Updated: How to Spot Fake Ergo's

[pink_rulez]

Cool pictures would be great! Im struggaling with getting them off the internet becuse of new/old styles, mine has the new logo on and as i bought it new it should be brand new. I really want to believe its real but it seems a much bigger problem than I first thought, I thought I was doing the right thing buy getting it for the seller list but these two things are putting dought into my mind.
Will be stalking for pictures xx

 

[dgirllamius]

Here's the warning label to mine. It's in the middle of the waist strap. All the English is correct, as is the German. I'd imagine there'd be some spelling error or grammatical error there if mine was a fake, seeing as a lot of fakes do have errors (even more errors in ther German, too...I'd imagine).

I've checked other things like the stitching which is really well done. The logo is the colour it should be and the material appears to be very durable. I'm going to take it to an authorised shop when I get back home and have them have a look at it. I got mine from amazon.de and it was sent by them, not a third party seller. If they're selling fakes then I'll be sure to let them know.

 

[aliss]

Here's the warning label to mine. It's in the middle of the waist strap. All the English is correct, as is the German. I'd imagine there'd be some spelling error or grammatical error there if mine was a fake, seeing as a lot of fakes do have errors (even more errors in ther German, too...I'd imagine).

I've checked other things like the stitching which is really well done. The logo is the colour it should be and the material appears to be very durable. I'm going to take it to an authorised shop when I get back home and have them have a look at it. I got mine from amazon.de and it was sent by them, not a third party seller. If they're selling fakes then I'll be sure to let them know.

The French is correct as well. Mind you, that is a sign it is actually made in Germany lol since the Germans know their French a lot better than the googletranslatecrap from China/India.

 

[pink_rulez]

Here's the warning label to mine. It's in the middle of the waist strap. All the English is correct, as is the German. I'd imagine there'd be some spelling error or grammatical error there if mine was a fake, seeing as a lot of fakes do have errors (even more errors in ther German, too...I'd imagine).

I've checked other things like the stitching which is really well done. The logo is the colour it should be and the material appears to be very durable. I'm going to take it to an authorised shop when I get back home and have them have a look at it. I got mine from amazon.de and it was sent by them, not a third party seller. If they're selling fakes then I'll be sure to let them know.

That's the same as my warning lable so I hold out more hope mines real, now it's just the buckle, to me it dosnt look as sturdy as the ones in the pictures of real ones but I suppose they could have changes the type on newer carriers, I'd be very surprised if mines fake if it came from an authorised seller but looks like you can never be to careful, I didn't realise somthing a simple as a carrier could be so stressful, sorta makes me wish I would have just gone for a beco, I looked into it so much as there so pricey but went with all of the great reviews, thanks for the pics xx

 

[ashiozz]

my warning label looks like the one pictured on page 6 with the bold FALL HAZARD and the french under the english, exactly, and my buckles also say stealth, I Got mine a few mos ago.. So Im not sure if the buckles have changed or not

 

[BigAl]

Mine looks exactly like the real ones, passes all the tests posted, buckles, stitching, zip, serial number, warning label etc, there were just a couple of spelling mistakes on the box. Ergo have told me it's a fake just from who I bought it from.

Just thought I would mention it, it seems the only way you can be sure is by buying from an authorised retailer.

And don't I feel stupid!

 

[swood9]

Don't feel stupid! Mine could hardly have been faker but it was the first ive owned! How are we supposed to know?

 

[Leids]

Alright! I promised I would post pictures of my new ergo! This was shipped from the official website. If it looks different than yours, don't freak out. There are older/newer versions and things do change.

Sorry for the size!

Notes: The stealth logo was on every single buckle, both female and male buckles. There was no 'ergobaby' logo on any buckles, which goes against what some of the guides have said. The buckles themselves were larger than the buckles on my fake (will show). The buckles were actually much more difficult to open and felt very secure.

*There was a business reply mail card attached to the carrier. The carrier did not come in a bag. My fake came in a bag and did not have the card attached.

*My fake ergo was 'organic' - the ergo I ordered from the official site was not. This doesn't matter to me, but there may be slight differences in the appearance and construction of an organic ergo versus non-organic. Due to that, this may not be the best comparison.

Spoiler

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/IMG_0587.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/IMG_0589.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/IMG_0590.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/IMG_0591.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/IMG_0592.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/IMG_0594.jpg

*Red ergo is real. Blue ergo is fake. (So real is left, fake is right)
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/IMG_0595.jpg

*A little difficult to tell in the photo, but the real ergo has much thicker straps than the fake ergo. Feels MUCH sturdier overall.
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/IMG_0596.jpg

*Main belt male buckle. Fake is on the LEFT. Real is on the RIGHT. (You can see stealth written on the real(
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/IMG_0597.jpg

*On the opposite side of the (real) buckles, it had this written. It's UTX (symbol)- Flex. This was on every single buckle as well.
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/nakeli/IMG_0588.jpg

 

[dgirllamius]

Ah, mine looks very much like yours except for the warning label. Thanks for those. Still going to get it checked by an authorized shop though.