I ummed & aahed about getting a capsule. I decided that for the cost to hire for 6 months, given i want to have 2 kids, I might as well buy it... then the sns Unity Capsule (goes to 12kg) was on sale, so I bought that instead of the traditional sns blue capsule (only goes to 9kg). I've loved having it - very handy... but in retrospect i'd buy the stroller that goes with it too lol! So saying, DH is big & strong so he usually lugs it around. My physio yelled at me and told me not to carry capsule with bubs in it, so the whole travel system woulda been useful.... especially for those short trips where you're getting bubs out of hte car for just a short appt or dash into the shops. It's such a shame to disturb them! One of my girlfriends who has a baby who doesn't sleep well told me that in retrospect she wished she'd got the capsule too.