each car seat several times in the different formats it can be used in, and then combine the scores to work out an overall worst-case scenario score. There’s nothing worse than the pain of installing a bulky car seat and then not knowing if it’s been done correctly or not. We’ve already waxed lyrical on the Cybex Sirona S so it’ll come as no surprise that the Sirona Z is also very highly rated among toddler parents. At 5.1kg it's a fairly light seat to carry around, and it's easy to install and the instructions and warnings are very easy to understand. A green indicator shows when the support leg is correctly engaged.While parents around the world may all be different, they have one thing in common. They all share the The seat cover is easy to take off and it's machine-washable, which is very handy when the cover inevitably gets dirty over time. Handy magnetic belt holders keep the belt free of the seat, too, and save searching for seat clips under a sleeping baby — while the one-handed mechanism to recline/rotate is useful if you needed to hold a baby on your other side with one arm, so you can get the seat ready in position. Also under the umbrella of ‘convenience’, we’d recommend investing in a seat that’s easy to install. In the following guide, we provide an overview of the Cybex Z Line Modular System, one of the safest choices for transporting your baby by car. Whether you’re a first-time parent or trying to find the best car seat for your growing little one, the