Portacots

We had a Mothers Choice cheapie from KMart, bought it for $120 and sold it for $85 on TM a year later.

Mum has a more expensive one in Aussie with the bassinette fitting which we used for Maya when we were there and the bassinette fitting was great when she was smaller so I didn't get backache putting her in and out. But if you're only using it for a couple of days at a time I wouldn't bother with the basinette fitting as they are quite a bit more $$$

to any one that is a bit of a camper or wants something light weight, we have the phil and teds T2, comes with inflatable matress (thermal) and fits into a tiny bag, also has full mozzie cover, for any outdoorsy people a definate must. we also use it at grandparents ect.

We have used a portacot about um... 6 times between the girls I think. So we just borrow from friends, since we have two sets of friends with portacots its never been a problem.

I'm not sure (if I were you) if I would buy in advance if you have people you can borrow off the first time or two. Staying at friends was not as easy as we imagined so we haven't done it as much as we thought.

We have a phil and teds t2, more expensive yes.. but brilliant. (when you get used to the look of it). it weighs under 2.5kg and folds into a bag the size of a sport shoe carrier. Love love love it! (comes with a self inflating mattress) prior to that we had a standard kingston portacot with basinette bit.. it was good just bulky and heavy (and not as comfy as this one). great resale value though..sold on trademe for a $1 less than i paid for it

Oo the other thing I meant to say is Phil and Teds is absoulutly fab to deal with.. I broke my t2 my fault (did something silly as) and they replaced it free of charge anyway and the turn around was less than 2 days.

Hey Liz how much did your phil and ted cost you?

are they online??

wow i like the sound of the phil and teds one...cause we are alsolooking at going to usa next year when bubs will be around 9 months...sounds nice and portable!
thanks

We've got a Kingston one - can't remember how much we paid for it but I do remember that for months after buying it I saw cheaper (and better looking) ones EVERYWHERE, and I regretted being suckered in by the "sale" sign on ours!  It's sturdy and easy to put up but a bit of work to tie up again after use.  It's blimmin heavy, and takes up as much space in our car boot as the LPG tank does!  If I did it again, I'd buy a Phil & Ted's portacot. 

Oh yes I forgot to mention that the cheapies are really big if you have to pack them in your car along with everything else. Definitely something worth looking into.