Anyone got a Cabriofix seat without the base?

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• 22-Feb-2010 15:09

  Anyone got a Cabriofix seat without the base?

  Hepburn Joined on 01-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 15,635

  Contact Wondering if anyone uses the Cabriofix just with a 3 point seatbelt, and not with one of the Maxi Cosi bases? None of the bases have been tested with the car we're looking to get so I was wondering if it's a good seat just using a 3 point seatbelt, and how easy it is to use & get in and out? TIA! x <a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lbdf.lilypie.com/ZiOZ.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie Pregnancy tickers" /></a>

• 22-Feb-2010 15:12

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  kath79 Joined on 26-Aug-2005 United Kingdom Posts 2,993	Contact Hi Hepburn   I've not got one but I'm sure I've read that you can use them without the isofix base. Mummy to Edie born 5 weeks early on 16-06-2010 5lb110z.

• 22-Feb-2010 15:14

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  Hepburn Joined on 01-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 15,635	Contact Thanks Kath Yep it does seem they can be used without the base, I just have no idea how! Is strapping a seat in quite easy?! <a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lbdf.lilypie.com/ZiOZ.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie Pregnancy tickers" /></a>

• 22-Feb-2010 15:17

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  *aims* Joined on 02-Nov-2009 Posts 436

  Contact You can use them without the base, it just depends on whether you want to, and how often you're going to be getting the car seat in and out. If it's going to get put in their and rarely come out, then as isofix base isn't going to be massively useful when weighed up against the cost.  We have the base for our cabriofix because it just means that I can click the seat into and out of the car quickly and easily, for me it was worth the £100odd it cost just to simplify my life.  If the car you're looking at getting has isofix, then it'll work fine, if not, there are easybases which with the seatbelt but mean you can still pop the car seat in and out.

• 22-Feb-2010 15:18

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  francesca Joined on 17-Oct-2003 Ooop North Posts 17,937	Contact I did. Very easy to do. Lap bit goes over the seat and fastens, then the across body bit goes round the back of the seat.

• 22-Feb-2010 15:19

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  *aims* Joined on 02-Nov-2009 Posts 436	Contact Hepburn: Is strapping a seat in quite easy?! Once you get the hang of it, yes, it can be easy, but it'll be a faff if you're in a hurry, or doing it several times a day (as I would be). For me, the more times I'm doing, the more times I could potentially not strap it in properly, if I was rushing, and that just isn't worth the hassle really.

• 22-Feb-2010 15:22

  Re: Anyone got a Cabriofix seat without the base?

  Hepburn Joined on 01-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 15,635

  Contact Thanks Aims. In an ideal world we'd get the base and it's budgeted for so that's no problem. It's the fact the Cabriobix with the base hasn't been tested in our model of car (according to maxi cosi themselves) that worries me, they say the cabriofix shouldn't be used with any of the bases in our car as none have been tested....? The only thing they say is tested is to have the cabriofix strapped in without any kind of base.... Francesa - Good to know it's not too difficult. I can't see us needing to do it that often really, maybe twice a day maximum, not even that though. What we might do is order the seat with the travel system but hold off getting the base and see if the different bases are tested over the next few months. Then we can buy a base nearer the time if maxi cosi have tested them with our car. <a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lbdf.lilypie.com/ZiOZ.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie Pregnancy tickers" /></a>

• 22-Feb-2010 15:47

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  Noggin Joined on 23-Jun-2003 Herts Posts 2,102	Contact We don't have the base and it's not recommended in our car.  Using the seatbelt has never been a problem TBH, it can be a bit of a faff if you are doing it a lot during the day but once or twice is fine (I find it more of a faff now I have to get two in the car...but at least the baby doesn't wriggle when they are strapped in)! - May 07 - August 09

• 22-Feb-2010 15:52

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  summer solstice Joined on 13-May-2008 Northern Ireland Posts 1,722

  Contact It might be worth asking someone who is a specialist car seat fitter?  If the car has isofix, I think the only reason you might not be able to use the isofix base would be if there's underfloor storage or something similar! If you're basing your choice of car seat on the safety ratings - the cabriofix only comes out top when used with isofix I think - will happily be corrected by someone more knowledgable though!

• 22-Feb-2010 15:53

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  Sharrington Joined on 23-Jul-2005 Small sofa in the sitting room opposite the window Posts 12,263

  Contact I use two without bases... I couldn't justify the cost of buying them with so much else to buy for twins, even though the lovely Madonna had leant me her seats. It's no hassle to fit them in with a seatbelt, I actually feel safer using them with the belt as I worry about the bases malfunctioning... never heard of them malfunctioning, but you know where you are with a seatbelt IYKWIM? x Identical Twins David and Joseph 16/3/09 www.usborneonline.org/sharon

• 22-Feb-2010 16:27

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  Hepburn Joined on 01-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 15,635

  Contact Thanks all It's good to know it's not too difficult to use with the seatbelts. I think we'll buy it and the rest of the travel system without the base, then go nearer the time when baby is due and look at the bases with a specialist car fitter once the car is delivered (we don't have it yet!). We've chosen the cabriofix as it goes with our travel system, is a good price and seems like a safe option. I'm not overly fussed about the Which best buy recommendations which are I think what says its only a best buy if used with the base? I knew you lot would help ratify my thinking! x <a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lbdf.lilypie.com/ZiOZ.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie Pregnancy tickers" /></a>

• 22-Feb-2010 16:44

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  bookgirl Joined on 05-Jan-2006 United Kingdom Posts 5,336	Contact What travel system have you gone for ?

• 22-Feb-2010 16:45

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  Hepburn Joined on 01-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 15,635	Contact The Bugaboo Cameleon Bookgirl.... <a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lbdf.lilypie.com/ZiOZ.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie Pregnancy tickers" /></a>

• 22-Feb-2010 16:59

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  Dr Doo.Little Joined on 28-Jun-2005 United Kingdom Posts 11,858

  Contact Hepburn: Thanks all It's good to know it's not too difficult to use with the seatbelts.   I think we'll buy it and the rest of the travel system without the base, then go nearer the time when baby is due and look at the bases with a specialist car fitter once the car is delivered (we don't have it yet!).   We've chosen the cabriofix as it goes with our travel system, is a good price and seems like a safe option. I'm not overly fussed about the Which best buy recommendations which are I think what says its only a best buy if used with the base?   I knew you lot would help ratify my thinking! x   It's not just that it's the best buy with the base, it only comes top rated in the safety ratings if you use the isofix base. So if you were basing your decision on having the safest car seat, then if you can't have the base then some people would rather go for a different seat. FWIW H's car isn't listed on the Maxi Cosi website but mine is, when we took my car to Halfords to have the base fitted I told the guy we were buying a britax for H's car as the maxi cosi wasn't compatable according to their website and he said that the maxi cosi does fit H's car and they have certain safety things they check for when they fit them in and as long as it meets that criteria then they will fit them in the car (regardless of what it says on Maxi Cosi website). Have you got a Halfords nearby you could ask?

• 22-Feb-2010 17:20

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  bones Joined on 27-Jul-2003 United Kingdom Posts 3,205	Contact we have it without the base - its dead easy to get in and out the car - sometimes i am going it 6 times a day!