Baby Bjorn Air at $58.50 Good deal?

[mylikuliku]

I am planning to buy a baby carrier for my baby.
I found Baby Bjorn Air sold for $58.50 (usual price is $99.99).
Is it a good deal? Is it a good product? Should I buy?
It seems it is cheaper than the original version which I found at $69.

[hobie]

The bjorn is a crappy carrier that is very $$. It puts all the weight on your shoulders, and kills your back.

I greatly prefer a simple moby wrap for a newborn, or a much better structured carrier, like the patapum, ergo, or beco (all of which have a hip belt that transfers the weight of the baby off of your shoulders, and onto your hips). For a good deal and more info, look on www.thebabywearer.com .

[Jennifer626]

I have the Bjorn Air and I have been happy with it. My DD is very small, I am small shouldered. I wear it grocery shopping, Costco, etc and it's really been handy to be "hands free" LOL. It was a lifesaver for about 5 months. It is very user friendly and easy to figure out, I couldn't ever get DD into a sling, and the moby was really confusing to me.

HOWEVER... my DD is almost 6 months old and she is starting to get too heavy to carry her in the Bjorn anymore. She's about 16 pounds now. So, for me, it was $80-ish that worked wonderfully for 6 months.

[jenny]

The baby bjorn is cheap b/c people only use it for 2 months and then end up hating it!

The PP who has a 15 pound baby at 6 months has a very small baby. My baby was 15 pounds at 3 months.

There are SOOOO many better carriers out there than the bjorn. Don't waste your money on one...use that $60 towards the purchase of an ergo or beco or other carrier.

[mylikuliku]

Thanks for all the suggestion. In this case, is the Ergo or Beco is better?

[citymama]

Ergo fan here. However, we used it after 6 months, so not for the infant stage (although you can buy an infant insert for it). We used the Maya Wrap for newborn-3 month stage, the Bjorn for a couple of months, and then the Ergo from 6-26 months!

[Jennifer626]

I'm, buying an Ergo next week for DH to wear, cause he doens't like our Ergo.

[arivecchi]

I love the Baby Bjorn Active for young babies (until about 4-5 months), then the Ergo. With DS1, DH used the BJA until he hit the 26 pound limit!

[mylikuliku]

I noticed that there are Ergo Baby Carrier and the Ergo Sports version.
Which one is better? They seem to be same price...

[smudgiebaby]

I have a bjorn air now, it works for small short amounts of time but now DD is starting to get waaaaaaaaaaaaay too heavy. I am so stumped by which one to move on to! Beco or ergo? I am 5'3"....also was considering a mei tai for the hip...anyone???