My 4.5 year old has had these for I think almost two years now and we love them. They are exactly perfect for what we need. They keep cold without an ice pack; I just stick it in his regular backpack and when he gets to school it doesn’t need to take up their limited fridge space! We use the big compartment for the main meal, the medium one for a side, and the small ones for a second side and a treat. I regularly send him to school with yogurt in the big section and I’ve never had a problem with leaks (as long as he closes it properly, which he hasn’t had trouble with for the past year). We have three so we don’t need to wash them every day, but they do go in the dishwasher easily and they’re also super easy to clean by hand! We’ve had these same ones for the whole two years and they’re amazing. He’s getting hungrier so I just bought these coordinating snack boxes as well. Really good product!

We love our bentgo chill's. It's so nice to have an ice pack as part of the unit. This fits in my kids lunchboxes with a thermos. It's the perfect size for a smaller kids full lunch, or a bigger kids cold sides with a hot thermos lunch. We have 3 and I use multiple times a week. Well made and easy for kids to open themselves.

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.

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.

I bought a set of lunch and snack boxes. I am very satisfied with my purchase.The food remains fresh and I have not noticed any leak thus far. I contacted customer services as the lunch box was hard to open and they reacted quickly, sending me a replacement box.

We use these everyday for lunch. The kids love that they have a different food in each section which doesn’t mix and stays cool. The kids all take lunch at different hours and they all say their lunch stays cool for the day! Very happy with this product!

This lunchbox is great for my toddler. It’s really nice to be able to put his lunchbox in her backpack without having the need of an additional lunch box on the side. It’s a little bit heavy with the ice pack, but my child only 3. Also she had a little bit of trouble opening the clasp on the box by herself. Otherwise, I am happy with this purchase. I really like to bring it for snacks to the park, and to Disney World. It keeps everything cold all day.

I bought the Bentgo Chill box for my preschooler. We used it a few times with the inner ice pack on some outings and picnics, and the food inside did NOT stay chilled. The ice pack is a thin piece of plastic that you freeze, not a true ice pack. I also found that it was impossible for my 3 year old to close with the ice pack inside. So we have been using it without the inner ice pack for school and I put a real ice pack in his lunch box on top of the bentgo box. I must say though, I do like the set up of this bentgo box better than the other (non chill) kids bentgo box. It holds plenty of food for my 3 year old for lunch (although we pack a separate morning snack). For older kids, you might want to find something larger. He has been able to close the box without the icepack on his own after some practice at home. I would recommend putting the bentgo box inside a soft lunch box because there have been a few occasions that he did not snap it close completely, and some food or liquid did spill out. Putting in another soft lunch box protected his backpack and stuff from getting covered in food. I recommend this box if you can find a good deal. But I would not purchase it just for the "chill" aspect, because you will be disappointed.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Bentgo Kids Chill box works great. The ice tray keeps our food cold until lunch. It seals well to keep the liquid in the compartments so it does not spill over or leak. It is easy to wash and the food tray is dishwasher safe. It is a great box for kids.

I will be honest, I purchased this bag without much research and thought because of the name brand and I'm a little upset I did. The quality is awesome, there is no question about that but I am regretting (very much) purchasing a backpack with the lunchbag attached on the bottom for a couple of reasons: 1. The bottom takes up room inside the main portion of the bag. My daughter brings home a folder every day (typical size) and you have to push it back behind the zipper for it to sit nicely. It has come home bent a couple of times simply because I have a Kindergartner and she just puts it in (duh) and I don't expect her to have to push back her folder into the backpack--no one should. So, I'm disliking the tight fit of normal-sized items. 2. They obviously don't take their entire backpack to lunch, so she is just carrying the Bentgo lunch container. However, there is no room in the container to have utensils or obviously a drink. That being said, she would have to carry 3 items with her which may not sound difficult, but for a 6 year old it's cumbersome. In hindsight, I should have purchased the single backpack with a separate lunch bag so I would have more room in the pack and so she would be able to carry her drink and utensils in one swoop. As mentioned, GREAT quality, but I regret purchasing this backpack but will have to make due this school year sadly.