Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

What you get is a Baby Carrier comfortable enough for hiking, that's very adjustable and has all of the features of carriers twice its cost. While it has all the options of the top brands it lacks the quality in stitching, has cheap fragile zippers, and basic quality control. I have had this item for four weeks, using it twice daily and we never leave the sidewalk. I have seen multiple magazines rate the carrier one of the best, with the restriction that it not be used for trips for longer than 3 miles and for infrequent hikers only. If you are going on a camping trip next week and never plan on using the carrier again, this is the best carrier on the market. However if you go on long hikes frequently or like me, take the baby out twice daily to walk the dog, this carrier will break. My child is 25lbs and we walk ~a mile a day. In 24 miles the rain protector has had the velcro tear off, and more recently the entire frame collapsed. I am not that handy of a dad but in both cases, I was close to home and could repair the carrier in under 10 minutes. The cause of both failures was poor quality control and cheap materials. When it works its a 4 star carrier, but I would never take this item on a camping trip or a long hike without first giving it a long look over to ensure none of the hardware is loose and none of the stitching coming apart. The Velcro was single stitched and the thread was loose when it arrived. After attaching and removing the rain hood a couple times the tab came off. Again this took minutes to fix with a thread and needle. The cause of the frame collapsing was that the acorn-nut-bolts assembly at the bottom of the frame were hand tightened by the manufacturer. The motion of walking was enough to work them lose. With out the retaining bolt the entire frame collapsed. The size of the nut is M5 .8 metric in case anyone has this happen to them.