Buying Guide: Best child car seats and booster seats reviewed


Buying a child seat for your car is a minefield. Even if you're buying a seat for a second child, so you've been here and done that already...
Britax wants to put airbags in child seats - but car makers refuse to help

Child seat makers introducing airbags


Child seats fitted with airbags are to go on sale in a move that is likely to prompt new debate over children’s safety in cars.
Buying Guide: How to choose the best car seat, plus reviews

What are the new child car seat rules?


Child car seats are a legal requirement in the UK for children from their birth until they reach 135cm tall or 12 years old...
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Halfords offers trade-in for child booster cushions...


For busy parents, manoeuvring bulky child seats in and out of the car can be a massive pain. So a booster cushion, which can be used legally once...
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Isofix is child's play, say kids in new safety video...


Child seat manufacturer takes action after 44% of parents found to be ignorant of Isofix safety system, 10 years after it was introduced.
Best booster seats

Booster-beaters: six leading child seats for 3 to 12-year-olds...


Balancing safety, practicality and cost to find the most suitable child's car seat is tricky for any parent, so our family of testers put six models...
Products: Britax Kidfix XP-SICT child seat review

Products: Britax Kidfix XP-SICT child seat


The Kidfix appears to be big on safety, with oversized headrest supports and Isofix connections.
Car sun shade buying guide comparison test reviews

Products: Sun shade buying guide


Trust the Australians to crack it when it comes to designing an effective sunshade...
Bristax bin the booster child car seat safety campaign

Britax urges parents to 'bin the booster' in summer-holiday...


As the school holidays approach, a leading maker of car child seats is warning of the dangers of portable booster cushions
Britax Advansafix review

Products: Britax Advansafix child seat review


The forward-facing Britax Advansafix offers amazing longevity and is suitable from around nine months to 12 years
Britax King II ATS review

Products: Britax King II ATS child seat review


The King II ATS is one of Britax’s top seats — and possibly the one Prince William will upgrade to at some point.
Best newborn baby seats

A throne fit for a royal: five leading child seats...


Wills made it look easy when he slotted Princess Charlotte into his car. But not all child seats are so easy to fit. Lizzie Catt gives five models...
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Video: Testing the Britax King II ATS Group 1 child...


As every parent knows, getting the children out of the door and into the car in the morning can be such a challenge that sometimes you wish you could...