My lo is high centiles in height and weight so we decided to go for an extended rear facing seat that will fit him till approx age 6. We bought a besafe stretch which is Swedish plus tested and once lo has outgrown this seat he can use a high backed booster seat ☺️ it maybe worth joining a car seat safety group for advice ☺️
If you research extended rear facing on Google, there are quite a few options, different price ranges. Lots that are sold as "safe" whicg are cheap but cheap for a reason. but also lots on offer that are safer and not ridiculously priced for the safety of children 😀 We have britax maxway plus but no longer sell them.
We went for the Joie ispin, the latest one. Super easy!
I’ve been looking at this as well today, we’ve got the Cybex cloud z2. I was looking at another one to go on the base but from what I’ve found out it’s not going to last that long as it only goes up to 4 years old depending on height. So I think I’m going to look at a different brand that will last a while longer without the 360 base. No idea what though so looking for help too!