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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 61 points 1 month ago (18 children)

Well, other than it being all tacti-cool in aesthetics, standard baby gear is not as well arranged as what's in the picture.

That gear in the pic would let you carry the baby stuff with your hands free and able to actually take care of an infant out and about. Waaay better than the usual shoulder sling or backpack options, and absurdly better than the kinds meant to be carried by hand.

There's a reason surplus gear used to be wildly popular. It was mostly designed to work. It would be better than what you could get outside of a surplus store, even when what you were getting was years out of date and current issue was better. With companies making stuff that's built with stuff like molle in mind, following principles that make what's being carried leave hands free but be reasonably accessible, shit just works better, even though it looks ugly.

If I'm toting an infant around, I don't need pretty, I need comfortable and capable.

[–] jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All of the molle could actually be incredibly useful in this scenario. You could keep everything you'd conceivably need at hand.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, molle rocks. The bag I had when I was working, I kept gloves and wipes in two front pouches I could swap out fast. I'd have multiples prepped so I could grab and go, stick them on and be out the door faster. Super nice when I would have multiple patients and something messy happened, or I'd need to resupply at home. Take care of the prep once a week or so assembly line style and spend less time not getting paid to do work stuff.

Baby supplies are really similar, and a parent of an infant is going to have similar time issues (for different reasons).

Modularity is awesome.

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