We have bought five seats over the last couple of years and been given one by a family friend. All the ones we have bought have been safe n sound. We have bought a $550 meridian sict or something like that and it is a good bit of kit but it is also a little big. It is really easy to adjust the height of the straps by simply lifting a red tab. It does both reverse and forward. As we have two cars we didn't really want to start swapping out baby seats all the time if one of us took the wrong car so we actually bought two safe n sound maxi AHR's for our two year old. They are pretty good value at just under $200 each. We literally only just bought a safe n sound safeguard for just under $200 as well because our 4 month old outgrew the baby capsule we had. THe safeguard is quite good actuallyand the wife says it has a better safety rating than the merdian sict but that is also because the meridian we have is about 2.5 years old now. I must say though as far as space goes in reverse facing mode, the safeguard is considerably shorter than the baby capsule we have, to the tune of around 10cm shorter so we can now move the passenger seat in the R36 back to normal position now as it was a little forward to accommodate the capsule. So, if you want my recommendation, get a safe n sound safeguard as it does reverse facing as well as forward facing and doesnt seem to take up as much space as some others on the market and this might work better for you if you have a fabia. Believe me, my wife researches the crap out of things like this which should help you out. We now have to sell the capsule even though it is about six months old. Our little tucker has grown quicker than what we expected. Oh yeah, the other thing with all of the seats we have except for the new safeguard is that both our baby and infant seem to sweat alot in the seats as the seats are made with a nice velour style material. The new safeguard has a different material and we think that it is going to breath better than the others which will be good for the baby, not so good for the infant who has to suck it up and live with sitting in the maxi AHR as I am not buying anymore seats!!!! We will be able to sell the seats once we are done with them as we look after things pretty well and there is always someone out there looking for bargain. Ask me any questions if you want mate. Might be better to PM though as I don't really come to the fabia forum for obvious reasons!! Good luck with whatever you choose to do.
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