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Booster cushions: Little Shield £10-£13Pay a tenner and you can get Little Shield’s cotton-covered booster, while leather look and sheepskin options cost a few pounds more. Made from polystyrene with a removable cover

Booster cushions: Graco Hi-Life £13Simple and light, the Hi-Life is little more than a shaped plastic bolster with a padded cover secured by Velcro. There is no adjustability, and no guide strap for the adult seatbelt, but this p

Booster cushions: Britax Boost £25  Not enough cup-holders in your car? Then add a couple more with the Sprint from UK firm Britax. The armrests move and the cup-holders fold out from the corners. An adjustable strap secures

Booster cushions: Graco Booster £17A bit more sophisticated, this is effectively the bottom half of Graco’s convertible seats. The padded cover is held to the plastic cushion by elastic, and you get two-position armrests, a

Convertible seats: Graco Junior Plus/Logico Rallysport £50/£70Good value Junior Plus has a reclining backrest and moving padded head and armrests. Its base is identical to the Booster. Rallysport (image) adds higher-quality

Convertible seats: Little Shield Watch Me Grow £46Another solution with a harness, so this suits nine-month-olds to 12-year-olds. It folds flat for easy storage and is padded for comfort, but lacks the adjustability of more expen

Convertible seats: iCandy £80Truly versatile, this seat has a harness to fit children from nine months old. When they are too big, you remove the straps and seatback. There’s a seven-position adjustable headrest, while the

Convertible seats: Maxi-Cosi Rodi £95Scores over rivals with its ‘comfort base’ – a curved plate that slips between the car seat cushion and backrest. This gives a more secure mounting. There’s also a recl

Full seats: Little Shield Traveller £50Cheapest of the full seats is for three to 12-year-olds. The headrest adjusts to six lengths, while the armrests flip to aid entry. Slide-out cup-holders are included, and the product folds

Full seats: Recaro Young Sport £150As your child grows, you remove pieces of the Young Sport. First goes the seat insert, then the five-point harness at around four years old. This chair is for children over nine months, and has

Full seats: Britax Evolva 23/ 123 Ultra £65/£130Offered in a choice of eight colours, the 23 suits children aged 3-11 years old, while the costlier 123 gets a removable harness for those over nine months. In top Ultra form

Full seats: Recaro Start £195Is this the Rolls-Royce of child seats? The Start even lets your offspring play their iPod through speakers in the headrest! It can’t be adjusted, which is said to mean greater protection, and t