As you can imagine, pricing is one of the most important factors of any purchasing decision. We can find the perfect product for our needs, that fits the brief in every single way. But if it doesn’t fit our budgets, we simply can’t (or at least shouldn’t) buy it.

group 0+ – rear-facing car seats suitable for babies aged up to about 15 months or who weigh up to 13kg (29lb); some can be clipped on to a pushchair frame and are known as travel systems If you have your baby in hospital or a birth centre, you will need the car seat to drive your newborn home safely. It's a good idea to practise fitting the seat before your baby is born. Tips for buying a baby car seat

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Certification :Complies with European safety standard ECE/R44-04 (All Group 0+/1/2/3) Age/Weight: 0-12 years/0-36kg. Height: 40-150cm. The most recent addition to the law involves booster seat regulations, but it doesn’t actually affect you as a consumer. Instead, all newly released booster seats can only be made and sold to a child who is 4ft 1in or taller, or who weighs 22kg or more. Existing booster seats will still be valid in your car, so don’t worry about rushing out to buy brand-new seats. Next up is material. Read through the product description for Trio Comfort First Pop Group 0/1/2 Car Seat to get an understanding of the materials the product is made from. Some materials will obviously be known for delivering better quality item than others. You might also have decided that you’ll only accept a product made from a particular material. Key specs – Group: Children 4-12 years or 150cm in height; Item weight: 7.5kg; Attachment method: Isofix; Additional features: Adjustable headrest Children at the bottom weight of each group are more vulnerable to injuries. This is why we don't advise you swap too soon.

Fitting a car seat should be easy, right? However, it’s important to make sure that your little one’s car seat is installed safely and securely so that they are fully protected in the unfortunate event of an accident. So let’s carry on with our Trio Comfort First Pop Group 0/1/2 Car Seat review and explore the product’s pricing. data-src="https://cdn.media.halfords.com/i/washford/230281?w=740&h=555&qlt=default&fmt=auto&v=1"

Open the wedge that's located underneath the child seat so that it swings into place with the large portion of the wedge to the front of the child seat. We put the seat through its paces with a fairly tall five-year-old, who looked fully supported and secure once fastened in. The side wings delivered extra comfort when he fell asleep, offering a comfy place to support his head. Just before we get into the detail of analysing the price of this product, we want to briefly highlight the importance of setting yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a suitable product. It’s all too often that we get carried away when shopping and find ourselves buying a fantastic product, but probably actually overdelivers on what we need and therefore costs a lot more than we should have spent. So spend a bit of time looking around at the sort of price you can expect to pay for products in the Car seats category and use that alongside your own financial situation to set yourself a budget. These car seats can appear to be a more economical way of buying a child car seat, as they will last your child for longer. But our testing has found that a seat that covers more than one group doesn't protect as well as it should throughout all three groups. Look out for safety days where experts demonstrate how to fit baby and child car seats safely. These often take place in supermarket or shopping mall car parks.

The next step for us was to look at all of the products that fall within the Car seats category, of which we found 206 products at Argos. So we pulled together all of the prices of these products to analyse the average prices as well as finding the cheapest and most expensive options.

Our pick of the best car seats for newborns through to pre-teens

If your kids are growing up, it's time for a child car seat! Read our guide to find out what to look for when you're shopping around. Pull the seatbelt out, pinching the shoulder and lap parts of the belt together. Make sure that the belt does not become twisted.