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Safe Rings for Ring Slings, Onbus & More

SlingRings.com is the ONLY source for sling rings we recommend in the USA. (You can order official SlingRings in Canada from BabyweaRings.ca)
If you buy your rings from Amazon or elsewhere, please do so with extreme caution. Make sure your rings have been weight tested and are made from baby-safe materials. If you are outside of the US or Canada, you can check our Materials Sources page for suggestions!

SlingRings.com has notoriously fast shipping (most with the "free shipping" option tend to arrive within 3-4 days) but if you simply NEED rings sooner than that, you can sometimes find sling rings for sale at a local cloth diaper shop, or ask the moms in your local moms group or babywearing group if they any have any spare rings laying around that they could sell you.

NEVER use rings purchased from a craft store or fabric store. These rings are not rated for weight bearing and would put your baby in danger.

As a last resort, you can use large o-rings from a hardware store. Look for large (preferably 3") rings with a very smooth weld - any kind of bump on the weld line will wear your fabric down and could eventually cause a tear. Keep in mind that hardware rings are not made with babies in mind, so they could be chewing on just about anything. Plus, as one mama in our Facebook support group shared, hardware rings are significantly heavier than official aluminum sling rings.