capsule

[bon]

We are hiring one from the ambos. They use Safe and Sound capsules, with a 5 point harness - they are perfectly safe and are stringently checked over before they are hired out. The ambos will also install it for you, so that you know it has been put in correctly. They are no less safe than the capsules you can buy. We already have a convertible carseat, but we are keeping our 2 yo DD in that until she is too big for it, then the baby can go into that seat. We decided hiring a capsule was a much more cost effective option than having to buy another carseat that we don't really need.

[foreva*your*mummy]

heather, I thought it was compulsary to anchor them. I had to have my ds ancoured in nz why is that?.
I jut brought mine today cost me $179.00 love it.

[Doing my best]

heather, I thought it was compulsary to anchor them. I had to have my ds ancoured in nz why is that?.
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Thanks for that.. Looks like I will be having words with the inlaws before we go over again. The seat (forward facing) for DD wasn't anchored and there were no anchor points in the car. I was told that it wasn't compulsary over there, so we accepted it reluctlantly. And DH and I assumed it must be true as FIL's work car was NZ new last year (so not a jap import as most are over there), and it didn't have any points either. New cars here must be sold with them (the holes for the points to go in)..

I have just done a bit of research after my heart sank with your post, and it is required if the car seat has the strap. There are some seats that are designed without the strap (UK standard) that don't require anchoring, so I am hoping the seat we were using was one of those. But if we go again, I will make sure that they have had anchor points put in.

Oh and yay on the getting the capsule..

[foreva*your*mummy]

wow I had no idea! the car seat I had did have the strap but the car we had didnt have the holes. ( we just made one, jap import like you where talking about). I would have thought it would have been compulsory! so wrong if it isnt. I didnt think you where allowed to use the old car seats that dont have that strap though. not sure dosnt seem right to me saftey should come first!

[AngelaK]

We've just bought one as well - we actually ended up buying a travel system (Fisher Price) second hand. I was originally sooooo against buying any sort of safety gear second hand, but I've since found out that in WA we can go to either Red Cross (ambos) or Kidsafe WA and they do testing of any equipment so that we can make sure it's safe. Considering that the ambos hire out second hand equipment, I figure that there testing should be fine.

We ended up buying the whole system (capsule goes straight into pram) coz it seems so much more convenient, especially when I know we'll have a fair bit of travelling to do in the first few months.

[SammyRo]

we hired a capsule from the Red Cross and I'm so glad we didn't buy one, as at 7 weeks old, DD decided she hated it with a passion - she would scream the whole car journey - we borrowed Mum's car for a few days, as she has a convertable, just to see, and it definately was the capsule, so we took it back and bought a convertible from them instead.

This time, we're borrowing the Fisher Price capsule from a friend. If we weren't though, I would spend the extra and hire the more padded SNS (the Red cross one was just the grey bucket type). But I personally wouldn't buy a capsule.

[KimmyF]

We hired ours from our local council it was a safe and sound one cost $45 to hire with a refundable $50 bond, i worked out that if i bought one and had three kids it still was more than hiring it three times so that's why we chose to hire.
My DS loved his and I must admit it was so easy when he was in that especially for quick trips like to the shop to get milk i got leave him in it put him down safely while i paid etc and didn't have to worry about a pram. Hiring it was great as i didnt have to worry about storing it later either