See, he can't even carry the bag over his shoulder. Of course his shoulders are the size of two small planets, so that might be a factor.
In case you don’t know this already, babies are expensive. Even before they peak their little cone-shaped head out of your wife’s who-ha they are costing you a fortune in new furniture for the nursery, clothes, diapers, doctor visits and ultrasounds. Seriously, if you aren’t sitting in the delivery room thinking you might have just gotten “Madoffed” then something is wrong.
Today I have something that will help elevate a chunk of that national debt that you seem to be compiling. I was shocked to see how much the baby stores were charging for diaper bags. They are astronomical! And for what? A bag! Don’t believe me, look at some prices.
BuyBuy Baby:
Did you see any bags for less than $30? Hell no. As a matter of fact if you clicked on the link you probably found that most of the bags cost over $100! Seriously? It’s not like Louis Vuitton or Coach are making these bags, no it is Eddie Bauer and the like, or the B listers of bag making.
I like how BuyBuy Baby had a “bags for dad’s” section. Although if you look closely none of the bags are manly at all, other than the backpacks. Seriously, throwing some camouflage pattern on a diaper bag doesn’t make it manly, isn’t that right Vin Diesel? It just makes for a terrible movie.
But don’t worry I’m not just going to pick on BuyBuy Baby, let’s take a look at Babies R Us and see if they have any better options.
Babies R Us:
See, just more of the same. Insanely over priced bags simply because it is a “baby bag”. And again I hope you noticed the “bags for dad’s” section was a bunch of neutral colored (not pink) bags or bags with camo or some other “manly” design like guitars and such. Are they marketing to men or 10-year-old boys? Or do marketers think that’s what men are, 10-year-old boys? Where is Frued when you need him?
The only other place that I thought to really look was Target. And they were certainly better, but still over priced if you asked me. So what did we go with? What is this brilliant idea that saved us a ton of money? Well, it took a combined effort from several sources but we decided to go off the grid for a diaper bag. We knew we wanted a backpack. My brother-in-law, Matt, got a backpack and it is just so much easier and is the most manly looking of all the bag styles out there. You can call them totes, messenger bags or even satchels if you are an Indiana Jones fan, but that doesn’t make them any more manly looking. A backpack never slips off your shoulder when you are carrying a baby in a car seat and the ten million other items you always need when traveling with your baby. And lastly the backpacks seemed to have the most room for everything.
Since we were sold on the idea of a backpack did we really have to get a “baby backpack”? Hell no! Thanks to Jesy’s cousin, Kat, we realized that any old backpack would do and that even some sports bags would work great since they always had multiple pockets for your sports equipment.
The winner! Coincidentally it's the Victory Backpack by Under Armour.
Being sold on the idea, Jesy and I went to the Prime Outlets in Monroe and hit up the Under Armour store for a backpack. Eureka! We found exactly what we were looking for and didn’t spend over $20! The prices on the website are a little higher, but if you go to the outlet store you can find some damn good deals. But not only was price a factor we got way more room in the Under Armour bag than we got with any of the leading backpacks that the baby stores were selling.
- Typical baby backpack – 13.75 x 17 x 6.5
- Under Armour bag – 18 x 12.75 x 9.25
So to all you soon to be, or new parents out there, don’t waste your money on a product that isn’t what you really NEED. Take an Andrew Jackson and go up to Monroe and get something that you will really be happy with. And while you are there you can see the progress on the new Giant Jesus, bonus!
And no I wasn’t paid by Under Armour, but I really feel like I should have been.
You’re welcome Under Armour, if you want to throw me some free merch I will not object.
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