suzska
11-15-2003, 08:32 AM
I'll preface this by saying that I have a LE DIA from three years ago, and that's pretty much the bag I've been using all this time. I also have a LE Little Tripper from back then, and we use that one only to carry A diaper for after swimming lessions. I've never found it useful for anything else.
I'm looking for a bag mainly to take to Disney World in a few weeks (so I don't have much time to shop!). The Do-It-All I have isn't bad, but it's on the large side. And I tend to over-stuff it. We have a Combi Convenience stroller that's about 2 yo that we'll be taking, and the LE DIA takes up most, if not all, of the basket.
I'd like something that has pretty easy access to diaper changing supplies since we'll be "on the go" all day. DS (2.5 yo) finally is drinking through a straw, so I probably don't need to tote along the sippies this trip. YAY!
What I'd like to carry is about six size-6 diapers, a wipe case, two things of diaper cream, diaper sacks for disposal, a cloth diaper (a.k.a. pee shield), and tissues in the "diaper area." I'd also like to be able to carry a change of clothes for him, maybe our rain ponchos (you know, the $.97 ones from WalMart), and maybe a few other odds and ends, but not many, separate from the diapers. And of coarse a changing pad.
I'd really like organizer pockets (mesh or otherwise) to separate the diapers and all the stuff kept in the changing area of the bag.
I keep looking at the High Performance Backpack from One Step Ahead, but I can't bring myself to spend the $80. I'd be more comfortable spending about half that. I also wonder if it's a little large.
I've also been looking at the Deluxe Backpack from LE (with is probably just as big), but have no idea what this bag is really like. (I think LE could do a MUCH better job with pictures on their site--at least let me enlarge the thing!). Oh, I should mention that I bought a regular Collegiate Jr. backpack from LE awhile ago, thinking I could use that as a diaper bag, but it just hasn't worked out--too hard to access the contents. It's DS toybag now. So I can't tell if the Deluxe Backpack diaper bag would be just as hard to access.
http://landsend.com/cd/fp/prod/0,1467,1_2_474_43562_89158_67605_5:view=-1,00.html?sid=0607059098328122040
I've been looking at a few things on eBags from Safeline and Samsonite Juvenile, but it's hard to tell when they don't picture the insides of most of the bags. What I'm looking for doesn't have to be a backpack. The Clam diaper bag from Samsonite caught my eye, but I wonder if it will hold everything like I want.
http://www.ebags.com/Samsonite_Juvenile_Products/Elegance_LA_Collection_Clam_Diaper_Bag/product_detail/index.cfm?ModelID=14294&bb_id=c3642|b238&ProductList_15_Link=Details&sub_site_id=15
I was also looking at the Weekender bag from them, but have no idea what the inside is like--and I'm very picky, if you can't tell.
http://www.ebags.com/Samsonite_Juvenile_Products/Elegance_Collection_Weekender_Diaper_Bag/product_detail/index.cfm?ModelID=3110&bb_id=c3642|b238&ProductList_15_Link=Details&sub_site_id=15
Okay, I suppose I've gone on long enough. :) So if you have ANY help/suggestions/ideas that you can provide, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!!!
I'm looking for a bag mainly to take to Disney World in a few weeks (so I don't have much time to shop!). The Do-It-All I have isn't bad, but it's on the large side. And I tend to over-stuff it. We have a Combi Convenience stroller that's about 2 yo that we'll be taking, and the LE DIA takes up most, if not all, of the basket.
I'd like something that has pretty easy access to diaper changing supplies since we'll be "on the go" all day. DS (2.5 yo) finally is drinking through a straw, so I probably don't need to tote along the sippies this trip. YAY!
What I'd like to carry is about six size-6 diapers, a wipe case, two things of diaper cream, diaper sacks for disposal, a cloth diaper (a.k.a. pee shield), and tissues in the "diaper area." I'd also like to be able to carry a change of clothes for him, maybe our rain ponchos (you know, the $.97 ones from WalMart), and maybe a few other odds and ends, but not many, separate from the diapers. And of coarse a changing pad.
I'd really like organizer pockets (mesh or otherwise) to separate the diapers and all the stuff kept in the changing area of the bag.
I keep looking at the High Performance Backpack from One Step Ahead, but I can't bring myself to spend the $80. I'd be more comfortable spending about half that. I also wonder if it's a little large.
I've also been looking at the Deluxe Backpack from LE (with is probably just as big), but have no idea what this bag is really like. (I think LE could do a MUCH better job with pictures on their site--at least let me enlarge the thing!). Oh, I should mention that I bought a regular Collegiate Jr. backpack from LE awhile ago, thinking I could use that as a diaper bag, but it just hasn't worked out--too hard to access the contents. It's DS toybag now. So I can't tell if the Deluxe Backpack diaper bag would be just as hard to access.
http://landsend.com/cd/fp/prod/0,1467,1_2_474_43562_89158_67605_5:view=-1,00.html?sid=0607059098328122040
I've been looking at a few things on eBags from Safeline and Samsonite Juvenile, but it's hard to tell when they don't picture the insides of most of the bags. What I'm looking for doesn't have to be a backpack. The Clam diaper bag from Samsonite caught my eye, but I wonder if it will hold everything like I want.
http://www.ebags.com/Samsonite_Juvenile_Products/Elegance_LA_Collection_Clam_Diaper_Bag/product_detail/index.cfm?ModelID=14294&bb_id=c3642|b238&ProductList_15_Link=Details&sub_site_id=15
I was also looking at the Weekender bag from them, but have no idea what the inside is like--and I'm very picky, if you can't tell.
http://www.ebags.com/Samsonite_Juvenile_Products/Elegance_Collection_Weekender_Diaper_Bag/product_detail/index.cfm?ModelID=3110&bb_id=c3642|b238&ProductList_15_Link=Details&sub_site_id=15
Okay, I suppose I've gone on long enough. :) So if you have ANY help/suggestions/ideas that you can provide, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!!!