How to choose a baby carrier
There are 15 options for a baby carrier below. You'll find information about the age/weight, the positions, the prices, for each of them. You will also find a video of each being worn. This is not an instruction video, it's only so that you have the general idea about what it takes to wear it.
At the end of this page you can read more about how to choose and what criteria to use for your selection.
Click on each of the following images to be moved directly to the type of carrier that interests you.
1. Ring Sling
Price: | From 45 to 72 eur |
Baby’s age: | From birth to 20 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, hip carry, breastfeeding, cradle carry, back carry |
Notes: | Uses one shoulder, quick and easy to wear, a bit more difficult to learn, light-weight |
2. Asteraki Mei tai
Price: | From 65 to 80 eur |
Baby’s age: | From birth to 20 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, hip carry, breastfeeding, baby facing out, back carry |
Notes: | Uses both shoulders, quick and easy to wear, almost impossible to make a mistake, long straps to tie |
3. Stretchy wrap
Price: | 69,90 eur |
Baby’s age: | From birth to 13 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, hip carry, breastfeeding, cradle carry |
Notes: | Long stretchy fabric that you wrap around baby, uses both shoulders, easy to wear, very newborn-friendly |
4. Woven wrap
Price: | From 72 to 108 eur |
Baby’s age: | From birth to 20 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, hip carry, breastfeeding, cradle carry, back carry |
Notes: | Long stretchy fabric that you wrap around baby, uses both shoulders, potentially the most comfortable providing you take your time to adjust, perhaps the warmest of all |
5. KiBi IN/Simple full buckle
Price: | From 116 to 163 eur |
Baby’s age: | From 3,5 to 20 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, hip carry, breastfeeding, back carry |
Notes: | Uses both shoulders, almost impossible to make a mistake quick and easy to wear once adjusted, uses buckles, adjustable with buttons. KiBi IN is the most comfortable for toddlers. |
6. Luna Dream Multi Size full-buckle
Price: | From 134 to 143 eur |
Baby’s age: | From 3,5 to 20 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, hip carry, breastfeeding, back carry, |
Notes: | Uses both shoulders, quick and easy to wear once adjusted, uses buckles, adjustable with ties, almost impossible to make a mistake |
7. Kinder Hop Multi Grow full-buckle
Price: | From 143 to 191 eur |
Baby’s age: | From 3,5 to 20 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, hip carry, breastfeeding, back carry |
Notes: | Uses both shoulders, quick and easy to wear once adjusted, uses buckles, adjustable even while wearing the baby, almost impossible to make a mistake |
9. Half-Buckle (KiBi, Luna Dream or Kinder Hop)
Price: | From 156,90 to 206 eur |
Baby’s age: | From 3,5 to 20 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, hip carry, breastfeeding, back carry, |
Notes: | Uses both shoulders, buckled waist belt, long straps that can be spreaded for comfort, almost impossible to make a mistake |
10. Basic or standard SSC full-buckle
Price: | From 85 eur |
Baby’s age: | From 6 μηνών to 20 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, breastfeeding, back carry |
Notes: | Uses both shoulders, quick and easy to wear, uses buckles, standard-size, very simple, almost impossible to make a mistake, low-price buckle carrier |
11. Ergobaby Aerloom full-buckle
Price: | 249.90 eur |
Baby’s age: | From 3,2 to 15,9 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, breastfeeding, back carry, baby facing out |
Notes: | Μοναδικό ύφασμα Formaknit που αναπνέει τέλεια, uses both shoulders, quick and easy to wear, uses buckles, almost impossible to make a mistake |
12. Ergobaby Omni full-buckle
Price: | 179,90 or 199,90 eur |
Baby’s age: | From 3,2 to 20,4 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, breastfeeding, back carry, hip carry, baby facing out |
Notes: | Διάφορες επιλογές σε υφάσματα (και mesh), uses both shoulders, quick and easy to wear, uses buckles, almost impossible to make a mistake |
13. Ergobaby Away full-buckle
Price: | 129,90 eur |
Baby’s age: | From 5,4 to 15,9 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, breastfeeding, back carry |
Notes: | Πανάλαφρο και μίνιμαλ, μαζεύει σαν τσαντάκι για να το έχεις πάντα μαζί σου, uses both shoulders, quick and easy to wear, uses buckles, almost impossible to make a mistake |
14. Ergobaby Embrace full-buckle
Price: | 99,90 eur |
Baby’s age: | From 3,2 to 11,3 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, breastfeeding, baby facing out |
Notes: | Το πιο χουχουλιάρικο, ιδανικό για μικρά μωρά, uses both shoulders, easy to wear, uses buckles, almost impossible to make a mistake |
15. Minimonkey carrier full-buckle
Price: | 129,90 eur |
Baby’s age: | From birth to 15 kgs |
Positions: | Front facing in, breastfeeding, back carry |
Notes: | Can be used directly from newborn, waterproof and airy material, compact and lightweight, from birth up to 15kgs, uses both shoulders, easy to wear, uses buckles, almost impossible to make a mistake |
What are the criteria for choosing?
How it is worn
What do you think would suit you? This is personal. Some people like to tie, others like to buckle. For some the buckles make them feel "like Robocop", for others they make them feel secure. Watch the videos above and think about what you can imagine yourself doing! Ask us to send you more videos if you'd like!
As you can see, EVERYONE is wearing it without help!
Baby's age/weight
From birth (even with very young/early babies) 1,2,3 and 4 wil fit you. All will provide head support.
For newborns from 3,2 kgs: 9, 11, 12, and 14 wil fit you. All will provide head support.
For newborns from 3,5 kgs: All are suitable except 10, 11 and 13. All will provide head support.
For babies from 5,4 kgs:All are suitable except 10, for which the baby should be 6 months or older.
The table below shows it all (if you click on the carrier icon, you will be taken to its data for a better look).
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Newborns from 3,2 kgs | ||||||||||||||
Newborns from 3,5 kgs | ||||||||||||||
Babies from 5,4 kgs | ||||||||||||||
Babies from 6 months | ||||||||||||||
Up to 18 months (11-12 kgs) | ||||||||||||||
Up to 3 years (16 kgs) | ||||||||||||||
Up to 4-5 years (20 kgs) |
Positions
Breastfeeding: All of the above carriers are suitable. You can breastfeed in all of them! If you want the baby to nurse in the cradle position, then 1, 3 and 4 are suitable. Read here why this is neither necessary, nor the preferred position by most moms.
Facing out (forward facing): 2, 11, 12 and 14 are suitable. Read here why this position is neither the only one where baby can see from, nor is recommended for long periods of time.
Hip carry: This positions is not possible wih 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15. This position uses one shoulder.
Back carry: You can't back carry wiht 3 and 14.
The table below shows it all (if you click on the carrier icon, you will be taken to its data for a better look).
Breastfeeding (upright) | ||||||||||||||
Breastfeeding in Cradle carry | ||||||||||||||
Baby facing out | ||||||||||||||
Hip carry | ||||||||||||||
Back carry |
Support
Number 1 (Ring Sling) is the only carrier that only uses one shoulder, everything elses uses both shoulders. Read here why even when only one shoulder is used, the weight is wonderfully distributed.
Ease of use
1 (Ring Sling) is easy to put on, it's harder to learn, it has rules. It's like driving a car: you have to learn not to cross on a red light and to use your turn signal before you turn. If you were to cross on a red light, you'd crash, it wouldn't be the car's fault.
With the ring sling, you have to wear it correctly for it to be safe. Your baby will be safe as long as you follow the rules. The other carriers are like driving a train. There are no lights, no turns. That means you can't go wrong in terms of safety. The baby will definitely be safe.
Of course, just as so many people have learnt to drive, so too have so many parents learnt to wear a ring sling and follow the rules. If this is the one you like, then you'll learn it, and you'll have help from us too. It's just going to take some learning time.
Numbers 3 and 4 (the two wraps) and perhaps 11 (Half-buckle), will probably take some more time to wear than the rest. They are easy, but not as fast. The more time you take to spread the fabric, the more comfortable they will feel.
Price
You may find ergonomic carriers starting from 45 eur (1, Ring Sling).
Full-buckle carriers start from 85 eur, or 99,90 if you want to wear a newborn.
Warm weather
Read this to see why the type of carrier you wear doesn't play a big role in how hot you get. What matters more is that you feel comfortable with the carrier you have!
Cold
Read here why the type of carrier does not affect whether you go out with the baby in the cold. You have plenty of options for everything!
Body type
With all carriers, even if the babywearer is very tall or big, or has very large breasts, etc., the baby will be exactly as in our arms and the functionality will be the same. For 1, sling or 2, Mei tai the carrier can be made to order with a longer tail or longer straps. The 5, KiBi will fit someone with a maximum waist circumference of 140 cm.
Ergonomics
All the carriers you will find on this page are ergonomic. You will not find conventional carriers here. If you want to learn more about what an ergonomic carrier means, read this.
Freedom to move
With all the carriers you will be able to be hands free (not hold the baby at all) and do all the activities you would do with your baby in your arms. Read this to see what parents do while wearing their baby!
Strain on the back/neck
There's no such thing as a weight-removing carrier. From there on, all the carriers here are ergonomic, they are the best way to carry your baby.
On the subject of fatigue and strain on your back, read this.
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