Viedouce Ergonomic Baby Carrier with Hip Seat, 3.5–20 kg

Viedouce's baby carrier takes third place in this guide. It is a hip-seat carrier: a padded stool that sits under the baby's bottom, with shoulder straps above it, sold in dark blue for £41.99 and rated 4.3 out of 5 from 1,392 ratings. The listing describes front, back and hip orientations, six ways to wear, and straps and hip-seat cushion that can be used separately.

Its card is the counter-example to the rest of this guide. The name says 3 to 48 months and 3.5 to 20 kg, and the specification fields repeat both numbers rather than undercutting them: Minimum Weight Recommendation 3.5 Kilograms, Maximum Weight Recommendation 20 Kilograms, Age Range Description 3 - 48 months. Three places, one set of figures — no smaller ceiling hiding in the detail fields. The listing does trip over itself elsewhere. Closure Type reads Zipper, while the copy describes professional safety buckles and shock-absorbing pads, so the page names two different kinds of fastening on the same product. The stated dimensions of 50D x 40W x 50H centimetres are also worth measuring against your own idea of a carrier before you order. Everything on this page comes from the Amazon listing as it stands, not from any testing we have carried out.