One of the things that we will have to get is another car capsule. Last time, it came with our pram as a full setup. You could click the capsule out of the car, and onto the pram, without having to get Genevieve out of it. But we sold the two of them together as a unit, when we picked up the Phil & Ted's on eBay for a song.
We've been told that in all likelihood, we won't need to get a capsule, as by then Kellie and Erich's little-un won't quite be that little. (If it's anything like the boys, that is). However, we would like to have the option of being able to clip it into our Phil & Ted's pram.Phil & Ted do have an accessory for this, but they don't sell it in Australia. So I'll investigate prices for buying it online from overseas, and we'll weigh it up. (It's not a 'must have', more a 'nice to have').
What probably is a must have is their toddler seat. This can be fitted on the top (if the freshie is to be sleeping in the back) or in the back (as shown right) if the freshie is going to be seated upright, with the toddler in the back. Friends of ours (and Vievey's) have this, and they've found it great.There's plenty of other items I'm sure we'd love... but again, probably not too many we 'need'.
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Interesting to read about the Phil'n'Teds options... a warning though about buying overseas car seats- Australian infant seat standards are a lot stricter (aka safer?) than other countries and the use of non-compliant car seats is technically illegal, I believe.
ReplyDeleteHave had several OS friends (European or North American) who brought their OS-approved car seats with them when they moved here and the approved fitters won't fit them to cars because they don't meet Australian standards.
Actually, most of the European standards are stricter than here. There's a system which actually bolts the car in behind the seat, our Subaru has it, but because the Aust standards are behind, they can't be sold here.
ReplyDeleteIn any case, we will be getting an Aust-made, Aust standards car capsule. It's just the component that allows the car capsule to clip into the stroller that we're after (which, I'm comfortable in ignoring Aust guidelines for that one, seeing how it exceeds other countries).