Posted: 6/15/2008 11:31:04 PM EDT
This is Fathers Day, and I thought this would be a good day to post this. I am a new father, and this is my first fathers day! Woo Hoo!! A good friend of mine Jason, who works at a cop shop in Anchorage, gave me the ultimate gift....a Tactical Diaper Bag!! If you are a dad, you know it is hard to look manly while cruising down the isles of the grocery store with a diaper bag which looks like...well a diaper bag. Most bags are pastel colors with cartoon chartares plastered on the sides.  This bag is so cool, I get asked about it whereever I go, and everyone seems to want one. Here's a view of the bag being slung over the shoulder. It's a 5.11 PUSH shoulder bag.  I was in a line and I could hear the person behind me reading the patch to themsleves out loud. often when I am in line I hear laughter.....  Most don't notice the external mag pouch, or Surfire E2D  The small pouch on the soulder strap is for 2 pacifiers...and the Maxpedition ARFCOM rollout is for....whatever.   This TDB contains most everyting my son will need for a short outing: bottled water, baby bottle, formula, 5 diapers, 2 pair latex gloves, blanket, granola bars for dad, wetnaps, A&D ointment, baby powder, band-aids, neosporin, lotion, changing blankets, baby tylonol, chapstick, lighter, swiss army knife, LaRue Dillo, surefire E2D, LED clip light, pen, 2 pacifiers, assortment of Ziploc bags for dirty diapers/clothes, 2 changes of clothes including hat and socks, baby wipes, and of course a Glock 21SF with reload. I'v recently added chemical hand warmers. There is plenty of room left over for other items...sometimes I take another blanket, last night I packed a laser rangefinder to do some ranging on the way to the store.  This was the best baby shower gift EVER!  Thanks Jason!!  Danomite! |
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My husband did the same thing with "his" diaper bag when our daughter was born three years ago. He just got a plain navy-blue colored bag. FWIW, I can't think of a better place to stash a pistol than a pastel-colored, cartoon-plastered diaper bag. It's the last place most people would expect to find one. |
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1) You have to be pretty insecure with your manhood to feel threatened by a pastel diaper bag. 2) There are plenty out there that aren't. I use an Eddie Bauer Bag that is dark green and tan. 3) Holy geeze you carry a lot of shit. I hardly hardly have anything in mine now - but even when we first started we didn't pack 1/2 that. 4) That said - it is a pretty cool bag. |
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Rock on! I have found that my Maxpedition Fatboy is adequate for my three year old but is lacking severely in the infant category. Since downloading of son #2 is imminent, I have procured a Maxpedition Devil Dog lumbar pack to perform the duty. Only problem is the inadequacies of the bag for carry of the Glock 19. I appreciate this review and may have to look into it, though to tell the truth I am angling for a Tactical Tailor 3 day bag.  |
I bought a tan Maxpedition Jumbo Versipackto use as a diaper bag. My mother in law has an embroidery machine,so I had her stitch me a Velcro patch. So far, I have the following items packed: 6 diapers, size 1, Elmo, tactical. 1 wet wipes, hard pack, 24 count, sensitive, desert warfare approved. 1 cream, zinc oxide, diaper rash, bad ass tactical. 1 ointment, A&D, ninja. 1 hand sanitizer, waterless, DELTA approved. 1 pacifier, nook, used by SEALS everywhere. 1 onesy, gray, sports theme, balls. 1 Vaseline, tube, circumcision application, huge. 1 cloth, burp, multi-tasker. 1 water bottle, 1 liter, Nalgene. 1 First Aid Kit, hard box, band aids and sanitizers, various sizes 1 pad, diaper changing, sanitary, arctic warfare camouflage. There is quite a bit more room in the thing, but I don't want to clutter it any more than it has to be. |
