PackIt PackIt Freezable Classic Lunch Box
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Bought one for each kid for school. Seems to work well and they haven't had any complaints! My daughter likes the colors. Stays cold. Found food storage containers that fit it perfectly with room for a juice box (see my other reviews for exact ones). If you found this review helpful, please mark it as so below. Thanks!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "First of all I love all PackIt products. I have many different ones. My kids both had pack it lunch bags last year for their lunch pails.\nThis year I wanted to get one that zipped shut. Last year they had Velcro ones and after like half the year they were not velcroing. That's still pretty good considering using them 5 days a week for six months.\nI love this bag though! It's the perfect size and zips all the way shut. Plus it has a handy handle for carrying it. The handle has a clip, so you could clip it on your back pack as well.\nThere is a mesh side pocket for utensils or a small drink. I might use this for a napkin or a baggie of wipes for my kids to wash their hands and their faces after lunch.\nThen there is a front pocket which I will put my kids names in and their contact info.\nThe best thing about this lunch bag is that you put it in the freezer and freeze it and your food stays cold all day. The front and back of the bag both freeze and keep everything cold. It says in the description that it keeps your food cold for 10 hours. So I decided to try it.\nI froze it all night long and took it out at 10am. I set it on our counter with a sandwich and apple in it. I kept feeling it too see when the bag unthawed. Our house is kept between 68 and 70 degrees. The bag finally started to warm up at 7pm. So 9 hours!!\nSo I feel great about my kids leaving at 7am for school and having lunch at noon! Their food will be cold! I worry constantly about the mayo.\nAdvice- I would also buy an extra ice pack from the store and throw it in the freezer in case you forget to put your kids lunch bag back in the freezer at night. This happened to me a couple times 😊\nOverall I am very happy with this lunch bag! My son loves it and I would totally buy it again.\n\nIf this review was helpful please click yes!\nThank you!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I decided to test the Packit before using it for work. I followed the product instructions. I put the bag in the freezer for 12 hours. Then the next day I put perishables (yogurt, milk, meat sandwich) in the bag and left it on my kitchen counter. I made sure my kitchen room temp stayed at 73 degrees, since that is the temp for most offices. After 8 hours I slipped a thermometer in the bag. Temp reading: 62.7 degrees. Then I pulled out my yogurt and stuck the thermometer in the yogurt. Temp reading: 57 degrees. So I went back to the website and reviewed their claim: "Built-in freezable gel keeps items cool for hours." But they don\'t specify how "cool" and for how many hours. How long had my yogurt been in the "danger zone" of 40-135 degrees? It went in the Packit at 35 degrees. More testing is needed. Maybe I didn\'t lay the food correctly in the bag (doubtful). Maybe I left a tiny whole in the zipper part (don\'t think so). I\'m going to do another test, making sure the bag is zipped, making sure the food is laid in it as suggested, and then check on the food every two hours. I\'m also going to do a new test: I\'m going to refreeze the bag, take it out tomorrow morning, add my own ice packs (which is supposedly unnecessary since the bag has its own ice packs already built into its walls), and then put some new perishables in it. I will update you with the results. I am hoping that the Packit at least provides 10 hours of food safety with additional ice packs, because I really don\'t feel like returning it.\n\nTesting update: At 2 hour mark, my perishables were already at 47 degrees. So, they were already in the "danger zone" (and remember, you\'re not supposed to be in the "danger zone" for MORE THAN 2 hours). So I added extra ice packs and retested. At the 7 hour mark, the milk was 48 degrees and the yogurt was 53 degrees. This does not work for me. I have decided to just put extra ice packs in the Packit bag, then put the food in the bag, then freeze the whole bag overnight, and not open the bag AT ALL until lunch time. I guess this bag works for many others, based on the reviews. They are all still alive. But I am disappointed.\n\nI did one more test folks. I added extra ice packs and froze my perishables and the Packit lunch bag together for 12 hours. Then I took the Packit bag out of the freezer and let it sit on my counter for 6 hours. At the 6 hour mark, the turkey sandwich exterior temp was 39 degrees and the interior temp was 33 degrees. My lima beans and milk were 51 degrees. So there you have it. I\'ll just put extra ice packs in the Packit, pack only a sandwich, freeze the sandwich and Packit bag together for 12 hours, and enjoy my tiny lunch at work.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I searched for the perfect lunchbox for my 3 kids before school started. This has everything I was looking for. Since it doesn’t need an ice pack there’s extra space for everything they bring to school. It fits a bentgo and snacks easily. The water bottle holder is too small for their water bottle, but they don’t need it. They’ve used them everyday for 3 months and they still look great!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This lunchbox is awesome! The grey stripe is sophisticated enough for adults, and we purchased this for my husband. He no longer has to take chances using the backroom fridge at work & hope that nobody 'accidently' mistakes his lunch for their own. His lunch stays cold without the fridge.\n\nAnother consideration is that this zippers wide open on 3 sides, allowing for thorough cleaning and sanitation. We have had to discard many lunchboxes that opened only from the top, as it was too hard to see what we were doing as we cleaned them (or tried).\n\nIt is roomy, so if he wants a container of guac, hummus, or some other option that requires room, he's got it!\n\nThe one caveat is that since the sides are the ice packs, this lunchbox is not for those who aren't careful with their things. Keep it away from pointy stuff, hot-enough-to-melt-stuff, dogs that chew, cats with claws, Wile E. Coyote, etc. :)\n\nI hope that this is helpful to you. If so, please click the button to let me know, and happy shopping!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I paired this lunch bag with my sons new Yumbox Tapas and it fit perfectly. This bag even has enough room to fit in a Yumbox mini snack, a juice pouch, and still had some space left for a small snack. The problem that I found with this combination is that it gets HEAVY! My son is 7 years old so he doesn't need to carry a lot of books in his bag but this combination really weighed his book bag which is disappointing. For now it will work but once he starts carrying textbooks and other heavy items I will have to choose to use the Yumbox on its own or the Packit with a regular ziplock lunch."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I purchased this lunch bag to transport a yumbox panini style box I purchased from amazon. The bag is the perfect size as it has room for the yumbox as well as space for additional snacks and beverage. It technically fits two yumbox stacked up with the additional room if you need to transport two. I also have a bentgo kids box that fits perfectly in this bag. I prefer packit lunch bags for quality and convenience. My son kept losing the ice packs I purchased for his lunch bag last school year and this bag solves that problem. Packit makes excellent quality bags. I've owned several styles of packit bags through the years and love them all."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': "I travel often and needed a smaller lunchbox for storing breastmilk that I pump on the road. This little lunchbox is good for about an 8-12 hour trip. It held 25oz of milk in kiinde bags, my medela horns, and a quart sized ziplock bag with ice. Before my trip I froze the lunchbox for 12 hours in my standard freezer then placed a quart size bag with water at 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the box and left it in my 73 degree living room with no ice packs. 6 hours later the water was 55 degrees and though the lunchbox lining was soft/thawed it was still cool to the touch. While traveling I had to refill my ziplock with ice every 4 hours or so as the ice bag would be melted. Medela recommends that breastmilk be stored in a cooler with three frozen ice packs for 24 hours at 59 degrees. I'm confident this more than meets those requirements and my healthy 6 month old baby has yet to demonstrate any negative reactions to my pumped milk."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Seriously the best lunchbox ever!!!\nI purchased 2 of them for my elementary-aged kiddos. My kids are really rough on everything and so far these lunch boxes have held up quite well, unlike the neoprene ones. However, the best thing about them is when my kids get home from school they are still cold, really cold, sometimes still frozen. I love to send my kids with meat & cheese sandwiches, yogurt, cheese and other perishable items but I’m always worried about the food spoiling. We live in central California where we have temps above 100• in the summer months so this is a real issue. I’m also tired of buying ice packs; they never seem to keep food cold for long enough or my kids loose them. Problem solved. Just put these lunch boxes in the freezer (Summer months) and/or fridge during (winter months). My youngest daughter spilled her sticky fruit cup inside and it was super easy to clean - I just wiped it out with a hand towel and a bit of dish soap. The only down side, if at all, they are a tad heavy. I mean, I’m grabbing at straws here to find a “down side.” Because they really are one of the best purchases I’ve made. I will continue to buy these suckers until my kids graduate high school. 🤣'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Let me start by saying my kindergartener packed her lunch EVERY SINGLE DAY this school year. This lunch box is amazing. I hand washed it throughout the year as the directions stated. Then, after she wrapped school last week I took a shot and tossed it in the washing machine with a light spin cycle. It came out sparkling. The clip has held up well. There are only a few small tears in the lining inside where her Bento box clipped it, but even then it didn’t impact the integrity of the freezer packs.\n\nIf you’re looking for a lunch box to withstand the school year, while keeping everything cold (her leftovers were still cold by the time she got home), then this is IT.\n\nI thought I’d be buying her a new one for next year, but looks like this one is here for the long haul. I will never buy another lunch box again!'}]