This pack is great- it has every feature you would want in a pack. The one downfall is although the child seat is completely secure, it moves back and forth while you walk or hike and it can often feel like it throws you off balance now and again. It would have been the perfect pack if the child seat was closer to the body, with no flexibility to move. Again, the child is completely secure, it just feels a little wobbly and that makes it slightly uncomfortable.

The escape was by far the most comfortable carrier I found. I'm 6'2, about 200lbs with broad shoulders. I tried the osprey poco AG plus and premium as well as the deuter kid comfort and all 3 were uncomfortable to wear. The osprey felt like the shoulder straps were too narrow for me an digging into my neck. Maybe for smaller frames these are ok, but I couldn't get the setup comfortable for myself. The escape was very comfortable to wear on our hikes. Our daughter is now 2yrs old, 29lbs an 35in tall. I wore it on multiple 2+ mile sightseeing hikes in Yosemite and Tahoe. Our daughter Allyson loved being in it!!! There's plenty of storage, we had room for diapers, bottles, snacks, etc, 2 cameras, phones, wallets an then some. I probably came close to maxing the weight limit with everything but it held up great! Mirror would've been nice but I used phone camera just as easily. Awesome carrier! This replaced our baby bjorn.