Best bag for an EpiPen?

[vkigus]

I'm fixing to get my mum her first TB bag for her birthday. She wants a PCSB, and I want to get her some useful accessories too. I'm always worried that she won't be able to find her EpiPen in an emergency so I'd like to get her a pouch for it to go in the new bag. Any suggestions from folks who have an EpiPen for what's the best option for that? I was thinking maybe something in the knitting tools range, so it would be easy to see what's inside in case someone else has to get it from her bag or her bag gets searched by security, as occasionally happens.

Any thoughts?

[NWhikergal]

I can't check till tomorrow, but I believe an EpiPen may fit well in the pen and pencil pouch compared to some of the knitting pouches. Places that I generally put an EpiPen in various bags include: fits perfectly in one of the slots of MCB Freudian slip; at bottom of outer zippered compartment if carrying cafe bag; in stretchy elasticized inner end pocket of Maker's bag; suede pocket of S19 or co-pilot. In a pinch, I want to be able to grab it easily without having to deal with too many zippers, so I always keep it in a fixed spot in various respective bags, so I can reach for it without having to hunt if there were an emergency.


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[RDR3]

I'm fixing to get my mum her first TB bag for her birthday. She wants a PCSB, and I want to get her some useful accessories too. I'm always worried that she won't be able to find her EpiPen in an emergency so I'd like to get her a pouch for it to go in the new bag. Any suggestions from folks who have an EpiPen for what's the best option for that? I was thinking maybe something in the knitting tools range, so it would be easy to see what's inside in case someone else has to get it from her bag or her bag gets searched by security, as occasionally happens.

Any thoughts?

We too prefer a clear container. This is the 3D clear organizer cube, plenty of space left for inhalers, Benadryl tablets, emergency contact info and allergies.

[maverick]

Best bag for an EpiPen?

An EpiPen will also fit nicely in the elastic bands along the spine of the First Aid Pouch. There is space inside the clear and mesh pockets for Benadryl and any other medications you may wish to carry (substitute Benadryl for audio cables pictured .

[brucep]

We use an Eagle Creek Pack-It Sac X-Small (red) attached to an o‑ring key strap (Iberian).

[moriond]

@vkigus,

If you want to store the EpiPen in a separate pouch, you might consider the Size #2 Knitting Tool Pouch (I've linked to the current version in Burnt Orange, as highly visible, easy to find color). You may need to measure the model you use, but any of the EpiPens shown in @RDR3's picture will fit in that size knitting tool pouch, which is about the length of the 3D Organizer Cube, and is "designed for tools 5.5-6.5" (14-16.5 cm) long", with "External Dimensions - 7.5" x 3.5" / 190 x 90 mm", compared to the "Dimensions: 7" x 4.3" x 2" / 180 x 110 x 50 mm" of the 3D Clear Organizer Cubes. If you use a longer model, you can use a Pen/Pencil Clear Organizer Pouch.

The advantages of the Size #2 Knitting Tool Pouch are that it may be exactly sized to your EpiPen, it is made of extremely durable Ballistic Nylon, and the ends are reinforced, while still maintaining a clear, visible window. (You can also insert a small note/label between the end Ballistic Nylon sections and the clear window, with notes on dosage or usage, in the event that someone else accesses the EpiPen -- the note will stay visible and stay with the EpiPen since it is wedged between the clear window and the fabric ends). The Knitting Tool Pouches have O-ring ends, so they can be secured to the snap-hook ends of the keystraps that come with many accessories. Another bonus is that a free Double Carabiner Clip accompanies your Knitting Tool Pouch order (as long as these remain in stock), and these are extremely useful! (Ballistic Nylon Pen/Pencil Organizer Pouches are also a possibility, but none of these have clear fronts, and I don't see the Pen/Pencil size option currently available from that web page.

Just for background, @Abby posted this suggestion in the Share Your Bag Hacks/Creative Uses thread (posts #40 and #43), along with the suggestion for using the Size #4 Knitting Tool Pouch for Advair type disk inhalers (in contrast to the L-shaped inhaler in @RDR3's photo):

3. For those traveling with allergies and asthma: Size 4 Knitting Tool Pouch is exactly the right size for a disk inhaler. (In Aubergine, it even matches the color of my disk inhaler!) And size 2 tool pouches neatly fit two epi-pens (although those come in different sizes, so measure yours). Both clip nicely inside your bag so you don't have to spend any time at all rooting for something you need RIGHT NOW

And she supplied a picture of this in her later post in that thread:


@maverick's suggestion of fitting an EpiPen in the elastic band of one of the First/Second Aid Pouches also works. I think he already posted a picture of this usage (and I'm bummed that I can't seem to locate it.)

HTH

moriond

ETA: The Size #2 Knitting Tool Pouch is the same size as the Eagle Creek Pack-It Sac X-Small (red) that @brucep linked. (I like the fact that his Pack-It Sac is red!)

[vkigus]

Thank you all so much! I knew I could get the answers here. She's going to love her bag, and I'm going to feel a lot better if her EpiPen isn't rolling around loose somewhere.

[Toblerhaus]

I carry 4 Epipens, plus a variety of meds in a 3D organizer cube. I chose a red one, to make it feel more like a First Aid bag, but that was before the First Aid kit came out. I really like the point about using a bag you can see through, though. I might pull out my clear 3D organizer and give that one a try. The 3D bags are a tad small for what I carry, as I tend to be, err, extra prepared for minor illness and injury in addition to the 4 Epi, Zyrtec, etc.

Once a Girl Scout. :-)

[CathyWeeks]

I know this is a super old thread, but ... I have a non-TB neoprene allergy pouch that I bought for my epis back in 2004, when two yellow-jackets sent me to the ER, LONG before I knew of TB's existence. Anyway, it fits PERFECTLY in one of the Maker's Bag drink holders, and there is an O-ring perfectly positioned to clip the pouch to (it's designed to be clipped to bags, belts, etc) so that it can't possibly fall out.