Swedish seat in the UK? (was Re: Pictures of Swedish and Norwegian car seats RF up till 55 lbs)

U

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Hi,

I am in the UK and am about to buy the rear facing Volvo car seat for my 2 1/2 year old. I see there are other options in the form of other seats. Can I buy from Sweden for the UK? Which is the best one? Help..... and thank you :)
 
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Jeanum

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Moved from an older Coffee Break thread to the international forum for more visibility and likely more answers. :)
 

lil96

New member
I am not positive, but I think as long as you are in the EU, EU seats are fine even if they are from other countries *I think* I am still figuring this stuff out myself :) let me know if you find out anything.
PS It should have a sticker on it somewhere that has the EU certification on it.
 

lenats31

New member
Hi,

I am in the UK and am about to buy the rear facing Volvo car seat for my 2 1/2 year old. I see there are other options in the form of other seats. Can I buy from Sweden for the UK? Which is the best one? Help..... and thank you :)


YES, you can import a large Scandinavian RF seat and use it legally in the UK. They are ECE approved.

Several of us have large RF seats. Here are the photos of my Britax Multi-Tech. I am sure someone-else will follow up with photos of their seats. Some inhere have the Britax Two-Way Plus/Elite, Brio Zento and Graco.

The Multi-Tech and the Two Way are large seats with an 55 lbs/25 kg upper weight limit. harness slots go up to app. 17". The Two Way is app 58 cm tall from seat to top of the restreaint. The Multi-Tech is 62cm and it grows in height AND width . I can only speak for the MT, as this is the seat that I have.
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Mathias is close to 11 months old in the photos and he is app 82 cm tall/32" or so.

Sarah is almost 4 years old and 110 cm tall/43". She has one more harness/head support slot left in it. She uses it when Mathias is not in it, and when she wants to.

Lena
 

Adventuredad

New member
Lena has provided some great answers as usual. Seats in EU are labeled ECE R44 and can be used in any EU country. There are quite a few options for seats available but almost all seats can keep children rear facing until 25 kg. (55 lbs):thumbsup::thumbsup:

If you need help with buying a seat from Sweden I can help you out (I'm currently living in Stockholm). Unfortunately, the excellent seats used in Scandinavia are very difficult (read almost impossible) to find in other EU countries. I'm personally using a Britax Hi-Way for my 21 month old daughter, you can see some photos in my "signature".

Please let me me know if you need any help with choosing a seat out of Sweden and thanks very much for thinking about keeping your son rear facing as long as possible:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 

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