Bento Box users, what size?

[SadieKate]

What size would you recommend for just a small digital camera? Or just a few energy bars, phone and lipstick?

Also, does the bag have any padding? Would a digital camera be shaken to pieces sitting on the top tube of a road bike?

I only carry a camera when I'm on the dirt and can hang it from the sternum strap of my hydration pack, but every once in a while it would be nice to have pics of road trips.

V has already posted pictures of my kitchen sink jersey (and the backs of my knees, oh my!). I don't think I can fit in a camera. Call me Jekyll and Hyde but I wear a pack with 1st aid kit, duct tape, 2-way radio, compass, etc., when I'm on the dirt, but I'm a minimalist traditional roadie on the pave. Even my road socks have to be mostly white (geez, that dates me ), but maybe, just maybe, I can handle an itty-bitty Bento Box.

[spazzdog]

I don't know SadieKate... I think, based on the descriptions you've given, that you're a grrl in the market for...



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[Veronica]

I have the small one. It holds 1 Harvest Bar that I haven't eaten in my last three rides and two smaller granola bars - peanut butter flavor - that I have eaten. Also one Chapstick knockoff. I probably wouldn't trust my camera or cell phone in it. I'm not really good about pulling the mesh tight after I've been in it.

V.

[SadieKate]

I have the small one. V.

How did I miss this? Was it just eclipsed by the seat bag?

[Veronica]

Bill saw it. He said it balanced out the seat bag - which is my small one. But I gotta have my Red Bull. I didn't freeze it today. Probably a good thing - it was still pretty cold anyway.

V.

[fasteryet]

I've got the small one, too. It could hold a small digital camera, plus a clif bar and chap stick, but not too much more. Oh, I sometimes put a folded up map into it, if I don't need to refer to it too often. It is convenient, especially if you want to eat the bar in stages. And no, there is no padding. I wouldn't put a camera in there on rough roads where it could get shaken out.

[Hill Slug]

I use the larger one to hold, a bar, some trailmix, and my MP3 player. There is a hard plastic square piece that's on the end to hold it's shape, but I had to take it out.....As a height-challenged rider, I'm lower to the bar....and as a result the front part of my shorts got caught on the end of the Bento Box....and all I can say is OUCH!!!! That was not nice.....Once I took that plastic piece out it was fine. Otherwise it's a nice little compartment. The velcro works well, and I haven't had any problems with it.

And another Bento story.....Last year on a camping trip to Donner Lake, while I was unloading the truck, some adventurous (sp?) squirrels decided they wanted to see what was in that Bento Box....The bike was leaning on a tree, and they climbed up the bike, chewed through part of the mesh, pulled out the ziplock bag containing Triscuit crackers, then decided they wanted something sweet so the little sh!ts took out 2, yes 2, carboom gel packs out, and chewed through the package....They were the cinnamon apple ones - my fave....They did however leave the little chamois butter tube alone...