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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2025
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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 It would be better than what you could get outside of a surplus store, even when what you were getting was years out of date and current issue was better.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.
Right? This is a perfect application for tactical gear. Modular, expandable, easily accessible storage is ideal for baby gear. This just looks a little dumb because it doesn't show any attachments.
Someone actually Down voted you for a really good response to the image that was posted. Honestly, there’s nothing wrong with what you said.
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It just looks dumb because some men like to cosplay being a soldier too much
Women's apparel notoriously often lacks any pockets. At least historically. Not sure if there is a connection with the standard baby gear but an odd coincidence regardless.
It's just a standard baby holster and a shitty bag. You not got baby holsters where your from? Like what they don't allow open carry?
Heh, good one.
Legit though, I used to have to carry similar supplies (minus the actual diapers and infant) for my job, and it was really hard to find things that were durable, well compartmentalized, had good capacity and could be cleaned relatively easy.
Towards the end of my working years, that kind of "military inspired" stuff started showing up, and it really did beat the pants off of other options I had been using.
It was super nice to be able to really organize all the ppe, wipes, gloves, spare pads, etc I had to tote around to patients. Not that nothing else worked, it just didn't work as well.
I felt like a moron with the whole tacticool vibe, but not enough to switch back lol
PPE? Against projectile vomiting? Need iron dome style lasers for that.
You aren't kidding lol. Projectile diarrhea is even worse imo. And I've had both get past ppe before. Not good times
I remember ordering stuff back around 2008/9 off eBay. I always went with black. Even now it's still cheaper for the mil stuff than actual work bags. Like shit I'm shopping for a new rolling toolbox and base price for most are like 200 for basic shit
All of the molle could actually be incredibly useful in this scenario. You could keep everything you'd conceivably need at hand.
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.