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Every struggled with trying to fit your capsule ? The fiddling and over stretching when trying to get the seat belt secured? On Click is all you need on this super easy and affordable capsule and base travel system from adventure New Zealand. Easy to install with a 3 point seat belt harness and internal soft infant layer, you will never need to struggle with over stretching again. We have availability locally for our families to try and ride with our adventure capsule and base prior to ordering. *Suitable for newborns to 13kg in weight. *No more fiddly seatbelts. Install the base and one-click the capsule in and out of the car. *The base can be quickly installed to your car using its 3-point seat belt. *The capsule is easy to click in and out of the base. *Capsule includes 3 point harness and soft infant layer than can be removed as baby grows bigger. *Suits most cars. *Trusted brand with high quality products. *Safety approved to ECE44/04 for infants to 13 kg (as approved by Land Transport). *10 year expiry from year of manufacture. *Capsule weight: 3.5kg *Free Certified installation (locally only)

So its that time of year again and we are feeling the cold, the damp, the chill and soon the snow. Have you found a blanket thick enough, yet small enough to cover your kids in their buggy? Need an added level of snuggle and cosy to your capsule? Plan to do some serious walking, hiking or shopping and need to keep everyone nice and toasties? Silly Billyz Car Seat/Buggy snuggle bag has finally made it to our Retail. We love it at All For Kids, Queenstown as it is not only suited for our environment here, but pretty much anywhere. Thanks to is multi use the snuggle bag can start its life out in a capsule/car seat, then grow with your child to its buggy. In the summer we can take off a layer and make sure the liner keeps that buggy nice and clean. Have you ever been caught out with an un-controlled spill, sick child or number 3 in the car seat/buggy? Having to strip it all down for an in depth clean? Why not have your inbuilt snuggle bag/buggy liner help you out, they are easy to clean and can be removed simply, leaving a clean and dry carseat/buggy behind. So now we have your attention why not see what more you can do with your Silly Billyz snuggle bag. Our Introductory price of $68 + $6pp NZ Wide (flat packed with box) Colours available - Black, Navy (white lining), Red and  (Pink and Cinnamon optional)

What ever side of the world you are on doing a "Spring Clean", it is vital that you check your child's car seat/restraint as often as possible. Some very basic facts: Do you know your seats expiry date?, how to best dispose of your expired car seat, your seats life span ? and most importantly when to change your child seat. We have done a little simple research for you, that will set you on the right way to checking some key points about your car seat/restraint. All For Kids, Queenstown prides its self on its very popular and busy equipment hire, so you can imagine that sending out car seats/restraints in 100% working and legal order is a MUST for us, NZ Child Restraint Standards Are you aware that some car seats/restraints have a use by date of 5 years, whereas some can go as long as 10 years. It is crucial that when buying your seat (or if you have bought one ) that you are aware of the life span of your seat/restraint. These following interesting links are well worth a read - particularly on how to read your seats/restraints expiry date, how to dispose of a seat/restraint safety, what to do if the seat/restraint has been in an accident and Bella's Story. With the added increase of traffic on our roads these days, we cannot stress how important it is to have your child in the safest, best fitted/matched and 100% working order car seat/restraint possible. Please take some time to have a read of the follow very helpful information. NZ Child Restraints - Expiry dates - how to read them NZ Child Restraints - After and accident and disposal NZ Child [...]

Our families have asked, so we are delivering. The Exactus Locking Clip is an easy to use seat belt clip that secures the lap seat belt section (restricting movement) tightly in place once your car seat/restraint has been installed. Fitted to the lower part of your seat belt (lap section) near the buckle, this tight and secure fixing is now standard with all our Car Seat/Restraint hire, through All for kids, Queenstown. Due to continuing success of our Car Seat/Restraint hire, our travelling and local families have given us tremendous feedback on how easy/safe and convenient The Exactus is, a simple but fully necessary addition to all safe car seat/restraint travel. All for kids,Queenstown are now adding The Exactus Locking Clip to its retail section, for all our families to benefit from. Developed in line with child safety experts and independently tested to comply with AS/NZS1754:2000 Child Restraint systems for use in motor vehicles. The Exactus Locking Clip can be used on: Car Seats/Restraints that are forward and rear facing of a maximum of 18kg Used on rear facing capsules and bases When used properly with clear instructions no damage will occur to the seat belt. We have launched our INTRODUCTORY OFFER for NZ WIDE. $8.50 + pp ( regular price $9.95+pp)

Buying a Buggy and Travel System does not need to be hard, stressful or even daunting. Let the excitement get involved, do your research, go out and try before you buy and talk to the experts in their field. We have put together a few thoughts brought on from both personal experiences, customer feedback and local families, on some of the basics on buying NEW BUGGIES. Ask your self the WHY, WHAT, WHO, WHERE AND WHEN questions and you will be surprised with what you up with.  A little bit of homework on what could be the biggest purchase of becoming a family, does pay off. Practically, Adaptability, Lifestyle, Size and Comfort are some of the key areas to look at. Here is little input: WHY ?  To be able to travel from a to b in a practical comfortable manner. WHAT ? Are you mainly a city walker or an all terrain user – picking the right buggy for the right terrain will make a lot of difference in its practicality and fitting in with your lifestyle. Does the buggy offer good growth options ? Allowing you to add as your family extends, providing the whole package from new born to toddler and is it value for money ? WHO ? Look at the users of the buggy, yourself , partner, husband, relatives, carer and your child/ren. It is easier to buy the right buggy to suit your lifestyle then change your lifestyle to suit your buggy . Your child/ren must feel comfortable, secure and enjoy the buggy as well as you. Look for the adaptability the buggy has for the users making it suitable for everyone. WHERE ? Look at your location, the place you live, the [...]

How excited are we to finally be able to offer you (online) these 3 amazing Evenflo Car Seats. In short we have launched our Tribute Sport and Symphony LX/DLX with some great introductory prices, offering our families more for their money. "It was 1988… …and while in the US on business, Warwick Edwards met Evenflo. In love with the brand he quickly went to work obtaining the rights for the NZ market. With their innovative products and Warwick’s eye for quality and practicality, Evenflo, quickly became a market leading baby product brand in NZ. The Edwards Family were a key customer of Evenflo and it was through this connection that the family learnt about the design of baby strollers and car seats. Over the next 20 years they became a key stroller and car seat distributor for major retailers in NZ." And now All For Kids, Queenstown brings you the Evenflo Car Seat selection, making travel more comfortable and affordable. Have a look through our Sale - New section under Evenflo and see what you like, we love them so much that they are starting to be filtered into our hire stock too. Happy Shopping families

All For Kids Queenstown, is proud to add 2 new travel systems to our retail section. A 100% Kiwi owned and operated brand, Adventure is recognised as the quiet achiever in superb quality strollers and car seats that are unbreakable in design & safety, and unbeatable in price. Adventure have joined with us to provide you, the travelling family the best in comfort for your baby and infant. Easy to use buggies with attachable car seat capsules, both the Extreme and Classic are affordable all in one packages. To accompany the buggy travel system you can add to your package the Adventure Booster 3 in 1 and the Adventure Booster 2 in 1 as your kids grow. If you live locally (Queenstown area) All For Kids Queenstown, can provide you with full Car Seat Technician trained capsule/Booster seat installation. You can drive away knowing that everything fits how it should. For more information have a look at our Adventure Extreme and Classic in our I want to buy section. Happy affordable travel.   All For Kids Team, Queenstown

All For Kids, Queenstown NZ are making doubly sure that you have a wonderful holiday these New Zealand School holidays. The last big break till Christmas, so we thought we would add a little extra FREE playtime for the kids. When you book any of our equipment to the value of $50 these NZ School holidays (27/9/14 to 12/10/14) we will add a $10 toy box for FREE. Subject to availability your toy box will be made up of age and gender appropriate toys, keeping the kids just that little bit more busy these holidays. You can take the opportunity to upgrade your toy box if you so wish for an additional $20 (maximum hire 5 days), making play time even more fun. Happy playing everyone from the All For Kids Team    

We are super excited to announce here at All For Kids, Queenstown, that our Retail section goes live this week. All For Kids, Queenstown has joined with Edwards & Co and Adventure to be able to not only hire our equipment but sell brand new baby equipment to our families. Edwards & Co have some of the best baby travel buggy systems & Car Seats on the market, and believe us we have seen a few with our extensive hire section. New Zealand designed and with a wonderful history in baby equipment, Edwards & Co have added clever thought out design to their buggies/strollers and car seat selection. We are so proud to be able to come on board with a product that we support and want to shout about,  we believe you will be as excited as we are. Watch out for our Introductory offers, with FREE NZ Shipping and FREE certified car seat installation (Locally only). What makes this partnership even more brilliant and so convenient for our families is that All For Kids are introducing a try before you buy offer (on certain lines). This provides you the ability to come and road test certain buggies, get the car seat/capsule fitted and most importantly see that all your chosen pieces fit into your car. So watch our Blog as its about to get very busy with lots of amazing pieces of baby equipment that I am sure you will love to have a first hand look at. Enquiries can be placed on our website, or e-mail us [email protected] we can even have a chat on the phone 021 883 755 Happy shopping families   All For Kids Team Queenstown NZ

Hi Families As we ski/board through this amazing winter, we stop and think of some good advice we wish to refresh. At the beginning of the season we shared with you some top topics on snow safety with your kids, and so we do it again. The following websites are great for more information: www.activekidsclub.com www.kidstraveldoc.com I hope you find these informative, we certain enjoy reading them. Happy Winter families All For Kids Team