baby capsule doesnt fit!!!
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Topic: baby capsule doesnt fit!!!
Posted By: denny25
Subject: baby capsule doesnt fit!!!
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 4:58pm
| I'm so frustrated! I'm 36 weeks pregnant and we've just tried to fit the capsule into BOTH of our cars BUT it seems like no matter what we do, it just doesnt fit! and we follow all of the instructions, but it seems like our seatbelts are too short...has anyone else had this problem?? |
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:28pm
| Yep it can happen. Phone the shop where u got it and see if they have any ideas or can change it. When we got ours the shop assistant came to our car and showed us how to fit it so we knew how to do it! |
Posted By: denny25
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:33pm
| ugh this one is one that my father brought for us off trademe :( |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:35pm
sell it on and get a new one ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:37pm
| Yeah thats probably all you can do. You could still ring a babystore ans ask them if there is anything u can do about it. |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:46pm
| id go see plunket first and ask their car seat peeps if they can try and get it to fit. |
Posted By: denny25
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 5:47pm
| ahh crap :( We can't get the angelcare monitor we want either because everyone is sold out - these last minute hiccups are really getting to me!!!! :( |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 6:12pm
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Ask your local plunket car seat team they can help you out. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: denny25
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 6:24pm
| i will definitely go to plunket tomorrow..fingers crossed |
Posted By: Nefertiti
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 6:42pm
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What about this monitor:
http://www.babystuff.co.nz/proddetail.php?prod=431270 - monitor There was a discussion about the shortage of AngelCare monitors not long ago, and someone suggested this one. |
Posted By: pip1
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 7:13pm
| Its not a phil and ted capsule by any chance is it. Friends of mine had troubles because of seatbelt length in one of their cars. Sorry dont know if they solved their problem diddnt use it in that car. |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 7:26pm
| We had P&T, fitted fine in our cars, but not in my parents older car(early 1990's). We ended up having to put Isla in the front seat. |
Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 7:54pm
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The plunket car seat lady told me that a lot of the jap import cars have shorter seatbelts than other cars andto be careful when getting a seat, capsule or otherwise as a lot of them wont fit. Leahs seat barely fit in our old car, we changed to a stationwagon a couple of weeks ago and I bought a seatbelt extension strap from babycity for just in case we had similar problems but the seatbelts in the new car are slightly longer than the old car, so it was fine. You could get the extension belt, they were about $50-60 and they extend the belt by 300 mls I think it was, you may even be able to get them longer. Good luck. -------------  
 
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Posted By: denny25
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 8:00pm
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Thanks Nefertiti, I've rung babystuff and they have sold out but are ringing their supplier tomorrow to see if they have any tommee tippee monitors in stock.
Pip - no its not a phil and ted. I think the brand is Babywise. |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 8:30pm
| angel care can be ordered at baby city and baby factory.....youd have one before the bubs arrived im sure |
Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 8:56pm
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Ours was pretty tight in some of our cars others the seat just needed to be moved back or leaned back slightly. DP was just gunna get a new seatbelt for one of the cars but it sold so didnt have to worry in the end. The Subaru GTB was the tightest fitting we had tho and we could still just get it done up -------------   
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 8:40am
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u need to buy one of the locking clips so u can use the seatbelt the alternate route.. instead of taking it through the back try taking it straight across the front where the lap sash goes and use the clip to secure it. -------------  
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Posted By: mandz
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 11:33am
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We had this problem with my car, the belt was just not long enough to go through the capsule the way it is meant to go. Ended up swapping cars with DH as his car fits the capsule fine. Also then bought a base for our capsule and the seatbelt will work through that for most cars. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Zack Robert Henton - 29th December 2009 |
Posted By: denny25
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 6:18pm
| Neeks - does the locking clip come off everytime the capsule is taken out of the car or does it stay on permanently? |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 8:19pm
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it can stay on if your using the capsule in that car with every ride as it keeps the seat belt at the correct length etc or you can take it off.. it's entirely up to you! What brand capsule is it?? -------------
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Posted By: denny25
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 8:55pm
| Its Babywise |
Posted By: CaseysMum
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 10:01pm
| you can get seatbelt extension thingies at repco and babycity that might be able to help you |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 10:10pm
Yep I was gonna suggest this as well. Also if you don't have airbags you can put the carseat in the front passenger seat, the belt might be longer there than in the back. ------------- 
 
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CaseysMum wrote:Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 2:41pm
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we had this problem in both our cars and it's with most jap imports a friend on mine got a extension for the seat belt. and we just bought one of those base things which i recommend coz its so fast to get the seat out again. ------------- Sarah Mum to, Boy 07/2008, Girl 03/2010, Boy 05/2012, Angel  07/08/2014
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Posted By: denny25
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 6:34pm
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I've been to Repco and Appco today and tried their seatbelt extenders and none of them work on my car :(
the 3 local plunkets that i went too couldnt tell me how to properly install a car seat (!!!!) and referred me to their Dominion Road car seat hire place. Im resigned to the fact that we will need a car seat with a base - are these OK to use in front seats?? |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 7:09pm
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I think as long as you don't have a front passenger air bag it should be fine, but just check the manufacturer instructions to be sure. -------------
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 12 August 2008 at 7:22pm
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I am not sure where you live, but the Plunket Carseat Hire place in Henderdon fitted my capsule in my car and they were fantastic!! Sooooooo helpful and worth the effort of going there to get it done properly!
I recommend you try them before before buying a new capsule though. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 13 August 2008 at 11:05am
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Definitely go for a capsule with a base! We have a honda civic and our capsule fits, JUST! Its a PITA fitting the seatbelt everytime, especially in this weather (I get rained on alll the time..goes with being a mum I think!) -------------  Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 13 August 2008 at 9:23pm
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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 13 August 2008 at 9:31pm
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We had a hard time with our capsule... I have a lil 2 door Toyota Glanza (Starlet) and found we could put it in the back, but the seatbelt wasn't long enough for the lap part... in the end Phoenix was moved to the front seat, with the seat slightly reclined and it worked fine, just meant DF had to ride in the back hahaha.
Last week we switched to a carseat, but we had to go with front facing as my car is sooo small. Glad I shelled out extra for a great carseat. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 13 August 2008 at 10:14pm
My DH drives a '95 civic and we had to put the capsule on the front seat as it physically couldn't fit in the back as there isn't enough space. Our capsule isn't one of the base ones though not sure if one of those would have fitted better, but DH just uses the civic to get to work and my car is our main vehicle so we hadn't tried the capsule in it until my car was in having some repairs and we needed to go out. -------------
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 13 August 2008 at 10:26pm
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You would need to go to a plunket car seat place to get the help. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 2:49pm
Ours is a 5 door sedan so there is room, its just the seat belats are a wee bit too small! ------------- Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 7:06pm
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Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 9:17pm
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can you get a base for this capsule? i think they used to sell them at kmart? A base often doesn't need as long a seat belt as the capsules themselves. i could be wrong, but i wouldn't think they would need as much. -------------   
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 9:56pm
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You can hire bases too from the likes of Baby Factory!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 14 August 2008 at 10:00pm
Yup, and the more kids you have, the wetter you get!  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 15 August 2008 at 8:10am
lol, poor emma. 3 under 5's to belt in yourself. you must get soaked! -------------
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Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 15 August 2008 at 8:10am
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lol, poor emma. 3 under 5's to belt in yourself. you must get soaked! -------------
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