Bought this for my toddler who is in daycare. I have to say, I love the chill insert and the mess free compartments. I keeps all the food separate and is very easy to clean. I did some digging prior to buying And at this point don’t regret spending the money. With a all the positive reviews and warranty attached to this, it was a no brained. Very happy with the product thus far! Thank you Bentgo!

I’m the director of an outdoor preschool and this is the backpack we recommend to new families. They need a backpack that is roomy enough for their clothing layers and has enough pockets to stay organized with small items like mittens. Good zipper pulls for gloved and mittened hands also. The chest strap makes a big difference to distribute the weight—the kids who have chest straps are more successful at carrying their backpacks independently. The bento box compartment is a great feature. Overall quality construction and thoughtful design.

Backpack is perfect size for my preschooler to use currently and grow into the next few years. Just a note, the lunchbox bottom is insulated. You don’t have to put a lunchbox in it. The zipper lunchbox does not fit inside it. But the bentgo box does.

In 2019 I was looking for a good quality backpack for my two children I came across this website. I was able to order lunch boxes food containers containers. The material quality is the best that I ever seen. I definitely recommend this company for backpacks lunch boxes food containers and other items on the website. Customer service is the best

We got this box to replace a bentgo brights, which was handed down to the next daycare child. This box went to K+1 with my older child. The cold pack is nice to keep the whole thing slim. I still send it in a lunch bag because while it's great at not leaking, kids aren't always great at properly closing-- despite them being very fully capable of operating the clasp. Kids 🤯 I top rack dishwasher the inner tray, it's held up great. The silicone lids of both my bentgo boxes (and the hinges of this one) developed mildew that stained. This isn't covered under warranty, but customer service is sending me new boxes anyway, and passed along the following tips for prevention: - Wash with White distilled Vinegar regularly - Cling wrap or other plastic over the lid interior - Completely drying after each cleaning I suspect the drying rack situation in my new house (rack sitting in sink instead of on counter) may have caused this issue, so I'll be taking care to wipe the kids dry or leave them sitting out separately to assure more rapid drying.

I recently purchased a two pack of the green/navy ice pack kid boxes. Although the ice pack is an amazing idea, I feel that there is a major design flaw. With both of my boxes the inner compartment (Ice pack and lunch tray) do not clip securely into the outer box. We have a few bentgo boxes without ice packs and these always click in and never move around. I feel that this is because the lunch tray in the ice pack model is much thinner than in the original bentgo boxes and can bend and therefore pop out easily. The fact that things do not stay clicked in also makes securing the lunch box closed challenging. The latch also pops open super easily. On a few occasions my daughter’s lunch has ended up all over her back pack which as you can imagine is very stressful for a kindergartener. We have never had these concerns with our other bentgo boxes. Maybe with older kids these concerns would not be a problem. But for a 3 and 5 year old these concerns are difficult to overcome. I really wanted to love the ice pack boxes but given my many concerns the convenience is just not worth it. The orginal Bentgo lunch box is far better quality in my opinion. Customer service was great! They understood my concerns and rectified the situation quickly.

This is a nice backpack. Design is attractive. Bottom storage didn’t work out because items would fall out or items crushed since kids did not always use lunch container. Although, it was a smart innovative way of saving kids/parents energy of looking for additional lunch bag, it didn’t work out well for me. I recommend another alternative for insulated section either on top or in front separate compartment. This is a photo after it has been used. Held up pretty well.

I really loved the idea of this lunch box to keep my kids food cold at school. Unfortunately it’s too heavy for a kindergartner to put in his backpack. So it will be back to using ice packs for us. For family trips it will be great but not for walking bravely into the classroom.

We got one of these as a gift and we’re very excited. I love the prospect of having the built-in ice pack. However, we have had some issues with this leaking. We are going to give it another try since all of our other Bentgo products have been fabulous. I will update with the results!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is a great container for kids lunches. I like the individual compartments and I love that it has the slide out freezer pack that is underneath the food to keep it cool. It opens easily and closes tightly to keep food fresh.