Joie car seats - how do they compare?

Joie is one of the most popular baby brands in the UK. As well as child car seats, it makes pushchairs, baby carriers, high chairs, baby rockers, cots and cribs.

We currently have reviews of 17 Joie car seats, five of which have been given Best Buy status. It's also one of the most searched-for car seat brands on the Which? website. 

Keep scrolling to find out which Joie car seats are suitable for your baby or child's age/stage, how much they'll cost, and how the different seats compare. 

Head straight to child car seats to see all our reviews, news and advice. Or see our round-up of the best car seats of 2025.

What Joie car seats have we tested?

_{Prices correct as of 23 October 2025}

Cheap Joie car seat - Joie i-Trillo FX, £80

The cheapest Joie car seat we've tested is the Joie i-Trillo FX, which typically retails for £80.

This is an i-Size child high back booster seat that's approved for use with children measuring 100cm to 150cm, which is around four to 12 years old.

Your child and the seat are secured with the vehicle seatbelt, but the i-Trillo FX also comes with Isofix connectors that you can attach to the car's Isofix points to provide more stability. It also has a 10-position headrest, padded armrests and two cup holders that can be hidden away when not in use.

Read our Joie Trillo FX review to find out how it scores in our crash tests. 

Find out more: Car seat weight groups explained

Joie baby car seats

Joie Calmi R129 + i-Base Encore, £390

This is a rearwards-facing infant carrycot car seat designed for babies up to 70cm tall (or 10kg) which is around 12 months old.

The base is part of a modular system that you can also use with other Joie car seats, and it can be spun 180 degrees to make it easier to get the carrycot clicked into the car.

Find out what kind of protection it can provide in a crash by reading our full Joie Calmi R129 + i-Base Encore review.

Joie i-Level Pro + i-Base Encore, £300

The Joie i-Level Pro was released in 2025, and it fits onto the i-Base Encore isofix base. The latter can also be used with other Joie car seats such as the Sprint, i-Snug 2 and i-Harbour.

The seat is travel-system-compatible with other Joie pushchairs (using adaptors) and is also TÜV-certified for use in aircraft when secured with the lap belt (but check with the airline first to confirm you can take it on board).

Will this baby car seat provide safety and comfortable ergonomics in a product that's easy to install? Read the Joie i-Level Pro + i-Base encore review to find out.

Joie i-Snug 2 + i-Base Advance, £240

The i-Snug 2 is the successor to the i-Snug which we previously tested and, when clicked into the i-Base Advance, offers the option of a spinning car seat to make it easier to get your baby into the car. 

Other updates include a change to the harness and headrest for easier adjusting. 

Read the full Joie i-Snug 2 + i-Base Advance review to find out how it does in our tough crash tests and user trials.

Joie Sprint, £180

The Joie Sprint is an infant carrier car seat that's approved for babies from birth until they measure 75cm in height, which is around 12 months old. This seat has integrated isofix connectors, which means you don't need a separate base.

This could make it useful as baby car seat for a grandparent's car, but it can't be fitted using the vehicle three-point seat belt, so it isn't compatible in cars without isofix points.

Read the Joie Sprint review to find out how it scores when we crash test it in a front and side-on collision.

Find out more: Car seat weight groups explained

Joie baby to toddler car seats

Joie i-Harbour + i-Base Encore, £440

This baby to toddler car seat is approved for use from birth (40cm) until your child is 105cm, which is around four years old.

You can keep your child rearward-facing for this whole time, or turn them forward-facing once they measure at least 76cm. We'd always recommend keeping your child rearward-facing for as long as possible as it's the safest way for your child to travel.

Read our Joie i-Harbour + i-Base Encore review to find out if this car seat is safe, comfortable and easy to install.

Joie i-Spin 360 i-Size, £300

The i-Spin seats are a range of child car seats that can be rotated on the base to help make it easier getting your child into the seat, and to turn it forward-facing once your child is old enough. Many are extended rearward-facing, so you can keep your child facing backwards (which is safer) for longer.

This extended rearward-facing car seat is approved for children from birth to 105cm, which is around age four. 

As the name suggests, you can spin it a full 360 degrees. This should help when putting your child into the seat, and if you want to turn it forward facing (no earlier than 15 months).

But is this child car seat easy to install and comfortable? Read our full Joie i-Spin 360 i-Size review to find out.

Joie i-Spin Safe, £280

This car seat is similar to the one above, except it's rearward-facing only. You can still swivel it 90 degrees to help you get your child into the car, but you can't turn it forward-facing. 

It's been put through something called the Swedish Plus Test. This voluntary approval test, which is only open to rearward car seats, uses faster speeds and shorter stopping times in crash tests to really put car seats through their paces, as well as taking measurements on the neck loads of the crash test dummies.

Read our Joie i-Spin Safe review, or take a look at other tested models in this seat group, which include the Joie Spin 360.

Joie i-Pivot 360, £180

The Joie i-Pivot 360 is a baby to toddler car seat that you can use rearward-facing from birth (40cm) until they're 105cm tall (around four years old).

You can switch it forward-facing when they reach 76cm, but we'd recommend you keep them facing backwards for as long as possible, as it's the safest way to travel.

While the seat can swivel (which should make it easier to get your child into it), it can't be used to carry your newborn out to the car like a standard infant carrier. This seat weighs 11.3kg, so is quite heavy to move.

Read our Joie i-Pivot 360 review to find out more about this toddler car seat, including its safety, installation and comfort ratings.

Find out more: I-Size child car seats explained

Joie child car seats

Joie i-Traver, £160

Approved for children measuring 100-150cm (around four to 12 years old), the i-Traver is the i-size version of the Traver (mentioned below), which means it's been designed and approved to the latest R129 regulations. 

The seat has an extendable seat base and Guard Surround Safety panels, which you can fit to provide extra side-impact protection.

Read our Joie i-Traver review to find out if it makes a difference to its safety scores.

Joie i-Trillo LX, £100

A slightly cheaper i-Size child car seat than the i-Traver, the i-Trillo LX has an extendable 10-position headrest, two retractable food-and-drink holders in the seat base, and removable machine washable covers. 

You can use it with children measuring 100-150cm, which is approximately four to 12 years.

Read our full Joie i-Trillo LX review to find out if it's a safe and comfortable high-back booster seat.

Find out more: What are isofix baby car seats?

Joie multi-group or multi-height car seats

Joie i-Spin XL, £260

The i-Spin XL launched last year and is an i-Size baby to child car seat. Designed to be used the entire time your child needs to be in a restraint system, the i-Spin XL is approved for use with children measuring 40cm to 150cm. That's birth until around 12 years old.

It has a five-position recline and the headrest can be adjusted to 14 positions. The harness hides away in a special compartment once you start using this seat as a high-backed booster.

Find out if this seat has a good safety rating following our crash tests by reading our full Joie i-Spin XL review.

Joie Every Stage R129, £180

The Every Stage R129 is similar to older Every Stage car seats, except it's been approved to the newer R129 regulations, rather than the R44 regulations.

However, it's not i-Size, as the seat is installed using the vehicle seat belt, rather than isofix connectors. This could be useful if your car doesn't have isofix connectors (although most modern cars do).

Our tests get parents to try installing car seats to see if they're so complicated that they might make a mistake. Read our Joie Every Stage R129 review to find out how they got on.

Joie i-Bold, £180

This multi-group toddler to child seat has a five-point harness that can be used until your child measures 100cm, which is about age four. At this point it can be removed and stored within the seat so it's kept safe. Your child is then restrained using the vehicle seatbelt. In the toddler stage, you install it using the isofix connectors and a top tether strap (so there's no support leg).

It's approved for use with babies from 76cm up to 150cm tall, which is about 15 months to 12 years old.

The Joie i-Bold review will give you more details on how it performs in our crash tests, ease of installation tests and whether it's comfortable and ergonomic for your child.

Find out more: Car seats for older children