I have a HAB but I would have got a close carrier if I'd seen them before I bought it. They both hold baby in the same way and everything it's just that the CC you don't have to tie and is quicker to put on. The HAB wasn't difficult to tie but annoying when out at the shops and the long ends are dragging on the ground while you're standing there looking like a bit of a dork trying to tie it, LOL. That's what I thought anyway.