Hire a baby capsule & base to keep your newest addition safe in the car. We have a range of capsules & bases to suit your needs, and the option of hiring an additional base in some cases for a second vehicle.
Each booking receives a complimentary installation, installed by one of our child restraint technicians who will demonstrate the correct use of the capsule & base.
Our hire service is available in all of our stores. If you are hiring a capsule and base, our vehicle safety team will install this at one of our store locations. If you are unable to visit one of our stores, please call us on 0800 700 703 to discuss other options.
Pricing
Capsule & Base Model | Bond* | 1 Week | 1 Month | 3 Months | 6 Months |
Safety 1st On Board 35 | $30 | $50 | $80 | $100 | $120 |
Maxi-Cosi Mico | $30 | $60 | $95 | $160 | $200 |
Britax Willow S | $30 | $60 | $95 | $160 | $200 |
Edwards & Co Avery | $30 | $50 | $80 | $120 | $170 |
2nd Base Option | 1 Week | 1 Month | 3 Months | 6 Months | |
Edwards & Co Avery | $25 | $30 | $40 | $60 | |
Britax Willow S Alpine | $25 | $30 | $50 | $75 |
*Only one bond is paid per hire. If adding a 2nd base to the hire of a capsule and base, one bond covers all items.
Features
- Rear-facing 1.8 – 15.9 kg
- The lightest infant car seat for babies up to 15.9 kg (as of February 2017)
- Side Impact Protection
- 4 harness heights spaced right for a better fit from tiny to tall
- Extra newborn support with head and body inserts
- One pull gives baby a secure fit
- Adjustable base for the right fit to your car
- Machine washable and dryer safe seat pad
- Lightweight and easy to carry
- QuickClick® ensures car seat attaches securely to the stroller with one simple click
- LATCH equipped
- Aeroplane ready
- Lifespan: 8 years from manufacturing date.
Features
- Designed for Growth – Suitable from newborn to 13kgs (12 –15 months)
- Designed for Safety – The Avery Capsule is tested and certified to ECER044/04. 5 Point harness and hardware designed in Sweden by a specialist harness manufacturer.
- Superbly easy to install with the Avery Base’s ISOFIX or seat belt install system.
- Designed for Travel – This capsule can be installed in the car with or without the Averybase, making it ideal for families on the go. Weighing only 3.75kg, this lightweight car seat is easy to carry and move about.
- Designed for Comfort – The ergonomic newborn insert with removable head hugger is included with your capsule to keep your baby comfortable at every stage.
- Designed for Everyday – The UPF50+ canopy ensures your baby is protected no matter the weather.
- Designed for Memory – The unique memory adapter design means you can add or remove Avery effortlessly from the Oscar Mx with a push of a button.
- In the box: Product includes harness pads, lumbar pads, newborn liner with head support, canopy, crotch buckle cover and instruction manual. Base includes stabiliser bar, seat belt tension locking clamp & instruction manual.
Features
- Rear-facing to 13.6kg and up to 81.3 cm
- A 5-point adjustable safety harness with padded harness covers
- One of the lightest premium infant capsules available
- Easy-carry handle
- Side Impact Protection
- Includes a convenient stay-in-car adjustable base for easy click-in and one-click UAS system for better installation
- Easily remove covers for cleaning; innovative design allows for removal without rethreading harness!
- Easy to clean, machine washable and dryer safe fabric
- Multi-position sun canopy with flip-out visor for extra protection when needed
- Includes Cozi-Dozi™ insert that provides head and neck support for smaller babies
- Can be installed easily without the base, making it perfect for city trips in a cab
- Adapters to use Maxi Cosi capsule as a travel system included with compatible Maxi-Cosi strollers. Most adapters for many other premium strollers are available from Baby Bunting.
- Certified for aircraft use
Features
- Rear-facing from 1.8 – 13.6kg and up to 81.3 cm
- A 5-point adjustable safety harness with padded harness covers
- The RightSize system provides adjustment points at the hips, shoulders and between the legs to create your baby’s perfect fit from the start
- Includes a convenient stay-in-car adjustable base with ClickTight technology so you know it can be installed securely on the first ride and beyond
- This car seat features level indicators and spring-assist recline that make it easy to find the correct installation angle for your vehicle
- Rebound reduce stability bar Alpine infant car seat base helps minimize movement in a crash; carry handle provides stability when used in the upright position
- Safecell Technology designed to help manage energy and minimize force transferred to baby
- Soft Latch with premium connectors
- The SafeWash car seat cover and stroller insert only are naturally flame-retardant and safe to machine wash and dry
- Multi-position sun canopy with flip-out visor and peek-a-boo window
- Can be installed easily without the base, making it perfect for city trips in a cab
- Compatible with many strollers
- Certified for aircraft use
Capsule Hire FAQs
Two of the most important aspects of installing a capsule properly are ensuring it is secure in your vehicle and is at the correct angle for a sleeping baby. There should be less than 2.5cm of sideways movement when it is installed, and it should be at a 45 degree angle.
A capsule is carried in and out of a vehicle, so to install a capsule without a base, it is necessary to install it every time you travel. There will be a belt path that requires you to thread the vehicle belt through the capsule. You will need to complete this, ensure the belt is tight enough to secure the capsule with less than 2.5cm of movement, and make sure the capsule is at a 45 degree recline every time.
Using a base removes the need to install the capsule each time. Instead, the base is installed in the vehicle once. It is installed ensuring it has less than 2.5cm of movement and it enables the capsule to sit at a 45 degree recline. The base then stays in the vehicle, and the capsule simply clips in and out of the base each journey you take.
Not only is this more convenient, it also greatly increases the likelihood of your baby travelling in a safely installed capsule every time you travel.
All the capsules and bases we have available for hire can be installed using either a seatbelt or isofix. We will install your base using one of these methods. Which is used will be decided by which method allows our child restraint technician to achieve the most secure and safest fit for your capsule and base in your vehicle. This will depend on several factors.
To be able to install the capsule base using isofix, your vehicle must have the lower anchors located between the vehicle’s rear seat base and rear seat back.
Only one of these methods can be used at one time. A capsule base is installed using either the vehicle seat belt or isofix – not both at once.
As long as the installation is secure, and the capsule base is installed in line with the manufacturer’s instructions, either method used is as safe as the other.
If you are booking for your newborn, the most common timeframe to book a capsule and base for is 6 months.
Babies will outgrow a capsule and base at differing ages. Capsules and bases (and all car seats) have maximum limits. Once a child reaches these limits, they have outgrown the car seat. As each baby grows at a different rate, each baby will reach the limit of a capsule and base at a different age.
It is uncommon for a child to outgrow a capsule before 6 months of age. A small child may still fit their capsule at 12 months or older. Therefore, it is very likely you will be able to use a capsule and base at least until 6 months old.
As long as we have capsules and bases available, you can extend your hire.
Your child will transition from a capsule and base into one of two types of car seats:
A convertible car seat: This is called convertible as it “converts” from rear- to forward-facing. Your baby will start off using this seat rear-facing and, ideally once they have reached the rear-facing limits of the car seat, they will then convert to forward-facing.
A rear-facing car seat: Some seats on the market are dedicated rear-facing seats. These seats may allow you to keep your child rear-facing beyond toddler age and into early school years.
All infant capsules and bases must be installed rear-facing as per their instruction manuals.
A baby’s head is largely unsupported and vulnerable to sustaining injuries in a forward-facing car seat. A rear-facing car seat will absorb most of the crash forces and spread these across a wide area of the baby’s body. The baby’s head, neck and spine are fully supported.
The benefit of rear-facing is that it reduces the risk of severe head, neck and spinal injuries.
Concerns that a child’s feet and legs will suffer injuries if they are touching the vehicle seat are sometimes used as a reason to turn a child forward-facing too soon. There is no evidence to support this, but there is evidence showing increased risk of head, neck and spine injuries in a forward-facing seat.
The safest place for any car seat in any vehicle is on the back seat.
The rear middle seat is a preferable position being furthest away from any type of impact. This is the case as long as you can achieve a safe and secure fit for the car seat and potentially the car seats next to it.
Please view our video explaining why the rear seat is safest.
This is a common question. Growing families mean additional car seats as well as a transition from one type to the next.
Whether you can fit 3 across in your vehicle will depend on the vehicle itself and the car seats you use, as well as which direction your car seats are installed. You’ll also need to consider whether you have anchor points in the positions required for some of your car seats and a number of other factors.
We suggest you book a time for a trial fitting with our vehicle safety team.
