Baby Capsule - What one?
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Topic: Baby Capsule - What one?
Posted By: MINXY
Subject: Baby Capsule - What one?
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 11:27am
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Just wanted some help on what kind of newborn Capsule to get.
We want to buy one and I am thinking of either getting an Evenflow Portabout 5 Capsule with Base. Has anyone used this before if so what are the good and bad points of this type? OR Bebe - Phil and Teds newborn Capsule. This I like because it can match our Phil and Ted Buggy that we plan to buy it is also much lighter than other capsules when empty. I am not too familiar with this one and wondered has anyone used one of these and why is it good or bad? Thanks for your help!! |
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Posted By: kasbee
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 12:19pm
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We had an evenflo capsule with base for the twins. It made life so much easier as you don't have to play around with seatbelts you just clip the carseat into the base and away you go. Also we had a car crash when the twins were 5 weeks old, (me falling asleep and hitting a tree) and with the bases the carseats didn't move an inch. We were so glad that we had the bases, i think they are a really good idea. ------------- Kelly, mother to 4 wonderful children. http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lou
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 2:29pm
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I've just done a lot of 'research' on baby Capules and ended up getting the Baby Trend Capsule with base (it has the triangle on the top, good grip on the handle). It looked more comfortable than some and I also liked the colour. I liked the Bill and Teds one also but to me it seemed so much smaller than the other ones. I would also recommend getting the Snap n Go Wheels (either Hire or Buy) - great if you need to go shopping for 15mns or so. Its amazing how heavy the capsules can get especially as the baby gets bigger! ------------- Mother to two beautiful children - Sophie age 6 and Ephraim age 4 |
Posted By: MINXY
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 3:56pm
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Thanks for your help!
I am off to have another look tomorrow night. 
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 4:03pm
I'm glad we didn't buy one as our chub chub grew out of it at 4 and a half months!   ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 4:27pm
| We got ours as part of the travel system so it clips in and secures on the pram which is exactually what i wanted and it was only $315 hehe |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 5:33pm
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i hried from pulket was so much easyer as when james grew out ofit i just gave it back to them ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 9:24pm
| My dad bought us an evenflo one which was great and has been good with Taine too, but i second it being really heavy!! I saw some wheelie things that they can clip into on trademe. I am pretty sure if you rent one from the baby factory you can get one of those. I would suggest renting as well, nuless you can get someone to buy it for you! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 10:31pm
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Hey I don't know if it's any good or not but I saw some capsules in the Warehouse today that can be used up to 13kg rear facing (around 1 year). They meet all the safety standards etc. and are only $149 so might be worth checking out? -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: MINXY
Date Posted: 26 January 2006 at 10:40am
Thanks Maya! I will check them out too! 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 28 January 2006 at 4:30pm
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Well I've laybyed the Evenflo Portabout 5 capsule with base after kasbee's recommendation and after playing around them all them all today.
I like that it was lighter than the others we picked up (didn't try the Phil and Ted's though) and I really liked the base. We are getting ours from Winkalotts so it's $150.00 compared to $200.00 which I was pretty happy about too! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 28 January 2006 at 5:55pm
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Hi there, you can usually get some quite good cheap capsules from the Baby Factory. They rent out capsules 3 times then sell them for $75. And they are checked quite thoroughly before they are sold. Also I think Nappies for Less sell them new for $80 but I'm not 100% on that. Just for those who have to stick to that budget...like me ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 29 January 2006 at 2:21pm
if u r on a tight bugett u can apply for a cheap but new chair from pulket all u have to do is get a referal letter from your midwife and take to pulket car seat hire the seat costs$20.20 cents for six months and the same every six months after hope this helps ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 31 January 2006 at 9:17am
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Toni, do you know if Baby Factory rent out the next carseats? I have a plunket capsule but I dont like it cos its really old and yucky so I dont want to rent the next one from there, but cant really afford to buy one... ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 31 January 2006 at 10:06am
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One thing to keep in mind when getting a capsule for your first baby is how many children are you going to have? You may be better buying an ex rental from Baby Factory for $75 and then at least you own it....and will have one for when baby 2 comes along (and one less expense as you will not need to hire one again).
Also, I really recommend hiring the Snap n Go wheels...I use them all the time. Certainly saves having to carry the capsule around everywhere. |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 31 January 2006 at 10:36am
| hey Aimee, I'm pretty sure the Baby factory rents car seats. The one in Palmy definitely rents capsules, not sure about regular car seats but I'd suspect so. |
Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 31 January 2006 at 12:20pm
| how long is baby in a capsule for? |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 31 January 2006 at 12:52pm
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Most are up to 6 mths or 8kg, but some are up to 13kg or 12 months. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 31 January 2006 at 3:05pm
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mine were never in one. I just had a car seat from birth. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 31 January 2006 at 4:37pm
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So did I. But I found it was a pain having to get her in and out of the seat if she was asleep. Will definitely do the capsule thing next time. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 31 January 2006 at 11:03pm
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Baby Factory definitely hire out capsules, but I'm not sure if they do the next seats? I think it would have that on their website. Or maybe next time pop in? Definitely not as cheap as Plunket but alot nicer because they only hire out 3 times before selling cheap. ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 01 February 2006 at 12:10pm
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I checked out prices here in Welly and it was cheaper to hire through plunket mand our capsule was really nice too. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fairsk8
Date Posted: 01 February 2006 at 2:45pm
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Yeah I found it cheaper to hire from plunket as well, and we got a really nice new carseat from them, not one of those horrible grey looking things. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: kasbee
Date Posted: 01 February 2006 at 3:44pm
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One of the twins car seats was hired from Baby On The Move for $105. $25 bond and you get that back if capsule is handed back in the same condition.
I asked him if he hired out the next size up car seats and he did but he also said that your better off to buy one because they are in it for so much longer then the capsule, so thats what we decided to do then we will just sell it when we are finished with it. ------------- Kelly, mother to 4 wonderful children. http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Chaucey
Date Posted: 02 February 2006 at 2:30pm
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Was "Baby on the move" good?
I see they have those evenflo portabouts and a whole heap of other stuff too. I'd love to hear some feedback... |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 February 2006 at 4:12pm
| www.babyfactory.co.nz have all the hiring things...you can even get high chairs and portacots! |
Posted By: kasbee
Date Posted: 02 February 2006 at 4:29pm
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Yeh i didn't have a problem with them, even when we had the car crash he was really good about the whole insurance thing.
He had a whole bedroom full of things that he hired out like exersaucers, carseats, snap & goes, buggy's, battery powered swings, and lots of other things. I would recommend them.  ------------- Kelly, mother to 4 wonderful children. http://lilypie.com">
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