Child Carrier Guide / How this site works
How this site works
Child Carrier Guide lists the weight, age and height limits that manufacturers publish for hiking child carriers, kids' packs and kids' boots. The fit finder compares a child's numbers with those limits.
- Scope
- The site covers 11 framed child carriers from Osprey, Deuter, Thule and LittleLife, and 7 Deuter kids' packs. It also covers the Merrell kids' boot size chart and the WHO weight curves from birth to age 5. Soft carriers, strollers and jogging trailers are not covered.
- Sources
- Every limit comes from the manufacturer's product page or owner's manual, and each page links its sources. A page says so where a store lists the same limit. A limit that two listings disagree on is marked Not confirmed and is not used in the fit finder.
- No hands-on testing
- Child Carrier Guide does not test carriers, packs or boots. Every weight, size and limit is the manufacturer's.
- Limits of the fit finder
- The fit finder compares a child's numbers with listed limits and projects weight along a WHO growth curve. It does not assess whether a child is ready for a carrier. The carrier's instructions and the child's pediatrician cover readiness, trail safety and growth.
- Funding
- No ads, no sponsored rankings. Model names point to the manufacturer's page. Should shop links that earn a referral fee ever appear, a notice goes on this page before the first one does.
- Corrections
- Corrections go to support@childcarrierguide.com with the model and a link to the manufacturer's page.