Hey everyone!
Tom has been musing on design updates to the Parental Unit diaper bag for the past several months, and our factory crew is about to make them real in the next production run (due date: early-mid April) of the bag. The design updates are inspired by feedback posted here on the Forums, shared with us by friends and family who use the P.U., and Tom’s observations of it in use.
Interior Handles
The updated PU will have two simple 1” / 25mm webbing handles, just inside the zipper of the main compartment. These two handles give you an easy way to grab and move or carry the PU while its main compartment is zipped open. This is mostly to use while loading the Parental Unit, moving it from kitchen to nursery for example. Because the handles are sewn inside, they politely disappear when you zip the bag shut.
Longer Main Compartment Zipper
Tom has extended the length of the main compartment zipper by over 4” / 100mm. This will not only make packing and unpacking your stuff easier, but allow a better view as you down into the depths of the bag. That main zipper now has two sliders as well.
Snap Divider Becomes Zipper Divider
The main compartment divider will change from a snap closure to a zipper closure, much like the one in the front compartments of the Western Flyer and Tri-Star. This closure, as you may recall, joins the two interior pouches together to form a divider: if you choose to use it, the Parental Unit’s main compartment goes from one big expanse to four smaller divisions – depending on your packing style, it can be an nice option.
A Little Wider, A bit More Volume
The bottom of the original P.U. was about ~7.1” / 180mm thick; we pushed that out to ~7.9” / 200mm. This of course gives you a tiny bit more room (13.5 liters / 825 cu.in. as opposed to 13 liters / 795 cu.in.), and depending on what you pack and how you pack your P.U., it will now tend to stand upright better on its own.
Note: in updating the Parental Unit, we reviewed the original published dimensions and found they weren’t quite right... guess Tom was having an off day. We’ve now corrected the dimensions on the website. Just to confirm, the only change in dimensions is the small increase in thickness at the bottom of the bag. And the Parental Unit web page will be updated with the new design update information once the new batch of PUs are ready to go up on the website.
Tom has been musing on design updates to the Parental Unit diaper bag for the past several months, and our factory crew is about to make them real in the next production run (due date: early-mid April) of the bag. The design updates are inspired by feedback posted here on the Forums, shared with us by friends and family who use the P.U., and Tom’s observations of it in use.
Interior Handles
The updated PU will have two simple 1” / 25mm webbing handles, just inside the zipper of the main compartment. These two handles give you an easy way to grab and move or carry the PU while its main compartment is zipped open. This is mostly to use while loading the Parental Unit, moving it from kitchen to nursery for example. Because the handles are sewn inside, they politely disappear when you zip the bag shut.
Longer Main Compartment Zipper
Tom has extended the length of the main compartment zipper by over 4” / 100mm. This will not only make packing and unpacking your stuff easier, but allow a better view as you down into the depths of the bag. That main zipper now has two sliders as well.
Snap Divider Becomes Zipper Divider
The main compartment divider will change from a snap closure to a zipper closure, much like the one in the front compartments of the Western Flyer and Tri-Star. This closure, as you may recall, joins the two interior pouches together to form a divider: if you choose to use it, the Parental Unit’s main compartment goes from one big expanse to four smaller divisions – depending on your packing style, it can be an nice option.
A Little Wider, A bit More Volume
The bottom of the original P.U. was about ~7.1” / 180mm thick; we pushed that out to ~7.9” / 200mm. This of course gives you a tiny bit more room (13.5 liters / 825 cu.in. as opposed to 13 liters / 795 cu.in.), and depending on what you pack and how you pack your P.U., it will now tend to stand upright better on its own.
Note: in updating the Parental Unit, we reviewed the original published dimensions and found they weren’t quite right... guess Tom was having an off day. We’ve now corrected the dimensions on the website. Just to confirm, the only change in dimensions is the small increase in thickness at the bottom of the bag. And the Parental Unit web page will be updated with the new design update information once the new batch of PUs are ready to go up on the website.
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