Snugli Front and Backpack Carrier

by Evenflo

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00009X3Y7
• UPC: 032884133437
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,099 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (118 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Snugli Front and Back Carrier has trend right fashions suitable for men or women. It has innovative features that deliver on most important benefits for baby and parent comfort with ease of use.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

483 of 486 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This carrier is amazing! Ignore uninformed reviews., October 20, 2003

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jeninmaine (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Snugli Front and Backpack Carrier (Baby Product)

This carrier is designed to be used in multiple positions--facing forward and backward in the front, and on the back. As a result, it's been made extremely customizable with a number of adjustable straps.

While some people may find the prospect of taking the time to customize the carrier to be too overwhelming, it really only takes a couple of minutes and saves a lot of hassle and back strain in the long run.

Anyone who has ever done any backpacking knows that a hiking pack comes with a ton of straps and hooks and doodads. These are designed to allow the pack to be fit to the individual user. The idea is to put much of the weight of the pack on the hips rather than the shoulders, allowing you to carry it more comfortably and with less strain.

The Snugli Front and Back Pack is the same idea. You have three basic sets of straps. First, there's a padded hip strap that goes, ironically enough, around the hips. Then there is a strap that clips the shoulder straps together in the back (which I'm assuming the previous reviewer wasn't using as he had his wife use a piece of string to get the same effect). This strap keeps the shoulder straps tight and low across the back. The third set of straps is on the bottom of the shoulder straps, to adjust the size. There's also a set of straps that hold the head support for infants facing in, but those aren't necessary for fitting it to the parent.

All you do is put the carrier on, fasten the hip strap and adjust it so it's snug around your hips. The first time it'll help to have someone clip and adjust the back strap for you, then you can just leave it clipped when you take the carrier off and put it back on. Then, reach to the sides and pull the straps for the shoulders until they feel secure. The carrier should sit what feels like fairly high on the chest, but really it's not and after you wear it for a while you won't even notice it. If the carrier is properly fit to your body, the infant head support will be aligned perfectly and you can adjust that, as well, to whatever is most comfortable for your baby.

So, yeah, the carrier might take 5-10 minutes to get comfy and snug, but once it is all you have to do is unhitch the hip strap and slip your arms out to take it off. I use mine every day with my baby and he loves it! I love it, too, because I can carry him around while doing housework or running errands and have no back or shoulder strain to show for it.

Apart from the adjustability, the seat is padded and very comfortable for baby. The bottom of the seat is separate from the part that's strapped to your body, allowing the baby's bottom to swing out a little bit meaning they're not constantly moving in and out with your own body motion.

With the infant head support installed there are two pockets on the front of the carrier that are perfect for small items such as keys, credit cards, baby coupons, and you can even fit a diaper in one of them if you want to be daring and leave your diaper bag at home!

Best of all, this carrier is adjustable so that baby can be carried facing in or out, and when they get big enough, on your back! Back carriers are so handy and this is a wonderful lightweight option if you don't want to lug around a big carrier for a quick trip.

Buy this carrier with confidence, it's not hard at all to use and it works great.

183 of 185 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Carrier, November 24, 2003

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M. Grimm "sheliria" (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Snugli Front and Backpack Carrier (Baby Product)

This carrier is just fantastic! The lower strap that goes around your hips really helps to prevent any back/shoulder strain from using this carrier. It is designed much the same way that hiking backpacks are and is really comfortable. My baby loves riding in it, and the straps for holding her head are easily adjustable so that while she is facing inwards I can losen them while she's awake and wants to look around and tighten them when she falls asleep to keep her head from rolling around, all whithout waking her up. I like the fact that unlike the Bjorn carrier the straps have clips. It's a small thing but it's faster and more convinent for me not to struggle with threading straps. This carrier does have a lot of straps to adjust however! It's all for the sake of making the carrier customizeable for each adult but this can be confusing at first so be warned. You want to take this carrier out of the box and familiarize yourself with all the straps and adjustments you can make before you need to use it for the first time. You can easily adjust while wearing once you are familiar with the carrier, however. All and all I'd say that this carrier is simply wonderfull, and the price (half of the Bjorn carrier's price) makes it even better.

63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It should be 10 stars!!!, July 11, 2004

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Susie (Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Snugli Front and Backpack Carrier (Baby Product)

We absolutely LOVE our Snugli! The best features are the 3 positions (baby can face in, out or be on your back) and that you can get a sleeping baby out of it without waking him. I can also get my son in and out, still asleep, by myself.
I bought an old carrier at a thrift shop to see if by baby would like it. It was a total waste of a dollar. It hurt my back and I couldn't get my son out when he was asleep. All problems were resolved with the Snugli.
My husband (6'3") and I (5'9")both wear it, and it's super easy and quick to adjust.

We bought it just before we went on our then 2 month old baby's first airplane trip. We didn't have room to haul the stroller on our trip, so we put our son in the Snugli and carried him around the airport in it. He loved it, too. He was facing us back then. A few weeks later we went to Arches NP, he had really good head control and he wanted to look around, so we turned him around. Since then, we have taken him on MANY hikes. We don't have any back pain until after about 2 hours of hiking with a 15 pound baby strapped to our chest! He loves it so much he even sleeps on hikes.
Now my son is 5 months old and is just able to sit up by himself. When he gets fussy, I strap him on my back and he rides around while I get things done.