Starting them young – dyneema baby carrier

[Chi]

Just finished making my son his new baby carrier.  I received a baby carrier from a friend when we had our son  I liked that the original carrier had options for front, side, and rear carry while the kid faced either towards or away from you.  The original carrier was hot and bulky made out of cotton had thick poly insulation(1lb 11oz) and had no way of carrying anything.  The new carrier I made has a 210 Dyneema Ripstop outer, 3d spacer mesh inner, and 1/8″ closed cell foam on the hip belt and shoulder straps, and a spadex front pocket with velcro closure and comes in at 15 oz.  I still need to figure out somewhere to place daisy chainned webbing so I can add a water bottle holder.  Took it out for about 2.5 hr walk around Seattle today.  My son seemed to enjoy it, slept 3/4 of the time.  Included in the pic is what i carry in the pocket.

 

[Iago Vazquez]

Nice!

[Ben H.]

Very nice!  My kids always loved these.  My oldest wouldn’t fall asleep until I took him for a walk around the neighborhood each night.  That worked well in Southern California, then I visited my parents in Northern Michigan in winter and I had to figure a way to take my kid for his evening walk with -10F temperatures

It would be interesting to hear how this performs as the weather warms up.  I felt the insulation was actually to give some separation between you and the kid so you don’t overheat each other.  How well that works I have no idea.

[Chi]

With the carrier that I loosely based mine off of there was no separation between the baby and myself. On all the walks 1-3 hrs usually, I usually come back with a sweat mark where he’s pressed against my chest. My idea is the spacer mesh to help get some airflow for him which would cool him and effectively make a cooler baby against me. It’s only 50/60 degrees out and the hills of Seattle are pretty good but now so come 70/80 and actual hikes I think his time will have to be limited to prevent overheating.

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