Joie car seats - how do they compare?

Joie is one of the most popular baby brands in the UK. As well as child car seats, it makes pushchairs, baby carriers, high chairs, baby rockers, cots and cribs.

Keep scrolling to find out which Joie car seats are suitable for your baby or child's age/stage, how much they'll cost and how the different seats compare. 

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Cheap Joie car seat

Joie Trillo LX

The cheapest Joie car seat we've tested is the Joie Trillo LX, which typically retails for £60.

This is a group 2/3 high back booster seat that's approved for use with children weighing 15-36kg, which is around four to 12 years old.

Your child and the seat is secured using the vehicle seatbelt, but the Trillo LX also comes with Isofix hooks that you can attach to the car's Isofix points to provide more stability. 

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Joie baby car seats

Joie Calmi R129 + i-Base Encore, £390

Joie Calmi R129 car seat

This is a rearwards-facing infant carrycot car seat designed for babies up to 70cm tall (or 10kg) which is around 12 months old.

The base is part of a modular system that you can also use with other Joie car seats, and it can be spun 180 degrees to make it easier to get the carrycot clicked into the car.

Joie i-Snug 2 + i-Base Advance, £240

Joie i-Snug and i-Base Advance

The i-Snug 2 is the successor to the i-Snug which we previously tested, and when clicked into the i-Base Advance, offers the option of a spinning car seat to make it easier to get your baby into the car. 

Other updates include a change to the harness and headrest for easier adjusting. 

Joie i-Level, £185

Joie i-Level car seat

Experts say you shouldn't keep very young babies in a car seat for longer than around 20 minutes, and they should be in a flat or nearly flat position when travelling where possible as it's the most ergonomic for them. 

The i-Level aims to solve this issue because it can recline to an angle of more than 150 degrees, which is nearly horizontal. 

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Joie baby to toddler car seats

Joie i-Harbour + i-Base Encore, £440

Joie i-Harbour and i-Base encore

This baby to toddler car seat is approved for use from birth (40cm) until your child is 105cm, which is around four years old.

You can keep your child rearward-facing for this whole time, or turn them forward-facing once they measure at least 76cm. We'd always recommend keeping your child rearward-facing for as long as possible as it's the safest way for your child to travel.

Joie i-Spin Grow, £400

Joie i-Spin Grow

The i-Spin seats are a range of child car seats that can be rotated on the base to help make it easier getting your child into the seat, and to turn it forward-facing once your child is old enough. Many are extended rearward-facing, so you can keep your child facing backwards (which is safer) for longer.

The i-Spin Grow has a long shelf-life as you can use it with children measuring 40cm to 125cm, which is birth to approximately six years old.

Joie i-Spin 360 i-Size, £300

Joie i-spin 360

This extended rearward-facing car seat is approved for children from birth to 105cm, which is around age four. 

As the name suggests, you can spin it a full 360 degrees. This should help when putting your child into the seat, and if you want to turn it forward facing (no earlier than 15 months).

Joie i-Spin Safe, £280

Joie i-Spin Safe

This car seat is similar to the one above, except it's rearward-facing only. You can still swivel it 90 degrees to help you get your child into the car, but you can't turn it forward-facing. 

It's been put through something called the Swedish Plus Test. This voluntary approval test, which is only open to rearward car seats, uses faster speeds and shorter stopping times in crash tests to really put car seats through their paces, as well as taking measurements on the neck loads of the crash test dummies.

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Joie child car seats

Joie i-Traver, £160

Joie i-Traver

Approved for children measuring 100-150cm (around four to 12 years old), the i-Traver is the i-size version of the Traver (mentioned below), which means it's been designed and approved to the latest R129 regulations. 

The seat has an extendable seat base and Guard Surround Safety panels, which you can fit to provide extra side-impact protection.

Joie i-Trillo LX, £100

Joie i-Trillo LX

A slightly cheaper i-Size child car seat than the i-Traver, the i-Trillo LX has an extendable 10-position headrest, two retractable food and drink holders in the seat base, and removable machine washable covers. 

You can use it with children measuring 100-150cm, which is approximately four to 12 years.

Joie Traver, £90

Joie Traver car seat

The Traver was launched in 2017 so it has been around for a while, but it's as popular as ever, and good value, too. 

The group 2/3 seat is suitable for children weighing 15-36kg (around age four to 12 years), and is installed into the car via 'Isosafe' connectors and the vehicle seatbelt. 

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Joie multi-group car seats

Joie Bold, £200

Joie Bold car seat

This multi-group seat has a five-point harness that can be used until your child weighs 25kg, which is about age five or six, at which point it can be removed and stored within the seat so it's kept safe. Your child is then restrained using the vehicle seatbelt.

It's approved for use with babies from 9kg (around 12 months) up to 36kg (around 12 years old).

Joie Trillo Shield, £150

Joie Trillo Shield

The Trillo Shield is a group 1/2/3 seat approved to R44 regulations to be used with children weighing 9-36kg (12 months to 12 years). 

It's almost identical to the Joie Trillo LX mentioned above, but this version has a Group 1 mode, whereas the Trillo LX is only Group 2/3.

Joie Every Stage FX, £200

Joie Every Stage

This multi-group child car seat passed the regulatory tests required by R44 regulations to be sold as suitable for children from birth up to 36kg (about 12 years old). 

But in our own tests, which are conducted at higher speeds and forces than the standard requires, this forward-facing seat scored poorly for frontal-impact results when used in Group 1 mode, so it ended up being a Don't Buy.

Joie Every Stage R129, £180

We're just in the process of testing this model, so look out for our review of this car seat coming in November 2023.

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