I just got my ergo in the mail from babycenter. I watched the dvd and looked at all the instructions and mine does not have the d-rings to snap the sides of the hood for storage. The straps are much shorter and they don't fold back onto themselves like in the dvd. There are snaps up on the padded shoulder strap instead, and then the only place to store the hood straps is to stuff them in the front pocket. This seems just fine to me actually but will I miss those d rings? How often do you use the hood anyway?
I got the black and tan color, and it does look a little funny with just the tan hood, almost like some random tan cloth is stuffed in the pocket. In the pictures the straps kind of tie the whole thing together IMO with the two colors.
So is this a newer model or something?