life change!!

[millerman1ac]

anyone got any good advice on car seat/pram/travel system for the E53??

[bullethead]

Box in boot...

[gchristofi]

Well, congratulations. Good news is that the x5 is very flexible in terms of what will fit. I've always liked the Brittax seats as good compromise between cost / safety. Isofix is also a time saving option at times.

[gchristofi]

By the way, don't get sucked into the whole "travel system" thing. Just get quality seperate items.

[millerman1ac]

cheers will think about that!!..also liking the box in the boot option ;o)

[bullethead]

[quote=""millerman1ac""]cheers will think about that!!..also liking the box in the boot option ;o)[/quote]

[gmc15]

Use your lasses car and keep the inside of yours child-clean

[gchristofi]

[quote=""millerman1ac""]cheers will think about that!!..also liking the box in the boot option ;o)[/quote]

I tried it but it's more difficult when you want to make them crawl out and de-ice your windows.......

[pvr]

Ask Mogsyman, he has about 7 of them at the last count

[Pete]

We've got a Bugaboo Chameleon and to be honest it is a really good system that will see you through to the child being 4... not that they even like being sat in a buggy at 2! It's been used heavily when we went on a cruise and it's been a dream with no issues whatsoever.

Our initial car seat is a Maxicosi which you can pair up with an easyfix (isofix) base - which is worth it's weight in gold, just takes a second for it to lock in (no messing with seatbelts. You can also attach the Maxicosi seat(up to 12month) to the Bugaboo with adaptors (about £10 on ebay) which is really handy if the baby is sleeping. It's all expensive stuff but considering I didn't care much for prams/buggy's etc and this was the system my wife wanted, I have to say this is an excellent product which we will be using again in the next couple of weeks when the new baby comes along - you even have the option of changing the fabrics on the pram/buggy!

In addition to the above, once the baby gets to 1year old you will need to get a bigger seat...we opted for Britax as the seating on a lot of seats are rock hard but this one was padded.

Hope this helps!

[paulbryson75]

BMW Also do their own range of baby and then child seats. Fit really nicely into the isofix fittings already on the back seats which means they can clip in/out in a second.

When bambino No1 arrived we went for a Gracco travel system, seat, seat base, pram from Toys R Us - as baby 1 grew up, she got a new Maxi Cosi seat (which is brilliant) and Baby No 2 moved into the Travel System - as we now had two this was wifes perfect excuse to replace travel system pram with the 'Phil & Teds' Sport double buggy - which was/is brilliant but weighs half a ton and has the turning radius of an Artic!!
So baby in Gracco and toddler in Maxi Cosi (all in the S-Max though...)

In the X I fitted two of BMWs own seats - and find them brilliant - I know some disagree (including my wife) but got them both on ebay - and give the sellers their due they both arrived in near perfect condition and i had no hesitation in using (at this stage baby No1 was 3 and No2 was 1) - these BMW seats will adapt and should keep them comfy upto age 9. The 'baby' seat uses a 'roll pad' as opposed to harness which though looks strange the youngest seems to find it really comfy for sleeping on!

BMW own seats (they also do a version for the first 9month

[millerman1ac]

thanks for the replies guys, will look into all the options above, have been looking into the maxicosi so far.... cheers ;o)