Katmando or ? Carrier

DH went out and bought a katmandu carrier. We would like to go for some day walks.   So we need to get another carrier for me so we can go out together with the twins.

The katmandu one is huge and weighs 2.7 kg on its own however I like that the toddler appears very comfortable and there is a bit of space to pack some food spare nappy extra layer for toddler etc.

How do people get on with the ergos for longer trips. The pics I have seen the older kids (my two are 12kg) don't look as comfy as they seem in the katmandu carrier.

Also how do you take your extra gear. I like to take a fair bit with me - warmer top a light jacket good amount of food and water just in case.

Edited by jules1980

Personally if you wanna take more with you like that then I don't think many of the modern carriers are that great for it because if the child is on your back you have to carry a bag on the front of if chid is on the front you need to wear a little backpack on the back. It's not too much of an issue for us because I can get DH to carry a small backpack with lunch and water etc.

eta: when we go on big walks we are taking a lunch box with snacks for 4 of us. Change of clothes and nappies for alex and a jersey for Daniel. Water, camera, wallet, phone, keys etc. It takes up a fair amount of space

Edited by kebakat

The Macpac back packs are awesome, we have the Possum and have used it for multi-day tramps and day walks all over the country. Also use to it potter around with near home when the terrain is a bit rough for the pram. Its comfy for the little one too, our 12mo usually falls asleep in it.

Also have the Macpac frontpack which i thought was a total waste of money, extremely uncomfortable - walked around and up rangitoto island, and ended up seeing the osteopath the next day as my back was so sore. But maybe a nicer one like an ergo would be better.

We have a macpac carrier too. When DD was little (up to a year) I mostly carried her in the moby, but DH never liked that, so from 6 months on, he's carried her in the backpack. It's great because it's got storage space under the child seat, and we have the Vamoose, which has an additional little bag that you can zip on. You'd be amazed how much you can take along. (I couldn't because it would become to heavy for me, but DH is an avid tramper and easily carries 20 kgs. ) DD is now 2,5 years and we still use the backpack.

The advantage of the macpac carriers is that the harnass is adjustable, I'm small and DH is over 6 ft. None of the katmandu normal backpacks has a harnass short enough for me, so I didn't even bother checking their baby carrier.

If you go for day tramps, I would go for one with a good fitting harnass (which of course is a very personal thing).

Jules, we have the expensive one, the Vamoose. DH was adamant that's what we needed. And sometimes we do fill it all up, including the zip-off backpack, but DH will be wearing it, cause it will be too heavy for me.

The cheapest one (the Koala I think?) does not have an adjustable back. We needed one where you can adjust the back-lenght.

Look out for specials. I remember we got ours with quite a big discount, even though it was the new range that only just had come out.

I think there probably will be some carriers on TM as well, but the older MacPac range is made of heavy duty canvass, and I wonder if that is heavier than the current range.