We had a capsule, the peg perego one and whilst it seems you are going to get longer out of them because they are a tad longer, the weight only goes to 9 kilos in this country (even though they are rated to 12 kilos in Europe)....They are also the heaviest of the capsules to lift and when you add the baby weight in there you need som good biceps!
Connor outgrew his capsule length wise at 9 months and because we wanted to keep him rearfacing as long as possible we bought a convertible car seat. In hindsight I would still have got the capsule first even though it seems like we were double buying......it was so convenient to pop him on the pram base ( I didn't use the pram bassinette for ages because the capsule was so much more convenient, I could transfer him sleeping from car to pram or car to house easily. IF we are lucky enough to have a number two I would be looking at the maxicosi Mico capsule.....it is the lightest on the market and has one of the highest safety ratings overseas for a baby capsule...also it fits onto most of the travel system prams with the adapters. If you buy a good capsule like the peg perego or maxicosi, they have an excellent resale value on ebay unlike some of the domestic models.....we got back almost all of what we paid for ours, only lost $50 in the resale so for us it was a good purchase.
To answer your question Stoked about buy or hire....look at the resale values on ebay.....you may find that for some of the better models it works out cheaper to buy new and sell on when you are done, than it will cost you to hire for an extended time.....plus you will know for sure you are getting a brand new seat that has guaranteed never been in an accident etc etc..... just my thoughts on it.....
Last edited by melbel; May 30th, 2011 at 04:39 PM.
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