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Old Aug 28th 2005, 2:00 pm
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Does anyone know where to buy a child's car seat for a 1 year old. As we are going to rent a car straight away. So rather then hire one as we will need to get one anyway for when we buy our own car. Many thanks.
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Does anyone know where to buy a child's car seat for a 1 year old. As we are going to rent a car straight away. So rather then hire one as we will need to get one anyway for when we buy our own car. Many thanks.
Target do a lot of baby stuff, other than that there are loads of baby shops around.

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Kmart, BigW, Myer or Target would be your best bet. First 2 would probably be cheapest, although in theory they all should price match each other.
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Kmart, BigW, Myer or Target would be your best bet. First 2 would probably be cheapest, although in theory they all should price match each other.
Thank you very much
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Does anyone know where to buy a child's car seat for a 1 year old. As we are going to rent a car straight away. So rather then hire one as we will need to get one anyway for when we buy our own car. Many thanks.
Check carefully the one you end up buying, for the age ranges that they cover.

We are now selling our old one, and didn't realise at the time that they came in different types.

eg: some are "5 months up to 4 years"
others are "5 months up to 7 years" = Maybe the best option for you ?
ours is "3 years up to 7 years"

 
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Default Re: Good places to buy childs car seat ?

As others have suggested K-Mart & Big W are the best for price - we have found baby shops to be very expensive.
Depending on the size of your one year old you might be able to get a booster seat - otherwise a standard car seat. We have just brought one for Todd (6 months) which lasts up to 18kgs for $120 from Big W (we saw ones in the baby shop for $400+!!).
You will find the car seats are secured differently here, as they need to be anchored to a secure point in the car, as well as the seat belt. Most new cars have anchor points in them otherwise the seat comes with an anchor which you attach to the car.
Hope this helps
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We recently bought one from Target, great value and a great seat.
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"You will find the car seats are secured differently here, as they need to be anchored to a secure point in the car, as well as the seat belt. Most new cars have anchor points in them otherwise the seat comes with an anchor which you attach to the car.
Hope this helps
Annie"

Many thanks- may seem like silly questions to some - but really useful, cost effective & time saving to us.Gr8 info.
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Default Re: Good places to buy childs car seat ?

Originally Posted by CadburysFingers
We recently bought one from Target, great value and a great seat.
Will have a look. I'm liking the sound of Target already!!!
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Default Re: Good places to buy childs car seat ?

"others are "5 months up to 7 years" = Maybe the best option for you ?"

This sounds like the one ABC. Many thanks. I suppose we will be able to fit our own in the hire car?
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