Nuna PIPA Lite R129 Infant Carrier

Featherlight i-Size Infant Car Seat: Nuna PIPA Lite R129

Meet the Nuna PIPA Lite – resilient, featherlight, and your ideal travel companion. Crafted for top-tier protection and portability, this infant car seat is a parent's dream. It barely tips the scales, weighing in at just 2.5kg (without inserts or canopy), so your family adventures can be light and leisurely. The PIPA Lite safeguards your little one with Aeroflex™ foam and True Lock™ base installation whilst surrounding them in premium materials to ensure a secure and stylish ride. Because parenting is challenging enough, the PIPA Lite lets you carry less whilst still providing more – more security, more ease, and more style. With the PIPA Lite, less effort means more peace of mind.

Remarkably Lightweight Design

At just 2.5kg without inserts or canopy, the PIPA Lite redefines what's possible in infant car seat engineering. This featherweight design transforms everyday life with a newborn – from navigating airports to popping into shops, from transferring between vehicles to carrying baby whilst managing shopping. The luxe leatherette carry handle provides secure, comfortable gripping, making those countless transitions throughout your day significantly easier. This isn't just marginally lighter than other infant carriers; it's a genuinely transformative difference that parents notice from the first lift.

NEXT System Compatible

The PIPA Lite integrates seamlessly into Nuna's innovative NEXT system – a modular approach offering ultimate flexibility with multiple car seat solutions for your child's first four years. This forward-thinking system allows you to invest in a single base that accommodates different car seats as your child grows, providing exceptional long-term value and eliminating the need to purchase new bases with each car seat upgrade.

Base Options (Sold Separately)

The PIPA Lite must be used in combination with the Base Curv (sold separately), giving you choice in how you approach installation and functionality:

Base Curv – Features 360° rotating capability with ProxiPivot™ technology for single-motion spin and slide-out functionality. Installs using a load leg and ISOFIX to quickly click all NEXT system compatible car seats on and off, providing secure, confidence-inspiring installation with intelligent design that makes accessing your baby remarkably simple.

Award-Winning Safety Performance

The PIPA Lite achieved a 4-star rating at the rigorous ADAC child car seat test in May 2025, with an overall score of 2.0 (Good) when used with Base Next. This independent testing confirms the PIPA Lite's exceptional safety credentials, providing parents with objective verification of its protective capabilities.

Advanced Safety Features

Aeroflex™ Foam – Cleverly lightweight yet remarkably resilient, this innovative material minimises force transferred to baby by absorbing and diffusing energy during impact, providing superior protection without adding unnecessary weight.

Tailor Tech™ Memory Foam – The adjustable headrest features patented memory foam technology that provides a comfortable custom fit for baby, adapting to their unique head shape whilst delivering consistent support.

Side Impact Protection (SIP) – Comprehensive side-impact protection system ensures ultimate baby safekeeping, meeting the highest ECE R129/03 safety standards including stringent side-impact testing requirements.

Flame Resistant Without Chemicals – Each element is smartly sourced to be both flame resistant and contain no added fire-retardant chemicals, making it safer for baby's delicate system whilst meeting all necessary safety standards.

3-Point Harness – Features comfy shoulder and lower buckle covers with one easy-pull tightening system, making securing baby quick and straightforward even with squirming newborns.

Premium Comfort Features

Merino Wool & TENCEL™ Blend – The headrest and body insert feature an eco-friendly Merino wool and TENCEL™ lyocell fibre blend (TENCEL™ is a trademark of Lenzing AG) that feels wonderfully soft against baby's delicate skin. This natural material blend provides excellent temperature regulation and moisture control, keeping baby comfortable across varying conditions without overheating or becoming clammy.

UPF 50+ Canopy – The removable, full-coverage canopy shields baby from harmful UV rays whilst the flip-out eyeshade provides additional protection from bright sunlight, creating a comfortable cocoon for newborn naps on the move.

Machine Washable – Both seat fabrics and body inserts are machine washable, acknowledging the reality of life with a newborn and making cleanup after inevitable spills remarkably simple.

Travel System Compatibility

The PIPA Lite clicks seamlessly onto all Nuna pushchairs, creating the ultimate modern-day travel system without requiring separate adaptors for most models. This universal compatibility means your sleeping newborn can transition from car to pushchair without disturbance, whilst the lightweight design ensures the combined travel system remains manageable even for extended walks.

GREENGUARD Gold Certification

The PIPA Lite meets the stringent standards for GREENGUARD Gold certification, meaning it has been thoroughly tested and certified to meet rigorous emissions standards for over 360 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and chemical emissions. This certification confirms:

Less Indoor Air Pollution – The best strategy to reduce indoor air pollution is source control. GREENGUARD Gold certification ensures your baby gear isn't adding pollutants to the air your baby breathes.

Reduced Chemical Exposure Risk – The PIPA Lite meets some of the world's most rigorous chemical emissions standards, including strict limits on formaldehyde and phthalate levels.

Healthier Environment – Your baby's immune, neurological, and respiratory systems are still developing. GREENGUARD Gold certification includes health-based criteria accounting for the most sensitive individuals, providing additional peace of mind during these crucial early months.

Technical Specifications

• Weight: 2.5kg (without inserts or canopy)
• Dimensions: L 73 × W 46.5 × H 50.4cm
• Installation: Must be used with Base Curv (sold separately)
• Orientation: Rear-facing only
• Child height: 40–83cm
• Child weight: Birth to 13kg
• Compliance: ECE R129/03 (i-Size)
• Certification: GREENGUARD Gold certified
• Harness: 3-point with no-rethread adjustment

Why the Ultra-Lightweight Design Matters

Every parent who's carried a traditional infant car seat understands the strain – aching arms after walking through a car park, awkward manoeuvring through doorways, the physical challenge of managing baby's carrier alongside shopping or a toddler's hand. At 2.5kg, the PIPA Lite weighs approximately 1kg less than many competing infant carriers, and this difference is genuinely transformative in daily life.

Consider the reality: you're not just carrying this car seat once. You're lifting it in and out of vehicles multiple times daily, carrying it through shops, airports, and restaurants, managing it whilst opening doors and juggling other responsibilities. That extra kilogram compounds throughout the day, and its absence makes parenting a newborn measurably less physically demanding.

Perfect For

Frequent Travellers – The lightweight design makes airport navigation, taxi transfers, and hire car installations significantly more manageable.

Multi-Car Families – NEXT system compatibility means you can purchase additional bases for different vehicles whilst using a single lightweight carrier.

Parents Managing Multiple Children – When you're also handling a toddler or preschooler, the reduced weight makes juggling both children's needs more feasible.

Physically Demanding Situations – Whether navigating stairs without lifts, managing public transport, or dealing with challenging car park layouts, the PIPA Lite's weight makes difficult situations more manageable.

Environmentally Conscious Parents – GREENGUARD Gold certification and eco-friendly materials align with values around chemical exposure and environmental impact.

Why Choose the PIPA Lite from Little Peas?

At Little Peas, we understand that selecting your baby's first car seat is one of the most important safety decisions you'll make. Our Dunfermline showroom provides the perfect environment to experience the PIPA Lite's remarkable lightness first-hand – we encourage you to lift it, feel the quality of the materials, and understand exactly how this featherweight design will benefit your daily life.

We offer professional fitting services for Base Curv, ensuring whichever base you choose is correctly installed in your vehicle for maximum safety and functionality. With over 15 years of experience specialising in car seat safety, we can advise on which base option best suits your needs, demonstrate the installation process, and ensure you feel completely confident before leaving our showroom.

Our expertise in Nuna's product range means we can explain the NEXT system's long-term benefits, discuss travel system compatibility with various Nuna pushchairs, and help you understand how the PIPA Lite fits into your overall baby equipment strategy.

The Little Peas Difference

As extended rear-facing car seat specialists, we approach infant carriers with particular attention to how they'll serve you through those crucial early months and how they integrate into longer-term car seat planning. We're not just selling you a product; we're helping you create a complete car seat strategy that prioritises safety, usability, and value.

Long-Term Value

Whilst the PIPA Lite represents a premium investment, its exceptional quality, award-winning safety performance, and NEXT system compatibility provide genuine long-term value. The ability to use your base with subsequent car seats in the NEXT system means this initial investment continues delivering benefits well beyond the infant carrier stage.

Available Colours

The PIPA Lite is available in Caviar, offering a sophisticated, timeless aesthetic that coordinates beautifully with Nuna pushchairs whilst maintaining a practical, easy-care finish. Contact us to discuss current availability in our showroom.

Important Installation Note

The PIPA Lite must be used in combination with Base Curv (sold separately). It cannot be installed using a vehicle seat belt alone. This design ensures optimal safety performance by guaranteeing secure, consistent installation through the True Lock™ base system. Read more at nunababy.eu