Planet Box...

Okay, so last year I spent a lot of time (and I mean several weeks) looking into lunch boxes. I spent too much money last school year replacing cheap lunch boxes with new cheap lunch boxes so I decided that a big purchase for kindergarten would be a new nice lunch box that could grow with us and up hold several years of elementary school.

I enjoy packing items in separate containers but do not trying to find all those containers and fitting them into a too small lunch tote so when I found Planet Box I was very excited. The website impressed me and the reviews from blogs and other websites were very promising...the price well I was not a fan but after months of contemplating I purchased one planet box with fairy magnet covers and a pink bag. Almost fifty dollars but divided by the months of use and the happiness of mom and daughter I thought the Planet Box was worth it.

The week before school I brought out the lunch box and showed my daughter how to use it and how to care for it. The night before our big first day we packed it together and to be honest I enjoyed every minute it. Here comes the bad part...day three of school our PlanetBox is ripped. My daughter only caries the bag into the classroom the teacher then hands it to her at lunch, then the bag goes into her book bag until carpool. No way should three days of use cause the lunch box to rip. My heart sunk when I thought about how much money that was spent and how much time we had planned on using our PlanetBox.

Okay, I've contacted customer care, sent in photos of the box and ID tag and am waiting on a response...I have high hopes that the lunch bag will be replaced with a sturdier bag. I would love to give a wonderful review of this product but I have to wait and see how this situation is handled.

Has anyone else had trouble with PlanetBox lunch boxes? What lunch box do you and your child love?