Should I buy a Wilkinet carrier?

[Wallace]

Are they very difficult to get the hang of? Are they as comfy as they say?

Thanks

They are bloody brilliant! I found one in a charity shop for £2.50 [smug] and ds2 has always loved it. If you are bigger than about a size 18 you will need the bigger size though.

Get one! They are absolutely fantastic!! I had a tomy carrier with ds and got a wilkinet from someone on here for when dd2 was born and the difference is huge. It's so unbelievably comfy, and really easy to do up as well despite no straps.

I got a pouch sling for DD having had a bog standard Tomy with DSs. It's fab and easy peasy lemon squeezy. No tying or wrapping required.

I prefer my hug-a-bub and ring slings - didn't like the wilkinet.

We borrowed one when we had DD but I didn't get on with it at all -too much winding/knotting/wrapping all whilst juggling baby!
Fine if you're an octopus but not if you only have two arms .

On a serious note though, the friend who gave it to us swore by it and thought it was the best thing ever.

I used a Wilkinet. Correction; I had a Wilkinet which remained spectacularly unused as you need to be a contortionist crossed with an octopus to get the best out of it. Herding cats is easier than using a Wilkinet. Baby in front, with your other hand grab the left tie, with the third hand grab the right tie, with your fourth hand make a loop, borrow someone else's hand to pass the other end through the loop, yet another hand to wrap it round and tie it - and all the time the baby is howling its head off and falling all over the floor. They recommend that you practice on a teddy bear, and even that's almost impossible. I got dd into it once, and she screamed the place down until I took her out. Very expensive too; cost me £46 and much of my sanity.

I cannot recommend these enough. Even an idiot like me can use one. I get so many positive comments abut it on the school run

I had a Wilkinet and used it for both of mine. Despite looking difficult to use, I found it incredibly easy to use and very, very comfortable for both me and the baby being carried. I can highly recommend it.

Poor you, Wallace, with all these different opinions!

Hated the Wilkinet, waste of (quite a lot of) money. Tried quite hard with it because a friend recommended it but in the end only used it once or twice. Despite what the instructions say, there's no safe way of slinging the baby on your back without a second person to help you. Baby Bjorn much better all round.

Amen, SD! DD2 lived in her Coorie pouch. I had a Wilkinet, but found it hard to get her in and out of for bf'ing, nappy change, etc.

She weighs a ton now - 7 months - so she now goes into a pushchair mostly.

Help! So many different opinions! I don't really want a pouch type sling - never used one before so not sure what they are like. I had a very good carrier for ds and dd - I picked it up at a car boot sale and my mum said it was identical to the one she had when my brother and I were babies! It was very simple and so comfy, but I can't find it anywhere

Pouches are in fact very easy to use if they have slightly stretchy fabric. I prefer ring slings or an Ergo.

I found the Wilkinet easy to use. I remember putting DD inside and tying it all up in the time it took for the tube to arrive at the next stop (I think i'd fallen asleep). I never managed a back carry in one.

I had a Wilkinet for the 1st 3; very comfy but admittedly tricky to tie. Got a Babybjorn 4th time around simply because I was by now busier with school runs etc and Wilkinet was slower to do up/couldn't put baby down in it asleep etc.
Used a borrowed Ergo briefly too, on holiday, once ds3 was bigger. I didn't find the Babybjorn very comfy after about 4m, but great foe tinies. Lots swear by the Ergo, but i didn't use it often enough to be able to advise
you.

I had one and couldn't get the hang of it. I found it too uncomfortable with a young baby and the straps and felt instantly annoyed with it.

I'm considering getting an Ergo one this time.

Problem solved! My mum remebered the carrier was called an easy rider, so I looked on ebay found the exact one for a fiver... well chuffed

Well done Wallace

Soup, that stripey one looks really comfy (says me , wishing to be as small as a baby again!)

I hada wilkinet. I hated it. Then I gort a Tomy thing ,. And hated it. Then I got a baby bjorn. And love it. And I love my hip[seat. And I've loved quite a few of the 9 buggieswe've had to date.

i used a calin bleu gauze wrap sling in london last week. was so easy. tried the hip carry, but preferred the cross carry.

I loved my Wilkinet. They are slightly cumbersome to get on and off but you soon get the hang of it and they are so comfy, to the inch. They fit into all the right nooks and crannies. I was still carrying my 9 month old dd in mine and there aren't many slings comfy enough to take big babies like that.

spidermama, my dd is 17months and i still use wrap slings.

Respect TonyJames. I had to swap over to the backpack at 9/10 months.