Babystyle Oyster Carapace i-Size + Duo-Fix base review
£199.00Product alert
This child car seat has passed the regulatory tests required by ECE R129/i-Size to be sold as suitable for children from 40cm–83 cm, which is from birth to 15 months of age. However, our frontal and side-impact crash tests are designed to be tougher than the legal minimum requirements, and revealed weaknesses in frontal-impact safety. The car seat completely detached from the DuoFix i-Size Isofix base and was sent flying forwards.
For this reason the test score is automatically downgraded to 0% and it's been made a Don't Buy. A good result in any of our other tests can't compensate for this poor result.
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