tinkerbell* said:
we were looking at the jane Slalom Pro Rebel travle system and car seat..... how will we know if it fits or not? i dont wanna have to go out a buy another car seat, of that one does not fit...
The Matrix Cup as infant carrier does not fit many rear seats. It requires a lot of seat belt and if you have it fitted in places like Mothercare I found they do a crap job at fitting it tbh. We went to an independant retailer and they fitted it as a rear facing seat ok. But it won't fit many cars this way. The only way to know is to go to a retailer and have them fit it for you to see.
The Rebel Pro as a baby carrier/car seat has to have at least 50% of the childs seat resting on the car seat to be considered safe. In our car it was not quite enough as we have quite sloping rear seats. So we crossed of the infant carrier/car seat and chose something else totally for this purpose.
Also worth mentioning with the Matrix cup is that it becomes the lie flat pram for infants in the pushchair frame and can be used as a lie flat car seat. It will in this position fit almost every car. However, places like Mothercare don't train their staff to attempt to fit it this way and they will refuse to try it or show you.
The Rebel Pro is the infant carrier/car seat for newborns so I am trying to work out what Jane set up you are considering. Your best option IMHO is to forget the Rebel car seat as your infant carrier or in the buggy frame and to get the Matrix cup and the buggy. That way you have a lie flat pram for the early months that will then convert into a sit up rear facing pushchair seat till whenever your LO outgrows it or you wish to put them into the buggy seat proper.
The Rebel Pro will be grown out of quite quickly and so we went for a totally different make of car seat for 0-4 year old, which we will leave in the car permanently and use from birth. We opted for
the Britax First Class Si
And then went with the
Jane Slalom Pro system with Matrix cup and buggy. Didn't bother with the infant carrier Rebel Pro. We plan to use the Matrix attached to the buggy frame for the first 6 months plus, first as a lie flat pram then as a rear facing pushchair then to move up to the buggy itself.
We felt that the Jane Slalom Pro was the buggy set up for us, so preferred to change our car seat rather than not get the buggy we loved. And tbh I think we found a much better car seat as the Britax goes from rear facing to forward facing and will last for years. And for only £30 more than the Jane Rebel Pro baby carrier which will be defunct by the time your baby is 9 months old. Maybe even sooner. The reason we wanted the Matrix cup is that for newborns and in the early months I felt it was important that our baby have a lie flat option rather than being stuck in a more upright position all the time when out in the buggy (and car on occasion).
Hopefully I explained that ok
so had to get isofix base and it works great! No hassle to take the carseat out of the car and put it back in. Really easy and comfy! 
