Custom Onbuhimo Carrier

Buckle Onbuhimo:
This is the most popular style of Onbuhimo, and what you may hear referred to as a “regular” or “normal” Onbuhimo.

It is made of a body panel, and shoulder straps with webbing and ladder locks, or buckles, to tighten and adjust. Then a chest strap to secure it on your shoulders.

Reverse Onbuhimo:

The Reverse style is made of a body panel, Short shoulder straps with double rings, and longer bottom wrap straps.

The bottom wrap straps are threaded through the rings on the shoulders, completing the shoulder straps. The extra length of straps can then be tied in a multitude of ways for different looks, and support needs.

Buckle Onbuhimo

Full Conversion:  Everything is covered with your wrap

3/4: Most of the carrier is your wrap; outside body panel, the whole shoulder straps, and the chest straps. Only the inside body panel (what is against baby) is the cotton.

Half Conversion: The outside body panel, top of the shoulder straps including the chest strap loops, and the chest strap is your wrap. The inside body panel and underside of the shoulder straps (What is against you and baby) is cotton

Partial Conversion: Outside body panel is your wrap. The shoulder straps, chest strap, and inside body panel is cotton

Reverse Onbuhimo

Full Conversion: Everything is your wrap, the body panel, shoulder straps, and bottom wrap straps.

Semi Conversion: When worn it looks like a full, but allows you to use less wrap. The outside body panel top of the shoulder straps and bottom straps are your wrap. The inside body panel and the underside of the shoulder straps are cotton.

Partial Conversion: The bottom wrap straps and possibly other parts of the carrier is cotton, and your wrap is the rest. Your wrap can be just the outside body. Or can be as much as everything except the bottom wrap straps.

Body panel sizes

Baby: Seat width 14-16 inches, 16-19 inches tall (Generally fits early sitters up to those who wear 18 months)

Standard: Seat width 16-18 inches, 17-21 inches tall (Generally fits those who wear 12 months to 2T)

Toddler: Seat width 19-21 inches, 21-24 inches tall (Generally fits those who wear 2T to 4T)

Preschool: Seat width 22-26 inches, 23-26 inches tall (Generally fits those who wear 4T and bigger)

Adjustable:  Generally fits those who wear 12 months to 4T

Large Adjustable: Generally fits those who wear 18 months and larger

Buckle Onbuhimo Shoulder Straps:

Petite – 9″ to 12″
Standard – 12″ to 15″
Long – 15″ to 18″

Generally, by top size:
XS – Petite
Sm to large – Standard
XL to XXXL – Long

* If you are short chested you go down a size. Really long chested may need to go up a size.

With your little on your back, either wrapped or having someone hold them, having your little where you ideally would like to wear them. Measure from their armpit over your shoulder to the front of your armpit.

10 inches or shorter – Petite
11 to 14- Standard
15 or longer – Long

Reverse Onbuhimo Shoulder Straps:

With your little on your back, either wrapped or having someone hold them, have your little where you ideally would like to wear them. Measure from their armpit over your shoulder to your collarbone.

6 to 9 inches – Petite – 10″
10 to 13 – Standard – 12″
14 or longer – Long – 14″

Reverse Onbuhimo Bottom Straps:

The length you will need will mainly depend on what kind of tie off you’d like to do.

Just a basic chest belt – 40″
Chest belt tie under bum – 50″ – 60″
Bum passes to Tibetan – 60″ to 80″
Bum passes to Tibetan, then extra flourishes (candy cane, tie under bum) – 70″ – 90″

Exactly how much material will you need? Refer to the guide below to make sure you have enough!

Buckle Onbuhimo:

Full Conversion: 2.5 meters – 100 inches
Full Conversion Adjustable: 3 meters – 115 inches
Half Conversion: 1.6 meters – 60 inches (includes chest strap)
Half Conversion Adjustable: 1.8 meters – 70 inches (includes chest strap)

Partial Conversion:

Baby – 21 inches
Standard – 23 inches
Toddler – 27 inches
Preschool – 30 inches
Adjustable – 30 inches
Large Adjustable – 33 inches

Reverse Onbuhimo:

Full Conversion:

40″ Straps – Size 3 (128 inches needed)
50″ Straps – Size 4 (138 inches needed)
60″ Straps – Size 4 (148 inches needed)
70″ Straps – Size 5 (158 inches needed)
80″ Straps – Size 5 (168 inches needed)
90″ Straps – Size 6 (178 inches needed)

Semi Conversion:

40″ Straps – Size 2 (90 inches needed)
50″ Straps – Size 3 (100 inches needed)
60″ Straps – Size 3 (110 inches needed)
70″ Straps – Size 3 (120 inches needed)
80″ Straps – Size 4 (130 inches needed)
90″ Straps – Size 5 (140 inches needed)

Partial Conversion:

Outside body panel – 27 inches
Outside body panel and top of shoulder straps – 48 inches
Whole body panel and whole shoulder straps – 87 inches

*Adjustable body panel add 15 inches

Hoods:

Detachable Drawstring Flathood: 20 inches
Detachable Drawstring Hoodie Hood: 38 inches