Maclaren have a new stroller to use with the Safe n Sound Unity capsule - it is a wider stroller, one hand recline and looked pretty good. Was ~$750 all up though. I think the stroller is a techno XTG (maybe diff letters)! Happy shopping!!!!
I got the Fisher Price capsule from Target (it was on special) for $199 I think. I wasnt going to get the stroller, but later changed my mind. When I went back, they didnt have them anymore, so I went to our local baby shop, and brought a Steelcraft stroller. I paid $200 for it, and its called the 'Eden'. I loved the system at the start, but Logan is now 3months old, and has already grown out of the capsule as he is fairly tall. I also found as he got heavier he was harder to lift into the car, but that may be because we have a 4wd.
I found it was handy for kinder runs and ducking into shops when I didnt want to disturb him.
Big W have started selling them too, I think theirs also go up to 12Kg, not to expensive of a system but not esactly 4WD.
I'm a fan of the Phil & Ted's also, but can you use the toddler seat at the same time? I cant seem to work this out, also only one of the capsules are avaliable in OZ that's the peg perego viaggio, and thats close to $500 for the capsual alone. If you can use the toddler seat at the same time we will most probably be getting this.
Another expensive but versatile system is the Baby Jogger City Elite, If it was my first kid I would have gotten this if it was out, when I say expensive I mean it, firstly the pram Cost around $900, and you must buy every thing (including the grab rail) as an extra and with what I consider essential it would cost around $1300.00, but it fits a few of the most common Capsule's (although they are reluctant to tell you which ones specifically).
Over the next few months (if you can wait) there will be a lot of new systems comming out, apparently the Strider Plus will be released soon, and that is a fit everything system. And Valco have also released a new runabout system recently too (but be aware, Valco doesnt fit down many shopping checkouts).
In our case it is worth getting the more expensive system as we dog walk, and we use the pram a lot.
If anyone knows of any that fit the toddler seat and the capsule at the same time please put it here, I need to know!
I am not to sure about the capsule with the Phil & Ted, I am going to buy the rail first and then take it to the baby shop and try some different capsules- if I have to get the peg one though I probably will for convenience. I have read some reviews on line saying that even though you are not supposed to use the toddler seat with the capsule on they have without drama.
You can buy attachments for the Peg Perego capsule to fit on the bugaboo pram. I went the cheaper option and bought the safe and sound unity capsule thinking I wouldn't want to attach the capsule to the pram very often so it wasn't worth extra money - how wrong was I! I so wish I'd paid the extra couple of hundred so that I could. If I didn't think DS would grow out of his capsule in the next few months I would be buying a peg perego and putting my s and s on ebay now
why not look into hiring a capsule, depending on where you live there is a company called hire for baby that hire the babylove snap'n'go & unity capsule which both come with a stroller/pram and you can sometimes hire them for a fraction of the cost o buying the whole set, of course you could always buy the stroller & hire the capsule, especially since you will generally only use the capsule part for approx 6-8 months
I hired the old style safe n sound capsule through the Ambulance for 6 months (he's actually just come out of it at just past 4 1/2 months cos he's too long now) and one day I thought I'll just see if I can sit it in the pram. Well, it fitted into the pram. It doesn't click in but it won't fall out because it sits actually INTO the pram. I have a Peg Perego Pliko 3 which is a few years old now but they do still make the same model. I had the back laid down and it fits perfectly in behind the front bar really nice and snug. So, IMO you don't need to buy the specific ones where you might end up with the capsule or pram which you don't really want but have to get to suit the other if you know what I mean. Also, the capsule is I think about $70 to hire for 6 months.
My GF spent a fortune on the capsule base, the capsule and pram.
I was soooo jealous, but she hates it now, and he is only 8 months.
He is way to heavy to carry in the capsule, and doesn't really fit in it already. He looks squished too. So because he cant stay in too long, she has to take him out of the capsule and put him in the pram without it, so defeats the whole purpose of having it.
But it still looks good.....
I would go into a shop and play with the set up. Cart it around a little, pretend to put it and out of the car and so forth..... Her car is a little higher than a sedan, and she hates trying to put in and out.. even when little it was heavy to pull up an down from that height...
BabyJogger City Elite is FAB! Yep expensive, as everything is an optional extra....I bought it coz I moved to Singapore and was walking all the time. I have seen people here with the car transferable capsules in it, though haven't used it myself! Hope I get to soon!!!
I actually hadnt thought of hiring - I thought you could only hire the older style capsules, not the system ones.
Will certainly have a look! Charlotte was a long baby and would not have fitted in a capsule by about 4 months anyway, so would hate to spend so much money and get very little use out of it!!
I say deffinetly look at hireing then...it's could save you heaps of $$..also forgot to mention that a lot of those place will let you see the products first so you can also have a play with them..
with the unity, they would have to be realy long my 14 month old is in it she is 72cm long now and still has room, her legs hang over the ends but it goes by shoulder hight, once the straps are inline or below shoulders they are to long, not when legs overhang it. I actualy rang and asked safe n sound.
If she is awake when i get to the shops or something i put her in the pram, thouhg if she is asleep i transfer in the capsule. I can still carry it for short distances she is now 8.5 kilos
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