Maxi-Cosi · Infant carrier

Maxi-Cosi Pebble S

Based on 1 independent scored test: ADAC (2025). The test scores average 74. With only 1 test, the ranking score is pulled down a little until more testers confirm it.

Tested for Europe & UK ★ Best Buy

Shortlist score

Good

#29 of car seats for Europe & UK

Single test

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Test results

Each score as the tester published it, converted to our 0–100 scale. Weight is how much the result counts towards the score.

ADAC DE · Lab test

ADAC Kindersitztest Frühjahr 2025 · + FamilyFix S

1.8

gut

Our scale74

weight 1.00

Same test also published by Which?, counted once.

Safety: 1.7
Handling: 1.9
Ergonomics: 2.1
Harmful substances: 1.5
Environmental substances: 1.0

Listed at €330 Zulassung: i-Size, Körpergröße von 40 cm bis 83 cm (13 kg); Babyschale mit Hosenträgergurt für Kinder von 40-83 cm (bis ca. 1 ½ Jahre); Sitzgewicht: 3,5 kg, Basis: 6,5 kg | ADAC age class: Baby | direction: Rückwärtsgerichtet | Isofix: Ja | mounting: Gegen die Fahrtrichtung: • auf Isofix-Basis mit Stützfuß (bei i-Size und in freigegebenen Fahrzeugen) • oder ohne Basis mit 3-Punkt-Fahrzeuggurt Achtung: Bei Verwendung auf dem Beifahrersitz muss der Frontairbag deaktiviert verwenden! | 2025+ protocol: separate "Umweltschadstoffe" sub-grade recorded as environmental_substances | Test vom Mai 2025

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2 older or duplicate results not counted

ADAC DE · Lab test

ADAC Kindersitztest Frühjahr 2025

2.7

befriedigend

Our scale56

not counted

Not counted: Another configuration scored higher in the same test.

Same test also published by Which?, counted once.

Safety: 1.8
Handling: 3.3
Ergonomics: 2.0
Harmful substances: 1.5
Environmental substances: 1.0

Listed at €180 Zulassung: i-Size, Körpergröße von 40 cm bis 83 cm (< 13 kg); Babyschale mit Hosenträgergurt für Kinder von 40-83 cm (bis ca. 1 ½ Jahre); Sitzgewicht: 3,5 kg | ADAC age class: Baby | direction: Rückwärtsgerichtet | Isofix: Nein | mounting: Gegen die Fahrtrichtung mit 3-Punkt-Fahrzeuggurt Achtung: Bei Verwendung auf dem Beifahrersitz muss der Frontairbag deaktiviert verwenden! | 2025+ protocol: separate "Umweltschadstoffe" sub-grade recorded as environmental_substances | Test vom Mai 2025

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Which? GB · Consumer organisation

Which? child car seat test (first reviewed May 2025) · + FamilyFix S Base

83%

Best Buy

Our scale83

not counted

Not counted: Same joint ICRT test as ADAC.

★ Best Buy Listed at £260 Score and Best Buy stated publicly in Which? news article of 16 Sept 2026 (heading 'Maxi-Cosi Pebble S + FamilyFix S Base (83%, Best Buy)'), named as the alternative to the Kinderkraft Don't Buy. First reviewed May 2025 per product page https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/child-car-seats/maxi-cosi-pebble-s-familyfix-s-base; round inferred from that.

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How we turn these into one number: methodology. Tested in 2025.