Car capsule advice

13kg?!! You must be talking about a convertible car seat which can be used from birth to 13kg. My 3yr old is only just 13kg!
You can hire capsules and car seats through plunket. They also help to fit carseats that u buy too, so you get it right.

You wont need a anchor bolt with a capsule, whether it has a base or not, it is attatched with the car seat belt. If u use a convertible carseat- ie a carseat that can be used from new born, then becomes more upright as child grows, then u will need an achor bolt. You will need one once baby moves out of capsule to normal carseat too.

Ph your local plunket- some plunkets will be able to tell u which garage to go to to get bolt fitted cheaper, or u can do it yourself. It pays to get one on each side of your car so u can take another child like if u go out with a friend etc,..plus kids have to be in somesort of car restrait until they like 38kgs now!

If u gonna buy any capsule or carseat- get the shop assistant to go to your car with you and make sure it fits first, then get them to show u how to put it in after u buy it!

They also have a 10 yr expirey date on them, and also should be replaced if in any sort of accident as they can be weakened- so be careful when buying secondhand.

As the others have said, you only need a capsule for the first 6months (or longer if you have a tiny baby like mine).

The 13kg thing is a bit of a have. Yes, the carseat maybe able to hold this weight, but they also have a height restriction which is usually around 67-70cms. This is about the average height of a 5-6month old whereas 13kg is around the weight of an average 2 year old. I don't know why the carseat makers always state the weight restriction when realistically all babies are going to hit the height restriction first. It really annoys me everytime I see a baby in a capsule they are far to big for...

Hi Sasha,

Make sure you try the capsule in your car, we orginally were going to go with a phil and teds, but our seatbelt is too short, so it wont go around the capsule. So we have to get a base. Also is the capsule going to go in other peoples cars? As if your seatbelt is long enough, other peoples seatbelts might not be.

Like others said, the base is seatbelted in. But there is one or two that are anchored in, but these are for capsules, that are expensive, ie $400.

So far the cheapest capsule and base I have found is the milano, from baby city. At about $220 all up.
Otherwise you are looking at about 280-350 from other places. The other one is the safety 1st you can get from babyfactory, its about 300, but you can get cheaper off internet baby shops (just try first at babyfactory). This has a base leveler, which if your seats tilt, like mine do, with the milano, you'd have to put a towel under it. Sounds confusing, but you'll understand once your try.

Then you can confuse yourself about wheather you want side protection foam, 3 point or 5 point harness. Nothing is simple!
Good luck!



Edited by janini

We have a capsule that goes up to 13.5kg and 76cm. Callum still fits in it because his head doesn't reach the top, it's just his loooong legs hanging over the bottom (Yes, he would probably be safer in a convertible car seat now but we don't have a car and so need something that goes into a taxi quickly - we live in Singapore. Car seats aren't actually compulsory )

Anyhoo, we're still using our capsule at 12m and C isn't a small baby by any stretch of the imagination. I know other mum's in NZ using capsules at 9-10mo and their bubs are smaller than C, it really does depend on how big your baby is!

We've got a Peg Perego Primo Viaggo with Iso-Fix base but we don't use the base here. We will for subsequent babies if we move home though.