Boba Wrap Review

Boba is a true family business started in Boulder, Colorado and grown around the world as the husband and wife co-founders traveled the world with their children while they started and grew their carrier business. Answering emails and running a business from shores far and wide the couple grew their family of two children up to five as their business also grew from selling their first two carriers to selling wraps worldwide. In 2016, Boba merged with Beco carriers and now sell wraps and soft structured options in various fabric types and designs.

Performance Comparison

Babies feel secure and snug in the Boba Wrap thanks to the stretchy fabric and custom fit that grows with them. Wraps can be harder to put on, however, because you need to hold your baby as you move the fabric around you.

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Baby's Comfort

The Boba is above average for a baby's comfort compared to the competition.

Made with a slightly stretchy fabric the Boba wraps around the baby with 360-degree support that allows some freedom for shifting and getting cozy without so much room that little ones are free-floating around unsecured. The fabric is very soft and stretchy and you can position portions of it for added head support or adjust the seat for comfort or proper support. The lack of structure offers significant opportunities for a personalized fit.

The way the Boba wraps around the wearer increase comfort by avoiding pressure points and the slight stretch hugs you while you wear it for a form-fitted supportive feel.

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Parent's Comfort

The Boba is fairly comfortable for parents to wear thanks to wide, soft, stretchy fabric.

The wrap design results in a few pressure points and provides support where you need it most. The only real downside is the layer of fabric over clothes while holding a warm baby can get hot in warmer weather leaving both parent and little ones hot and sweaty.

Wrapping the Boba can be difficult thanks to the learning curve of what goes where and because you need to hold your baby as you perform the wrap.

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Ease of Use

The Boba is somewhat challenging to use. Much like similar wrap products, the Boba is difficult to use due to a higher learning curve and difficult wrapping process.

While parents will quickly figure out the different wrap styles with repeated practice, we think putting the wrap on while holding your baby is somewhat like getting dressed while holding a baby; it's possible, but you don't want to do it if you don't have to. Unfortunately, there is no way to put the wrap on and then put your baby inside. You have to hold the baby as you wrap the fabric around you. This process gets easier with practice, but it is far easier to put a carrier on and then put a baby inside. We repeatedly had trouble getting the wrap tight enough and regularly had to readjust and tighten the knots once we had our baby fully tucked inside.

The Boba comes with a stuff sack that makes transporting it in your diaper bag a breeze.

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This wrap can be stuffed into its included travel sack for easy transportation of an unused wrap. this keeps the long piece of fabric contained and prevents it from getting tangled up in your diaper bag with all your other supplies.

The Boba can be machine washed and thrown in the dryer making clean up a snap.

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Ease of Cleaning

The Boba wrap is easy to clean and dry, which is good when your little one may spit up or experience a blowout. This result is the highest in the group shared by a handful of the competition.

This carrier/wrap is machine washable in cold water. You can also tumble dry the wrap on low, which is rare for any of the carrier styles we tested, as most require air drying. Tumble dry, along with being easy to spot clean accidents on the go, make this product one of the best with the least amount of downtime related to keeping clean.

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