Pognae

I was contacted yesterday by a woman in Malaysia trying to order the Pognae. I guess she found my review. I think I've helped sell quite a few of these things for the Pognae company. I feel like I deserve a cut or something. Anyway, the woman asked me if I still think it's a good carrier. I'd have to say yes, I do. It worked out very well for us, although I don't have another carrier to compare it to. It's easy to get on and off, comfy (although Grace can only be worn on the back now because she's too heavy), and I think it looks nice. It's a good value I think. I was originally going to get an Ergo, but at the time they were going for over 110,000 won on gmarket and I was trying to save a bit of money because we were buying so many baby things. Anyway, we still use the Pognae -- actually, Grace is usually very eager to jump into her "car" (stroller) and head to daycare, but for some reason this morning she went over to our carrier which was sitting on a shelf, and motioned for me to put it on. I thought it was kind of sweet that she still likes being carried. So, in conclusion, my original review remains unchanged. The Pognae is a good baby carrier.

By the way, in trying to help this woman, I went to Pognae's website and discovered that I am in a photo collage (scroll down a bit) of foreigners wearing the Pognae. Wow, it seems so long ago that Grace was 4 months old.

EDITED TO ADD: Sometimes this really frustrates me: the lack of customer service in Korea. There are some great products and businesses here, but the people in charge really need some lessons in how to provide quality customer service. I have been trying to help this woman from Malaysia whose husband is now in Korea and wants to buy two Pognae carriers. Sejin has had several conversations with the people at Pognae today and they are pretty unwilling to set up a convenient payment method for them. They insist that he has to go to their office and pay cash. I thought for sure they would allow a paypal or credit card transaction and have the carriers delivered to his hotel in Seoul. Not so.

The Pognae

I recently ordered the Pognae baby carrier -- "the best comfortable baby carrier you'll ever wear" -- from gmarket. I decided to go with the Pognae because it looks exactly like the Ergo carrier, but is about half the price. Since I haven't been working for around 6 months, I save money wherever I can, and I had a good feeling about the Pognae.

My good feeling was correct. I've only wore it out once, but it is comfortable and sturdy, and I like the design. The plain ones are cheaper, around 40,000 won, and the graphic design ones are extra. The elephant one I chose was an extra 15,000. The print material is a very soft muslin type of fabric, and the print is not garish or cheesy. There are even zebra print and military print ones!

It's definitely an Ergo knockoff, but it has a few extra features. It comes with an extra head support that is attachable by velcro. There is also a flap where the baby's back is that you can roll down to reveal a mesh material to allow for air flow. One thing I really like is that on all the loose straps there is an elastic attached, so you can roll up all those loose ends so they're not flapping around. For an extra 6000 won, I got the sucky pads, which are quite thick and nice, and reversible.

So I'm pretty happy with my Pognae. It's the first carrier I've picked out for myself...all the others were lent to me -- the Moby, the Ergo, a Korean Baby Bjorn type carrier -- which was great because I got to try many out before purchasing one.