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(More customer reviews)Stay-at-home dad here, looking for something a little more macho than the typical diaper bag. I arrived at the Baby Sherpa 4-in-1 Diaper Backpack a little late, as I have two toddlers rather than say, a single infant. However, given the company boasts how much that this bag can hold and how well it is designed to allow it to hold more just because of better design, I thought I would do well with this for toddlers because the bulky diapers are gone, so that leaves more room for a change of cloths, larger food items and juice cups, some of my things, etc., right? Wrong.
First of all, this backpack is WAY too compartmentalized. I was doing better using the large beach style bag that I bought from Target. The main compartment is a useless size, mostly because it's divided up into three separate compartments that are each too small to be useful. The write-up boasts that this backpack has a medical kit compartment, compartments for glasses, palm pilots, cell phones, wallets, etc. Can someone tell me where all these pockets are, because I just couldn't find them. The main compartment could hold my wallet, Palm device, and cellphone, but that's about all it could hold then. The two separate zipper compartments on the side that seem to be where they think you're putting your cellphone, wallet, Palm Pilot, and glasses are very strange shapes that could maybe hold a single pair of sunglasses or a very small cellphone, but they could not hold my wallet, and definitely could not hold a woman's wallet. They surely cannot hold all of the items they mentioned. These pockets are also not padded at all, so putting your personal electronics in this pockets (which stick out like ears on either side of the backpack) would be very risky for damage. I use a small sandwich sized tupperware container for a simple medical kit. If you put that in the main compartment, you're just about done when it come to room. This is the first time I've encountered the situation where a bag actually is SMALLER on the inside than it looks like it would be looking at the outside! Usually, you're telling the opposite story about a backpack or other piece of luggage.
The much touted built-in cooler looks like it could do a pretty good job, but expect to get a wet posterior, as there is a drain hole on the bottom of the diaper bag right over your rear end. Even just sweat from a few chilled juice cups are going to leave a nice wet spot in a very improper place. Actually, that drain hole has a metal grommet around it. My backpack arrived with the material around that grommet torn away and frayed. I'm pretty handy, but about the only way that could be repaired is to install a new, larger grommet. Not something I care to have to do for a brand new $90 backpack before I ever use it for the first time! I'd be more tempted to seal that hole to avoid a wet butt.
Also, don't expect your $90 backpack to arrive with much fanfare. Mine was shipped to me in a simple clear plastic bag, loosely "sealed" by folding the bag over and sticking on one piece of clear tape. A small tag was attached to one of the carabiners, and a very crumpled "tips sheet" was stuck in the outside compartment. No warranty card, no documentation, not even a 1/2 box or anything close to retail packaging. The "shipping container" was nothing more than yet another plastic bag with a UPS label on it. For the better part of $100, I'd have to say that, yes, I expected it to be shipped in a box.
I have to say that for all the hype, this was an extreme disappointment. All the professional reviews and advertisements basically state that this diaper backpack is the end-all, be-all solution. In my opinion, it is far from a solution for anyone. I don't think it would've been useful even when I only had one infant. I also have two older teenagers, and I have to say that they have purchased better backpacks for school each year for $25 than this $90 Baby Sherpa. One year the older kids ended up with $25 backpacks that were not only better designed, but weren't damaged, had more real room in them, and came with a free, insulated lunchbox that attached to the bottom of the backpack, giving it a really nice, one-piece look. I wish I could find one of those, as I would just use it, be happier, and at almost 1/4 of the total price of a Baby Sherpa.
Save your money, and shop around in the normal backpack area of Wal-Mart, Target, etc. I think this has to be the most overated product that I've been suckered into buying in a very, very long time. Even if it was $25, I don't think I could recommend it to anyone because of how compartmentalized it is. the rest of the bag seemed to be a nice quality build, but the torn grommet is cause for concern, and another review here reports of a torn seam. So, if your $90 isn't getting you neither a better design nor better quality, what is it getting you? Correct answer: A smaller wallet that will fit in the tiny side pocket of a Baby Sherpa that you regret buying!
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