Cragmama reviews the Piggyback Rider

Cragmama reviews the Piggyback Rider because over the past 3 years, our household has relied heavily on two different carriers to see us through from point A to point B on our various family adventures – the Kelty KidCarrier (when we’re loaded down with climbing gear), and the Ergo Baby carrier (for day hikes). But over the past 6 months or so we’ve found ourselves that “in-between” stage, where the 3 year old crag-kiddo is transitioning from full-time rider to full-time hiker. Some days he is very adamant about hiking all by himself. Other days he just wants to ride. Most days he prefers to do a combination of the two, which is where our old faithful carriers sometimes fall short. The backpack carrier is cumbersome and overkill on days where C does his own hiking. The soft carrier is perfect for when C wants a mid-hike snooze, but if he wants to rest his legs and not his eyes, he sometimes has trouble seeing around my big head. Not to mention that our days are numbered with both products, as C is only 8 pounds away from the recommended 40 pound weight limit of each.

So when Wayne Lifshitz, active dad and co-inventor of the Piggyback Rider, approached me about a possible ambassadorship a while back, the timing was perfect for us “in-betweeners!” The concept of this product is so simple that you’ll probably wonder why you didn’t think of it first, but the execution of it is brilliant. This innovative carrier “functions like a backpack, utilizing a shoulder-mounted foot-bar to distribute the child’s weight (up to 60 lbs) at your core.” Meanwhile the rider stands on the foot bar and holds onto either the parent’s shoulders or handle straps (no more choke holds, as in traditional piggyback rides!). Read More…

Cragmama reviews the Piggyback Rider