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Find out how to choose a child car seat

Choosing a child car seat

  • Find the best child car seats for infants and babies
  • Booster seats, carrycots and Isofix child car seats
  • Video showing the difference between the best and worst child car seats
  • Which sort of child car seat for which age

What's in this guide

Car seat weight groups

Child car seats: make sure you're carrying your child in the right type of car seat.

Car carrycots for infants

See whether carrycots offer the same crash protection as other child car seats.

Travel system car seats

We tell you whether child car seats sold as part of travel system are worth buying.

Booster seats and multiple-group car seats

Why we don't recommend booster seats or multiple-group child car seats.

Isofix car seats

If your car has Isofix mounts, you can probably forget about securing child car seats with seatbelts.

More car seat tips

These tips will help you choose a child car seat that's safe and suitable for your car.