Yako Yako Find The Heart infinity

Review of Yako Yako Find The Heart Infinity

Pattern: Find The Heart
Name: infinity
Blend: 50%  GOTS certified organic cotton and 50% super wash Merino Wool
Thickness: 300 g/m2 prewash and approximately 340 postwash.
Wrappee: 20 months and 14,5 kg

Find the heart is the other one of Yako Yako´s two patterns. It is a beautiful pattern, and Infinity is made out of a beautiful blue color, that will for sure take anyone´s attention.

My first thoughts when touching this wrap is that is was very soft and smooth. It has a bit more grip than First Touch (the other tester I hosted- review further down on the page), but still not a lot.  It also feel a tiny bit thicker.
It is also dense woven and it has some more weight than what you should think when feeling its thickness in hand.

Find The Heart is made out of 50% GOTS certified Organic cotton, and 50% Superwash Merino wool. The wool gives it the feeling of being a bit more cushy then First Touch.  They are both toddler proof, but I think Find The Heart could even be pre-school proof! Hehe..

This wrap is soft and smooth when wrapping. It´s easy to wrap with, and it´s no problem doing double layers with it. It does not have a lot of grip, so it will slide easily in to place and make every wrapping job easy. It is also study and it´s also having a small bit of stretch.

Find The Heart is just thick enough to make nice, cushy pleats on the shoulders, and that gives you a feeling of wrapping with pillows on your shoulders. For everyone who have sensitive shoulders like me- its a big plus. 
You could easily think that it would be a warm wrap when looking at it´s blend, but I can assure you that its not uncomfortable warm at any time for me. It was just warm enough when wearing outside, and the wool does actually breath when using inside. We have been using this almost every night when wearing the little one to sleep, and we have not been feeling to warm at any time. Find The Heart is like a blanket you put around you.

This wrap is easy care, and thats a big plus for everyone who have kids like mine. You can let them eat in it, you can wrap up and down as they prefer to walk or play during the walk, and you do not have to think about wether it would be dirty or not. You can just put it in the washing machine at wool-program, and dry it flat. And then its good to go for next day and next adventure!

Oh, by the way- In my opinion its almost pull-proof too! 

My conclusion about this wrap is:

- Its smooth and soft 
- easycare
- a bit thicker then First Touch
- have a lot of cush
- dense weaved wrap
- almost pull proof
- Beautiful colors
- very toddler proof
- not too warm
- feels like a blanket

- Not for those who like a lot of grip or thin wraps. 

Yako Yako First Touch Black&White

Review of Yako Yako First Touch Black&White



Pattern: First Touch
Name: Black&White
Blend: 100%  GOTS certified organic cotton
Thickness: 300 g/m2 prewash and approximately 340 postwash.
Wrappee: 20 months and 14,5 kg

I was very excited to be asked to test two of Yako Yako´s wraps. The brand is a new and upcoming brand that make high quality baby wraps, and I love to try it out.

First touch is a beautiful wrap made of 100% GOTS certified organic cotton. The wrap is densely woven, and in hand it feels thin and a bit heavy at the same time. 
I am not a fan of 100% cotton, and was a bit scared about trying out that for my toddler, but by the first touch it proved me that cotton is not just cotton!

First Touch is soft and feels smooth in hand. It does not have much grip, and is so easy to wrap with. Every layer is just falling on place almost by it self, and you dont need to even get warm during the wrap-job. Its easy to tighten, its easy to do double layers, and its even easy to make a good seat and to make the knot/finish. 
I am carrying a toddler, and its a very toddler proof wrap that can carry him also in a simple ruck with no problem. The pleats are so comfy and cushy on my shoulders.

Another ting I really like about this wrap, is that its easy care. You can just put it in the washing machine on cotton 40°c, and it will come out clean and almost ready for use. For me that is important when i choose what wrap I'm wearing for what occasion. At this trip, where I took this pictures, I had a lot of ups and downs with the wraps, and in Norway at this time its easy to get some dirt on the wraps. Its nice to choose something you know can be easily washed after use.

Another thing is the colors. I love that its so different from right and "wrong" side. For me it feels like having three different looks in one wrap. I can use only dark side, only light side og mix it- like I did on this picture! I also love the contrast! 

I think this wrap is almost pull-proof. I can not promise you this, because I would never try to make a pull in any wrap, but the dense weave makes the structure more like the top of any woven t-shirt or jeans, than some of the wraps I have tried. It seems like it would never get a pull, and that is for sure a good thing! 

This wrap would be perfect for every age. It would be the to-go wrap for everything, and it would suit newbies and more advanced baby wearers. Its a good starter wrap, because its not the most expensive wrap, but it could be your one and only wrap from start till end of baby wearing- if you can manage just keeping one. 

This is also a wrap for all around wearing. It does not feel warm when wearing inside, and it feels like an extra layer of clothes when wearing outside in this wintertime. 

My conclusion about this wrap is:

- A smooth wrap

- Densely woven

- thin, but a bit heavy

- very soft

- easycare

- pull-proof

- good for all ages and weight

- easy to wrap with

- cushy on the shoulders

- Not for those who love a lot of grip in their wrap.

Minako Ursus Polar

Review of Minako Ursus Polar 

Pattern: Ursus
Name: Polar
Blend: 42% L.S. egyptian cotton, 36% Japanese Tsumugi silk (space dyed) 16% mulberry silk, 6%babycamel
Thickness: 290 g/m2 (prewash)
Wrappee: 20 months and 14,5 kg

So, lets all meet Minako Ursus Polar. 

Just a short while after Mischa left, Polar arrived here with us. I was very excited about this one, because I heard that it was more spongy on the shoulders than Mischa, and that would just be the perfect wrap for us.
The rumors was true, and my thoughts too.
When I thought I had met the perfect wrap in Mischa- I met Polar! 

Polar is a beauty of a wrap, with amazing colors. 
You may think that its silver and black with glitter, but that´s not the reality.
The wrap has some beautiful colors hidden inside the silver/grey, and that makes the wrap look glittering. 
In slingofest Minako has described the wrap as : Double twisted space dyed Japanese silk ( pastel blue colors) in combination with navy blue babycamel/silk on black yarn.
And the pastel in it self looks soo gorgeous! 

  

Polar is made of 42% L.S. egyptian cotton, 36% Japanese Tsumugi silk, 16% mulberry silk and 6%babycamel. 
It has the thickness of 290 g/m2. 
This time I would try look away from that number, because I think Polar is more of a thick wrap. My guess would be around 320-340 just by touching it. Still the wrap feels light in hand. Its not heavy, but feels airy and fluffy just by touching it.

The pastel colors are hard to capture in a picture. I have tried, and this is the best I got.
It has stripes of different pastel colors, and its so beautiful! 

So, how does it feel?
Polar felt a bit rough in hand. It had a surface I haven't experienced before. 
They say this will be different, and more smooth, when really broken in, but for me it was not rough in a bad way. 
Polar felt like having ALOT of grip when touching it, but it was not what I experienced when wrapping with it. 
The wrap is a velcro wrap (as we call it in Norway), but still there was no problem making double passes glide easily. And the grip also make the wrap stay in place when you wrap, tighten and making the knot. 

The wrap made my little one feel weightless in multiple layer-carries. It has some awesome amount of cush on the shoulders, and it has just a tiny bit stretch. 
The stretch is just enough to make the wrap moldable on both me and my boy. 
I feel like I'm once more repeating myself, but this wrap was very good to wrap with, carry in longer walks, carry heavier kids and also perfect for my sensitive shoulders and back!

For me Polar was the answer for the perfect toddler-wrap, and I was amazed about its qualities! 

So, my conclusion about this wrap:

- thicker wrap
- not heavy
- feels airy
- feels grippy in hand, but not when wrapping
- perfect wrap for toddlers
- medium amount of grip
- a bit bounce and stretch
- looks amazing
- no scratchy glitter
- good for single and multiple-layer carries
- does feel like a blanket, but not too warm.

- a bit too thick and grippy for the smallest squishes
- not for those who like wraps with no or just a bit of grip, or who search for thin wraps