Can I use a US child seat in the UK?
Aug 20th 2008, 4:44 pm
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Can I use a US child seat in the UK?
Just wondered if anyone has any knowledge or experience of this. Before i go on this is an infant seat and not one of those that fixes higher up.
The seat is a peg perego made in Italy and is the same as those sold in the UK (also as mamas and papas) so I dont have concerns over that. However the base uses the latch system which can be connected to the isofix system in UK cars. The UK base is slightly different and has a support leg. I know that the base will work and while it may not meet European standards it is as safe in the UK as in the US. I wanted to see if anyone else has been through this or not? It can be fitted without the base using seat belt but that isn't as safe.
The seat is a peg perego made in Italy and is the same as those sold in the UK (also as mamas and papas) so I dont have concerns over that. However the base uses the latch system which can be connected to the isofix system in UK cars. The UK base is slightly different and has a support leg. I know that the base will work and while it may not meet European standards it is as safe in the UK as in the US. I wanted to see if anyone else has been through this or not? It can be fitted without the base using seat belt but that isn't as safe.
Aug 20th 2008, 5:16 pm
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Re: Can I use a US child seat in the UK?
I've used my U.S. car seats in the U.K with no problem using the seat belts. We used the infant seat when my daughter was a baby (using the base), plus her Britax seat when she was older. Babycenter.com has a pretty good car seat board if you need more help.
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Aug 20th 2008, 6:42 pm
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Re: Can I use a US child seat in the UK?
I believe there are threads on this exact topic on the mummies' forum of UK Yankee (I don't think that's its exact name, but you'll find it easily enough).
Aug 21st 2008, 1:21 am
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Yes - done it - absolutely fine, and a far better solution than trusting the crap baby seats the car rental companies often provide.
Aug 21st 2008, 5:47 pm
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Thanks all!
Aug 22nd 2008, 1:04 pm
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Re: Can I use a US child seat in the UK?
Done it the other way (UK to US) and worked fine.
Aug 22nd 2008, 1:59 pm
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I recently learned a bitter lesson: child seats from rental companies all smell like piss. Kids wee on them but no-one ever bothers to wash them bc they don't belong to the renter and the guys in the garage don't have to use them...
Aug 22nd 2008, 7:53 pm
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I have used my US car seats in the UK without any problem.
US LATCH system = UK ISOFIX
US LATCH system = UK ISOFIX
Aug 22nd 2008, 8:00 pm
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Re: Can I use a US child seat in the UK?
Just wondered if anyone has any knowledge or experience of this. Before i go on this is an infant seat and not one of those that fixes higher up.
The seat is a peg perego made in Italy and is the same as those sold in the UK (also as mamas and papas) so I dont have concerns over that. However the base uses the latch system which can be connected to the isofix system in UK cars. The UK base is slightly different and has a support leg. I know that the base will work and while it may not meet European standards it is as safe in the UK as in the US. I wanted to see if anyone else has been through this or not? It can be fitted without the base using seat belt but that isn't as safe.
The seat is a peg perego made in Italy and is the same as those sold in the UK (also as mamas and papas) so I dont have concerns over that. However the base uses the latch system which can be connected to the isofix system in UK cars. The UK base is slightly different and has a support leg. I know that the base will work and while it may not meet European standards it is as safe in the UK as in the US. I wanted to see if anyone else has been through this or not? It can be fitted without the base using seat belt but that isn't as safe.
Do they have left handed and right handed child seats or something ?
I have been over a few times and taken ours, couldn't see any difference between Uk and USA child seats
Aug 23rd 2008, 3:09 pm
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Re: Can I use a US child seat in the UK?
And they mostly look like they've been used for drop-kick practice too....
