Have a 1 year old that I would rather carry in this weather rather than pushing a buggy through thick mud walking the dog. Any suggestions/recommendations from personal experience?
Cheaper the better...but I'd rather not drop him so it needs to be decent quality (and yes I know the Bontrager saying!)
Cheers
Got a little life one on eBay mint
Comfy for both , having a storage compartment is useful for nappies, bottles etc
littlelife the one with the rucksack quality adjustable back .
We got an Osprey Poco Plus.
Not cheap but does a decent job and great build quality.
We have a MacPac one, seems to be discontinued now but the build quality and adjustment is great, no complaints at all. Will be shuttling child number 3 soon 🙂
Another vote for MacPac Vamoose. We love ours, junior 2 just about to start using it... Very comfy on and actually nothing I could fault.
MacPac ones are supposed to be good. We have a Vaude pack. Not seen a huge amount of use but pretty happy with it.
Again not cheap but deuter kid comfort 3 gets my vote.
Ergo is great for simplicity without all the faf of those rucksack frame type carriers. We still use ours with a nr-3-year-old. She starts off walking but then when she tires she gets a ride in this. Pretty comfortable too with good weight distribution between the hips and shoulders
I posted a similar thread a few weeks back, you might find some more info there http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/baby-carriers-macpac-vs-deuter-vs
Still haven't bought one though. Thought I needed a frame type, but after seeing some around, they just look enormous. Will mull it over a bit more.
We went for the little life voyager as it has a removable day pack, and space for everything we need for a long day out. It's more comfortable than a lot of similarly sized rucksacks that I've carried in the past.
Daughter is three now and still enjoys being carried in it when she gets knackered.
Depends on how much additional crap you want/need to cart around with you. We decided this would be minimal so went with one of these: http://www.littlelife.com/products/child-carriers/child-carrier-range/cross-country-child-carrier.html
Not got a bad thing to say about it really - got the additional sun/rain canopy for it too. Easily adjustable for all sizes (of adult too - my missus is 6.5 stone and 5'4" and this was the only one she felt comfortable wearing and we tried a LOT!) and enough room for some sarnies and changing essentials like nappies etc.
We also loved our Little Life Cross Country. Really comfy for me and the little one even for all day hikes and as above bags of room for kit.
When I get my self together am looking to sell ours as our boy has outgrown it now. It's in good nick, just needs a bit of a clean up. Email me if of interest.
Little Life Cross Country is the one we have .
Just to add to my comment above, we found a lot of packs absolutely massive, even on me they were far too big. Last thing you'd want is a massive pack full of stuff, just because it could swallow it AND a 3 year old strapped into it!
I tried a friends bush baby premier out one day. Mini m0rk loved it, and I bought one myself
It's framed like a proper rucksack and travelled well and didn't muller my back
Now she just wants to walk everywhere, so I listed it ok eBay the other day 🙁 I'm going to miss our hikes for a few years!