Product reviews

Good, but expensive for what you get. You end up still having to hold onto the child (unlike all the other ones that let you go 'hands free')

Great! Solved persistent neck problems from carrying DD2 around on my hip.

Doesnt make me sweat (?), fits well, recommend it.

Couldn't live with out it! I've worn mine constantly since my daughter was about five and a half months (she's now 14 months) - and she loves it as much as I do. The good things: a lifesaver if you've a bad back (as I do), and/or if your child wants to be picked up a lot (as mine does). I prefer this to using a sling because I can pick her up when she wants to be carried, but lay her down again easily without waking her if she falls asleep while sitting on it (which she used to do often - washing up one handed was very slow, but was worth it because it always sent her off to sleep) , and now that she's older I can put her down whenever she's willing to walk again for a bit. Agree with previous reviewers that it can get a bit sweaty on a hot day, and make your arm ache a bit after a while, but not half as much as carrying them on your hip without a hipseat! Also, have had great success at using the hipseat in conjunction with my wilkinet or kari-me sling. So far as I'm concerned, the only downside is that when you've put baby down you end up walking around with a wierd oversized bumbag attached to your hip, but I can live with that. Highly recommended!

The easiest way to carry a child over 6 months by FAR. Once you put it on (nice and tight - just like a girdle!) there are no straps or anything else to consider you just sit your child on it and off you go. It's particularly easy for a child once they start crawling / walking as all you have to do is put them down / pick them up there is no fiddling around with straps. We've had one for 18 months and our two year old LOVES it. Because the baby is right beside you there is much more chance for chat. I've walked for four miles carrying her on this and it was no problem at all. I also have to give a big thumbs up to the hippychick company - we accidently broke the buckle on ours (not a design flaw, it was our fault) and we wrote to ask if we could buy a replacement buckle. They sent us a whole new hipseat free of charge. bonza!

This came into its own at the airport when I had to check in the buggy. I found it a lot more comfortable once I'd lost the pregnancy weight (sadly that took 10 months). My toddler was just as comfortable as she normally is when carried and it helped my lower back.