I have used them before and not found them too expensive, but not for car seats sorry! Otherwise, could you hire them for a couple of weeks and check out some local baby and kid markets for some second hand ones? Generally second hand ones are not recommended though as you can never be certain that they have not been in an accident.
After further research into hiring I have found that it shouldn't cost THAT much but I'm still waiting to hear back from Hire for Baby and RAA since based on the monthly fees it would be closer to $700 to hire seats for both kids, which is still WAY more than I'm willing to pay. I think it's pretty unusual for someone to hire a convertible seat or a booster seat for 6 months. The capsules are regularly hired out for 6 months for less than $100 but I think most people buy the bigger seats or just hire them for a week to a month if they're travelling or something.
In case you're interested, Hire for Baby quoted me $99 for a 6-month hire for 1 seat and if you need to upgrade to a bigger seat during that time, you just need to pay a cleaning fee of $10. I have a feeling though that someone will end up loaning us either one or both seats we need because all of my friends are asking around but it's still nice to know we can afford to hire them if we need to. I also noticed a good deal on their site for $170 you can get a baby capsule and upgrade it to a convertible seat at 6 months, or whenever you need to, and then at 12 months turn it back in. Then all you have to buy is a front facing seat that can be converted to a booster seat at 4 years. It sounds like a good deal if you don't have your kids really close together since the laws always seem to be outdating car seats.
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