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KrazeeKaz 
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Posted: 06 March 2011 at 8:53pm |
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My boy is starting to get a bit big for his capsule, feet starting to hang out and looking highly uncomfortable, anyway had a quick look at some new car seats and have found one that goes from birth to 18ks, has a rear facing setting till 9kg and can then be changed to front facing for over 9kgs. What do you ladies think of these car seats?
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Bizzy
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Posted: 06 March 2011 at 9:02pm |
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rear facing till 9kg doesnt sound long if you have a big boy.
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KrazeeKaz
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Posted: 06 March 2011 at 9:05pm |
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From what I read, I think you can keep it rear facing for as long as you want, but the 9kg thing is a guideline.
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mothermercury
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Posted: 06 March 2011 at 9:35pm |
Aren't the weight indication things usually the maximum? It'll definitely have maximum weight limits anyway, for safety's sake.
I would agree that rear-facing to 9kg is not long enough. ( This is a good link if you're interested.) 
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Posted: 06 March 2011 at 10:02pm |
We have gone with a Radian XTSL (a little pricy but figured it would last till she was into a hlaf booster!), it RFs till 20kgs, and FFs till 36.
I found when researching carseats that RFing was quite important (for us, Im sure its not as important for other people) but you may want to check it out and see the difference between FFing and RFing. There are some great threads on here and also other webpages and youtube vids, let me know if your interested 
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Posted: 06 March 2011 at 10:25pm |
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Personally, I definitely wouldn't buy one that only rear-faces til 9kgs. Babies and toddlers are much safer rear facing as long as possible. My boy was only about 10 months I think when he hit 9kgs.
Also be aware that it's not safe to go beyond the carseat instructions (so a 10kg baby is rearfacing in a carseat that goes to 9kg = not good).
IMO, a radian is the best out there. If you don't have the money for that, a Cosco is good too. Safe & Sound are also good - rear face til 12kg, so not super heavy but sufficient.
I'm selling a convertible safe and sound carseat for $100 if anyone is looking for a second hand one.
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NovemberMum
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Posted: 06 March 2011 at 11:12pm |
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majority of babies will reach 9kgs before they are 12 month old..it is best practive for children to remain rearfacing for as long as possible.
the radian mentioned on here which rearfaces to 20kgs is pricey at $500....another option is the cosco scenera which rearfaces to 16kgs and can get at some place for less than $200 and would get most children rearfacing to 2 years.
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Danda08
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Posted: 07 March 2011 at 9:20am |
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Check out the Evenflo Symphony 65. Rear facing to 15kg (from memory) then converts to forward facing and then booster. Similar price to the Radian but no need to buy a booster later on. And IMO better than the Radian as the Radian requires a huge amount of space when rear facing.
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Posted: 07 March 2011 at 11:54am |
 KrazeeKaz wrote:
From what I read, I think you can keep it rear facing for as long as you want, but the 9kg thing is a guideline. |
This video is good for explaining the benefits of extended rear-facing.
FF vs RF
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