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HUGE and well made for the price
This bag is enormous, well made, and worth the money. (the bottom photo shows it is as big as a weekend carryon bag). I took photos to show some of the parts you can't see in the description. Let's start with the back of the pack. The venting and padding in the straps and back panel will be wonderful on a hot day when you need to wear the bag for hours, like a field trip. The straps have a ton of extra space to be adjusted if you are tall or heavy. The handle is also padded so it doesn't dig into your arm or wrist or hand when you hold it that way. The three main compartments of the backpack are very roomy, soft, easily wiped clean, have interior pockets with elastic gathered tops, and you can customize how you want the bottom of the three interior compartments to be velcroed (open or sealed up). I use the first main compartment for large items (wallet, coupon book, snacks, juice, camera, phone), the middle opening for personal products (tissues, lip balm), and the last smallest opening for a toy. The small padded zipper opening in the front is perfect for my gym lock and keys. The wipe container works perfectly fine, but like others said, I sub in a jumbo pack of wipe refills since I only like a certain brand/fragrance and it still fits into the opening. The insulated pocket on the opposite side of the bag is fine too, I simply don't have the need for a baby bottle any longer so I keep an oversized sunglasses case in there instead. My only complaint is that the insulted pouch only opens one way with one zipper. I wish it had two zippers so that you could access it from either side. The zippers overall are well made and they aren't cheap small zipper handles. They are ergonomically molded to the comfortable in your hand. The diaper pad is cheap cheap cheap but would work in a pinch if you needed an extra changing surface. I am so pleased with this purchase and my husband is as well. He didn't like my old bag since it was a one shoulder strap diaper bag that would bump into people and knock things over in stores. The Graco Gotham is cool for guys and dads too. The only con is that it's plain and kind of makes you look like you are going on a hiking trip, even if you're grocery shopping or hitting up the library, but I have boys and we don't exactly frequent fine ladies' stores, kwim? For a grownup night out, of course I use a nice handbag.
March 2015 · Baby Products · verified purchase