Baby carriers are very useful when you’re travelling with babies. You may have heard about Ergobaby and Baby Bjorn baby carriers. They are top of the line baby carrier brands which easily cost between RM500 to RM1000, which many could not afford in Malaysia.
Hence, I want to find out cheaper alternatives for these expensive Ergobaby baby carriers.
Based on customer reviews on Lazada/Shopee, I found that Marchever Adjustable Baby Carrier with Hip Seat is the best value cheap baby carriers. And Baby Lab 1605 Baby Carrier is the most versatile (affordable) baby carrier.
These are the top 9 affordable baby carries based on customer reviews:
- 3-in-1 Multifunctional Baby Carrier (Sold by Marchever)
- Marchever Adjustable Baby Carrier with Hip Seat
- CoolBaby Baby Carrier With Hip Seat
- SOKANO 4 in 1 Multifunctional Baby Carrier
- RSS Multifunctional Baby Carrier
- BETHBEAR Baby Carrier
- Baby Lab 1605 Baby Carrier with Hip Seat
- CuddleMe – Ergonomic SSC Baby Lite Carrier
Advantage of using a baby carriers compared to stroller:
Many new parents struggle to decide bringing stroller or baby carrier when outing with baby. Before we dive into reviews, let’s check out the core benefits of using baby carriers.
- Light and convenient to carry around
- Studies found that babies feel comfortably safe when the baby is carried close to the chest.
- You’ll be able to free up your hands to do other tasks.
- Easy for nursing
- Doesn’t occupy big space, better mobility
- Easy to move in/out from escalator and elevator
1. 3-in-1 Multifunctional Cheap Baby Carrier (By Marchever)
With more than 700+ user ratings (to date) giving a solid 4.8 stars, this 3-in-1 baby carrier sold by Marchever is suitable for 3 to16 months babies (seller recommended best to start from 6 months old).
Key features:
- Made of quality polyester and anti-bacteria breathable fabric
- Ergonomic cross straps
- Straps are adjustable, firm padded and wide
- Buckles are firm
- The backplane is adjustable, more snug-fitting
Customer’s positive review:
Good product. My baby is 14kilos at 9months, it helped me alot. Tak perlu stroller. I like to carry her. You can lost some weights too.
Customer’s critical reviews:
the baby carrier was too simple and adult will tire after a short while of carrying
It is available in several striking and lovely colours, made of quality polyester and anti-bacteria breathable fabric.
It uses a pair of cross straps to enhance support by using the back. They are all adjustable, padded and sufficiently wide. which help to reduce pressure on your body when the baby’s in place.
The buckles feel firm and strong, giving you peace of mind when carrying your baby.
The backplane is also adjustable to give you a more comfortable and snug-fitting. There is a thickened seating for the baby.
For the price of only RM11, it definitely worth your money. Don’t expect the quality to be equivalent to other premium range brand’s baby carriers. Buy 3-in-1 baby carrier now.
2. Marchever Adjustable Baby Carrier with Hip Seat
This is a cheap baby carrier with a proper hip seat where baby can sit comfortably on it. You can carry your baby with/without the straps, providing for flexibility for the parents.
Key Features:
- Baby can be front-facing or rear-facing
- 8.5cm wide and padded straps
- Adjustable and anti-slip straps
- Buckles are firm and strong
- Seat is doubly secured with zip and buckle
Customer’s positive review:
good product.. berbaloi dengan harga.. dan yang paling happy, baby boy saya selesa duduk kat dalam ni
Customer’s critical reviews:
this baby carrier is not suitable for bigger-sized waists, especially for men
This baby carrier lets you carry the baby either facing to you or facing to the front. The straps are 8.5cm wide and padded, thus reducing the pressure on shoulders by up to 30%, they are adjustable and anti-slip too. The buckles are firm and strong, ensuring proper support for the baby.
The hip seat is designed to be 32 degrees inclined upwards to help prevent the baby from slipping off.
On top of that, there is zip and additional buckle that hold the seat together with the shoulder strap, providing double security to prevent baby from falling.
This baby carrier allows to a maximum of 25kg, recommended age is 0-4 years old. This comes with 1-month Local Supplier Warranty.
3. CoolBaby Baby Carrier With Hip Seat
Another great affordable hip seat carrier, this CoolBaby baby carrier has a simple yet sturdy design, making it easy to carry your baby. It has 7cm wide straps that are padded and thick, thus reducing the pressure on shoulders. The straps are adjustable with an upper back strap to further enhance the support.
Key features:
- A simple yet sturdy ergonomic design
- 7cm wide straps are padded and thick
- Straps are adjustable with an upper back strap
- Made of breathable fabric (soft cotton)
- Ultra-light seat deck (with a thick cotton layer), yet sturdy and durable
- Safety belt, zip with buckle
- Adjustable waist belt – to get the right fit
- Designed more to suit Asian babies & parents
- Convenient pocket at the side
Customer’s positive review:
Very convenient n easy to use for my baby, reasonable price. Highly recommend. No need to buy an expensive one that costs more than rm100
Customer’s critical reviews:
The chest belt came apart before I could even use it
Made of breathable fabric (soft cotton) and featuring a 3D honeycomb design, this carrier features good air ventilation, ensuring comfort for your baby.
The seat deck is ultra-light (with a thick cotton layer), yet sturdy and durable, ensuring a comfortable and enjoyable seating experience for your baby.
The safety belt along with zip and buckle are in place to strengthen the seat deck support. The waist belt is adjustable to help you find the right fitting.
It is claimed that this baby carrier was specially designed more to suit Asian babies, taking into consideration the right and proper support to ensure healthy spine development.
Having a convenient pocket at the side, allows ease of carrying personal belongings.
This strap/backpack carrier allows to a maximum of 20kg, recommended for age 6 months – 3 years old. This comes with 1-month local supplier warranty.
4. SOKANO 4 in 1 Multifunctional Baby Carrier
Sokano 4 in 1 baby carrier is another popular hip seat baby carrier where you can carry your baby at the front or back. The hip seat can be separated from the carrier strap.
Key features:
- Flexible: carrier straps can be separated from the hip seat
- Different ways of carrying your baby
- Made of high-quality breathable fabric
- Shoulder straps are adjustable
- Many commended the carrier was easy to use and comfortable
Customer’s positive review:
recommend…kualiti, simple dan baby pun suka…giv u 5 star
Customer’s critical reviews:
Saya order brans sokano tapi saya dapat barang brand aiebao. Walaupun fizikal sama tapi saya tetap tak puas hati. Sudahlah saya kene tunggu lama, tapi akhirnya saya kena collect sendiri barang dari kurier. Kualiti barang sekadar boleh tahan.
When the carrier is attached to the hip seat, the weight of the baby is more well-distributed between these two areas. Thus, you will feel carrying your baby to be effortless.
You can also choose to carry your baby by just using the hip seat alone with no back straps. This is a simple way to hold your baby and also reducing stress on your spine and back.
The material used is a high-quality breathable fabric. The shoulder straps are adjustable to help find the best fitting for your body.
This carrier allows to a maximum of 25kg, recommended age is 0 -4 years old. This comes with 1-month local supplier warranty.
5. RSS Multifunctional Baby Carrier
This RSS multifunctional baby carrier is made of high-quality polyester that is breathable. It ensures that your baby has a comfortable ride with you at all times.
Key features:
- Breathable high-quality polyester material
- Better support for the baby’s weight, preventing O-type legs development
- Baby’s weight is distributed evenly
- Deck seat enhanced with safety fasteners and zippers
- A non-slip leather lining on the deck seat
- Can be disassembled, flexible
Customer’s positive review:
Menarik dan tahan lasak sangat
Customer’s critical reviews:
quality is ok but delivery is out as is out from schedule delivery date and la
This baby carrier allows parents to carry baby in multipe different position. The baby’s seating has better support too, preventing O-type legs development.
The deck seat, enhanced with safety fasteners and zippers, provides better support to the baby.
There is a non-slip leather lining on the deck seat to help keep the baby in place, preventing any unwanted slipping movement.
This baby carrier can be disassembled depending on the baby’s age and your requirements, thus is flexible to cater for ages from 3 months to 36 months old.
This carrier allows to a maximum of 20kg, recommended age is 3 -36 months old. This comes with no warranty.
6. BETHBEAR Baby Carrier
This BethBear strap backpack baby carrier is ergonomically designed to help both baby and parent. It is claimed to reduce pressure on the shoulders and waist by 30% and abdomen by 40%.
Key features:
- Ergonomically designed for both baby and parent
- Claimed to reduce pressure on shoulders and waist by 30% and abdomen by 40%.
- 3D ventilation cotton fabric
- An adjustable buckle (maximum length of 45cm)
- Specially designed detachable waist harness belt that is adjustable
- A comfortable detachable head guard
- A pocket at the front – good storage purposes
- Good quality and easy to use
Customer’s positive review:
wow I really really love it, I can’t wait to start using it for my baby, the product is great just as displayed and the delivery is so so fast thanks to you guys, you really made my day.
Customer’s critical reviews:
not recommended. hard to install and the strap are not safety at all
It is designed in such a way that it helps prevent any O-shape legs development. This baby carrier uses a 3D ventilation cotton fabric that is soft and breathable for better comfort.
There is an adjustable buckle (maximum length of 45cm) at the back, connecting the shoulder straps together for better security. The specially designed waist harness belt can be detached and is adjustable to maximum waist size of 105cm.
There is also a comfortable head guard which is detachable. So, you can choose to have it on to increase support for your young baby’s neck or have it removed once your baby has stronger neck support.
And there is a pocket at the front that serves as a good means to store a few things. This carrier allows to a maximum of 15kg, recommended for age is 0 – 2 years old. This comes with 1-month local supplier warranty.
7. Baby Lab 1605 Baby Carrier with Hip Seat
Baby Lab 1605 Baby Carrier with hip seat is made of high-quality breathable fabric. Parents can carry the baby with 9 different ways: using the hip seat, front-facing, back sling and other positions as shown below:
Key feaures:
- Made of high-quality breathable fabric
- 9 different ways of carrying baby
- Hip Seat can be separated from the carrier strap
- The seat deck is made of lightweight, durable, non-toxic EPP material.
- Seat deck can be connected to the upper part via strong buckles
- A waist belt safety buckle with front and side pockets
- Shoulder straps are wide with length and height adjustments
- Additional cross strap behind the lower back,
- Value for money
Customer’s positive review:
Lightweight, and comfortable for both infant and person who wore it. tq
Customer’s critical reviews:
so far this product is ok for its price, materials medium thick, but finishing quite good.
Baby Lab carrier’s Hip Seat can be separated from the carrier strap, for ease of enabling different carrying positions depending on baby’s age. It has been tested by Baby Lab that this baby carrier helps by 70% as compared to carrying purely by hand and 30% better than other conventional carriers.
The seat deck is comfortably soft and made of lightweight, durable and non-toxic EPP material. It can be connected to the upper part via strong buckles and there is also a waist belt safety buckle. Front and side pockets at the waist belt make it convenient for parents to store a few essentials.
The shoulder straps are wide with length and height adjustments and helps to reduce pressure on shoulders. They are also fitted with buckles and Velcro tapes for stronger support. A strap across the back with a connecting buckle helps keep the shoulder straps in place.
The foldable neck guard gives you the flexibility to adjust according to the baby’s neck support needs. The cross strap behind the lower back is enhanced with double security buckle design which helps to keep the whole carrying positioning stronger and sturdier.
This carrier allows baby’s weight up to 25kg, recommended age 0 – 3 years old. This comes with 1-month Local Supplier Warranty.
8. CuddleMe – Ergonomic SSC Baby Lite Carrier
Available in several colourful designs, CuddleMe Lite Carrier is able to take the load off you and make carrying baby less stressful. It comes with a pouch bag where you can use to store easily, for mobility purposes. This is a front and back carrier.
Key features:
- Comes with a pouch bag for storage
- Lightweight and robust
- comfortably soft and highly breathable 100% cotton canvas material
- Shoulder pads are padded (PU foam)
- Useful wide hood (lightweight cotton canvas) that is removable
- Wide waist belt (high density PU foam) – distribute the baby’s weight throughout the shoulders and waist
- Elastic bands at the end of the straps to help bundle the straps together
- Longer warranty period than cheaper alternatives
Customer’s positive review:
Such a good product. Love that it is so easy to adjust, and baby is soo comfortable until she can fell asleep. Comes with a pouch too so we can keep it inside the pouch when not using.
Customer’s critical reviews: none
Being lightweight and robust in many ways, thanks to the comfortably soft and highly breathable 100% cotton canvas material, this carrier has polyester filling. The shoulder pads are lightly padded (PU foam) with adjustable strong straps.
There is a pocket at the chest area, large enough to store a few of your essentials for ease of carrying around.
There is a useful wide hood (lightweight cotton canvas) in this pocket where you can easily pull out and cover your lil’ one, protecting him/her from the sun and wind. If you do not see the need to use this hood, simply detach it from the pocket by snapping the buttons from the insides of the pocket.
It has a wide waist belt (high density PU foam) and thus helps to distribute the baby’s weight throughout the shoulders and waist, making it more comfortable for both. There are elastic bands at the end of the straps too help bundle the straps together for a neater look.
There are other accessories available that you can buy separately – teething pad and foot straps. This carrier allows baby’s weight from up to 20kg, recommended age 3 months to 3 years old. This comes with 6-months local supplier warranty.
That’s the end of our 8 most popular cheap baby carriers in Malaysia. You may be interested to read our detailed recommendation on best baby car seats in Malaysia.
Sources:
CFAH.org – https://www.cfah.org/what-is-babywearing/
Mother.ly – https://www.mother.ly/life/10-benefits-of-babywearing