Dixigear Large EMT First Responder Trauma Bag- Orange

The box this came in has been opened ten minutes....the liner with the pockets is easily removed, but several of the dividers are torn. This bag is literally a shell that you arrange the pockets in; everything is a cheap velco pull out. As of this writing, I need to get the bag in use, but I will never buy this type of bag again. I won't knock BP for other things, but for this specific bag, it's junk. All of the dividers came flat, so you have to pull apart all the velcro pieces to arrange them the way you want. The pro's of this are, you can clean the bag easier, and make the pockets the way you want. The con's are, everything will easily fall out, the pockets won't really be the way you want them, and the material is thin. For a jump bag that is seldom used, this might work, but really, a few extra dollars spent on a better bag is worth the piece of mind. Good carry bags (i.e. for photography, military, EMS, etc.) cost more money for a reason, and while this specific bag can flex a little with the needed, it's not in hindsight worth it. If you are an EMT of any level, get a better quality bag. $30+ dollars spent twice meant one could have bought a better bag right away, and avoid the hassles of how a cheap bag will fall apart.

I am a volunteer EMT, and while the ambulance has anything I could ever need on a call, there are times when I simply go straight to the scene rather than pass it by to go to the ambulance station. Therefore, I wanted a good "jump kit" to handle the basics of an emergency until the rest of the crew arrived with the ambulance or if I happened upon the scene of an accident while on the interstate.

While I would never use this bag as a 'first-in" bag for an ambulance or fire engine (or as a kit for some type of athletic event, for that matter), it makes a great bag for the purpose I use it for. It wouldn't withstand a great deal of abuse daily, but for something I use maybe 10-12 times a year, it fits the bill. It's roomy, has dividers that can be arranged to fit my gear, and is reasonably tough.

The handles themselves could be about two inches longer, and I would rather have seen a velcro closure that was a little better made. The fabric is sturdy, but not the heavy weight ballistic nylon that much more expensive bags are made of. The zippers are also not rugged, but functional. Since the vast majority of the time it simply sits in the trunk of my car, these drawbacks aren't really a big deal.

For less than half of comparable size bags, it's a good deal.

I actually bought the blue bag Dixigear Large EMT First Responder Trauma BagBlue, but this bag is a duplicate except for color.

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