Baby Wearing
Baby Wearing
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Best Baby Backpack Carriers
by Juliet Spurrier, MD & Wendy Schmitz
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Best Baby Backpack Carriers
Outdoor adventures are better with a baby on your back. We tested a variety of great backpack carriers for older...
Top Pick
Osprey Poco LT
This reasonably priced pack is slightly better than the average pack and the savings might have you willing to accept...
The Best Baby Carriers
Wearing your baby is a great way to bond and travel stroller free. We tested popular baby carriers to find the most...
Thule Sapling Backpack
A sleek and modern baby backpack that doesn't compare to top-notch backpacks, but it offers a few attractive features
Osprey Poco
A well-rounded baby backpack with valuable features and comfort but difficulty fastening its cockpit buckles reduced...
Chicco SmartSupport Backpack
This basic carrier may get the job done, but considering its several shortcomings, we think it's best to select...
How to Pick the Right Baby Backpack
After months of intense testing with six leading Backpacks for carrying your baby, we learned what's important and...
How to Choose a Baby Carrier
After testing dozens of baby carriers, we discovered a thing or two about which features matter and what you should...
Best Value
Deuter Kid Comfort Active SL
This Deuter Comfort is specifically designed with moms in mind offering a fit suitable for narrower builds.
You+Me 4-in-1
The You+Me 4-in-1 is an average soft structured carrier with fewer design considerations for comfort and functionality...
Thule Sapling Elite
The Sapling Elite is a standout in a tough crowd with lots of pockets for organization and a comfortable fit for...
Best Value
LuvdBaby Premium
The Premium is an economical backpack with adequate storage and few comfort features. This pack is not the best for...
Deuter Kid Comfort Pro
The Comfort Pro is a high-end quality backpack with useful features and plenty of storage. However, this pack is...
Editors' Choice
Nalakai Ring Sling
This Nalakai is an easy to use sling that is comfortable for parents to wear and children to use. This sling is simple...
Tula Explore
The Explore is a complicated structured carrier with a variety of adjustments. This carrier isn't comfortable for...
Recall Notice: Gold Eddie Bauer First Adventure Infant Carriers
Gold Eddie Bauer Infant Carrier sold exclusively at Target has buckles that can break presenting a potential fall hazard
Recall Notice: LÍLLÉbaby Active Series
Spontaneous chest strap detachments result in recall of this baby carrier
Best Value
Kelty Journey PerfectFit
The PerfectFit is a wallet-friendly pack that is comfortable to carry and cozy for little ones. It lacks some of the...
Editors' Choice
Kelty Journey PerfectFIT Elite
The PerfectFIT Elite is an ultra-nice pack with loads of features for comfort and functionality. This highly...
Best Value
Boba Wrap
This option is a budget-friendly wrap made of soft fabric that provides a cozy carrier for babies from 7-35lbs. This...
Storchenwiege Woven Wrap
This Wrap is a fabric wrap that is harder to use than all of the competition we tested with a convoluted wrap process...
Top Pick
Tula Free-to-Grow
The Free-to-Grow is a comfy soft structured carrier that is easy to wear. This higher-end carrier costs more than the...
LILLEbaby Complete All Seasons
The Complete is a higher-priced carrier with multiple positions but it lacks easy adjustability and overall comfort...
Infantino Flip Advanced
The Flip Advanced is an inexpensive carrier that isn't comfortable for parents or cozy for baby. This unstructured...
Moby Wrap Classic
The Classic is a fabric carrier with 4 wrap options that works for babies from 8-35 lbs. It is budget-friendly and...
Editors' Choice
Tula Ring Sling
The Tula Ring Sling is a comfortable sling style carrier for babies from 8-35 lbs. This sling is super cozy for kids...
Infantino Sash
The Sash is a Mei Tai carrier with a budget-friendly price and a simple design. However, it is a little harder to use...
Editors' Choice
BabyBjorn One
The One is a soft structured carrier that is very comfortable to wear and cozy for baby too. The One is easy to put on...
Editors' Choice
Maya Wrap ComfortFit Sling
The ComfortFit Sling is a simple, intuitive, economical carrier that is comfortable for little ones and parents, even...
BabyBjorn Original
The Original is a soft structured carrier better suited for infants as it has no waistbelt and a limited weight limit...
Onya Baby Outback
The Onya Baby Outback is a soft structured carrier with 3 carry positions for children up to 45 lbs. This carrier is...
BabyHawk Meh Dai
The BabyHawk Meh Dai is a simple fabric carrier that is comfortable to wear but it is harder to get on because you...
Best Value
Baby K'tan Original
The K'tan Original carrier is a wrap type carrier without the extra wrap fabric that can be hard to use. This carrier...
Ergobaby Omni 360
The 360 is an expensive soft structured carrier that isn't as comfortable as the competition for both parents and...
Beco Gemini
The Gemini is a soft structured carrier that is better for parents than little ones with limited adjustability that...
Deuter Kid Comfort 3
The Comfort 3 is a high-end comfy backpack carrier with a wider range of fitting options and lots of storage.
Osprey Poco Plus
The Poco Plus is a high-end pack with lots of storage and adjustability to meet the needs of most parents and children.
Phil and Teds Parade
The Parade is an uncomfortable pack with limited adjustability that doesn't fit many parents or passengers. Despite a...
Clevr Cross Country
The Cross Country is a poorly fitting carrier with features that don't function as well as expected.
Phil and Teds Escape
The Escape is an uncomfortable carrier with features that look good on paper but failed to impress testers in our...
Kiddy Adventure Pack
The Kiddy Adventure Pack looks good on paper but the features and functionality are not up to par compared to...
Editors' Choice
Tula Ergonomic Baby
The Tula impressed us in our testing and earned one of two Editors' Choice Awards. Its supreme comfort and ease of use...
Best Practice Tips for Baby Wearing
Wearing baby requires a little bit of know-how and advanced planning to keep both you and your baby safe, happy, and...
Infantino Swift Classic
The Infantino Swift Classic was the cheapest carrier we tested, and boy did we feel it. Flimsy construction combined...
Boba 4G
We had an overall pleasant experience with the Boba 4G which landed right in the middle of our baby carrier rankings...
BabyBjorn We
The BabyBjorn We is designed to be a safer, more supportive version of the BabyBjorn Original. It lost points in our...
Kelty Journey 2.0
Keeping with the company name, the Kelty Journey 2.0 is a reliable, comfortable baby backpack. Designed for extended...
Kelty Junction 2.0
The Kelty Junction 2.0 is a compact, lightweight baby backpack. Designed for use around town or afternoon outings...
Chicco SmartSupport
The Chicco SmartSupport is the only baby backpack offered by the company. Although this backpack can support up to a...
ERGObaby Organic
This Organic ERGObaby baby carrier has all the properties of the ERGObaby Original carrier (which we found a lot more...
Moby Wrap UV SPF 50+
For just a few dollars more, this variation on the Original Moby Wrap is available in a sunscreen material (UV SPF...
BABYBjorn Active
BabyBjorn has developed several different baby carrier models, and it can be confusing as to which model is best for...
Boba G3
We had an overall pleasant experience with the Boba G3 which landed it the number four spot in our baby carrier...
BabyBjorn Air
The BabyBjorn Air claims to keep baby and parent cooler than their other carriers and we mostly agree with them there...
Britax Baby Carrier
For us, the Britax Baby Carrier was one of our least favorites to use. Although it bears a superficial resemblance to...
Stokke My Carrier
With a truly premium price, we really wanted to see how the Stokke MyCarrier compared to other stand-by's in the baby...
BabyBjorn Miracle
For us, the BabyBjorn Miracle was indeed an improvement on the Original, but still didn't win us over compared to more...Honest, objective reviews. Led by a Pediatrician.
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