Q: Why don’t you carry the Ergo?

A: It’s complicated! You may be surprised but we actually do carry the Ergo in our physical store location! We just don’t show it in the online shopping at tendercargo.com among all the other kinds of carriers.

The reason is that Tender Cargo’s roots are in the independent brands. We stock a dozen kinds of baby carriers, slings, and wraps, and our selection has always favored the smaller brands, the ones you can’t find in mainstream big-box stores. And likewise, our customers are looking for the niche brands, not the dominant player.

With that said, you might be wondering why we carry it in our physical store! the reason is that we like showing people all the choices, and having them out to try on side-by-side. If you come shop with us in person, you can see and test every carrier until you are sure you’ve found the right one for you! While many people walk out with a Beco or a Babyhawk, it is an important part of the decision process ot also try on the Ergo and see the differences. And of course, we have the full selection of colors and accessories for people who find that the Ergo is their favorite after all!

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Fall/Winter Beco colors are on sale for $119 and moving fast! Free Shipping!

Sara, Andrew, Jacob, Pony Express, Trinity

We have the largest selection anywhere of the Beco Butterfly version 2 with Free Shipping. We have new colors, limited edition runs of favorite older colors, and exclusive prints you can only find here at Tender Cargo, and everything you see below is guaranteed in-stock for immediate shipment!

We just marked down a few discontinued colors to $119 while supplies last. These Beco Butterflies come from the fall/winter collection

(update January 2010 – all the colors shown below are now sold out. 12 new ones are in stock)

Just in – Five limited Beco Butterfly colors custom made for our store and three hot new organics – and in all cases we kept the prices down so these don’t even cost more than the regular carriers!

Here are two of the organic Duo Becos – I’m loving the dad-friendly colors and simple owl design.  There is an orange one in the store as well, but here it’s the sand/brown and sky blue / charcoal gray combos.

Abby, Mia, and Aubrey Beco below

Custom made Olivia and Emma Beco below

User photos of the Avery and Jacob Beco prints just to show the colors better.

Click the photos to enlarge.

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Pardon the homemade quality of these photos, but we wanted to make this available right away even if the photography isn’t world class.

Click any picture to enlarge.  Click here to shop.

Ok, here we go. Opening the Beco box

Unfolding the Butterfly 2 partway with the pretty side down and all the straps showing

Flip it over and unfold the headrest / sleeping hood.  It arrived attached with 2 snaps to the carrier body and a choice of snaps on each longer strip attaches the hood to each shoulder strap.  The sides of the hood are elasticized now, so this was really responsive of Beco and will make it much more usable in the real world.

Close up of the Emma print . Check out the exciting little “custom edition” label right above the usual Beco logo. The dots on each side of the custom label are where the sleeping hood snaps on, but I took that off for this photo.

Flip it over and unbuckle the carrier body from the shoulder straps to reveal the infant insert inside. It attaches at the top of the carrier with smaller buckles.  See both buckled, see one unbuckled and pulled back, then see both unbuckled to reveal all sorts of safety and proper use info

OK, this next picture leaves the carrier exactly as above, but the angle shows you how the bottom of the infant insert attaches. see the velcro?  There are two fat velcro strips running vertical under all that writing, and the base of the infant insert is a fat horizontal peice of velcro. Together, this means you can adjust the height of the Butterfly insert to wherever you want it, eventually pulling it out entirely.

But then, what of the little buckle on the carrier body? If baby is 15 pounds and you don’t need the infant insert, what becomes of the stray buckle?

You hide it in the stretchy little sleeve on the strap right next to it

Hope this helps!

Beco Butterfly 2 at Tender Cargo

En route today and just now opened up for orders, we have the re-designed Beco Butterfly Carrier in 10 prints and 2 solid colors, and 5 of those prints were custom made for our store! We chose the custom fabrics because they were favorites in older versions of Beco Carriers and we wanted to bring them on board for the version 2.0

The main new feature of this design is that the included infant insert is now totally removable!

Homemade photos of all colors will be blogged later this week

Edit: They’re here, see the colors on our shelf!

Edit: detailed photos of the whole carrier at the first Emma’s unboxing

After the sale ends, click here for our neverending thread on Beco availability

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For the first time ever, the Beco company authorized a sale!

Beginning right now, the night of August 1st, and lasting until the end of the month, we are celebrating in two ways – free shipping on all Beco Baby Carriers and sale on all Beco Butterfly colors. edit Aug 13: the discount increased to $30 off!  edit Dec 1 – it is $40 off and only Isabella, black, and espresso are left in stock. Quantities are becoming very limited!

The discount is automatic, no coupon code needed.

Here are some homemade photos of the new Beco Butterfly prints. People have been especially curious about the words on Emma, which wouldn’t be read on the official Beco Butterfly images. But we have them now, so click to enlarge!

Admittedly, Ethan is not a new arrival, but we haven’t taken extra photos yet and it is an extremely attractive yellow and brown in person, I just had to show it off!

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Video on Beco’s blog of how to open and adjust the new buckles

Here’s a shot of me and my girl. I don’t carry her on my back much because she is almost 3. When we go out she usually walks while I carry baby brother, but this photo shows us at home.

It was December, I needed to ship packages, she wanted to cuddle.

The carrier is a Beco 4th generation in Metropolis.

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