I’ve been using the Storksak Claire for about 11 months now, and while it’s not the perfect diaper bag (I don’t imagine there is a perfect one out there), it is pretty great. It is a stylish, practical diaper bag, described by Storksak as a unisex backpack that converts into a shoulder bag. I wouldn’t necessarily agree with this. First, my husband will carry it, but says it’s girly, so I don’t know if I would consider it unisex. Second, I wouldn’t consider it primarily a backpack. I think the more proper description would be a shoulder bag that converts to a backpack. As a shoulder bag it’s great. The strap is easily adjustable, slides smoothly and quickly, but holds steady when not being adjusted. As a backpack, it’s okay. The shoulder strap is clipped to loops at the bottom corners of the bag, and threaded through a middle loop at the top. This makes it a little difficult to put on, because the strap will pull tight on the one side, when you place your arm through the other side. It also does not stay centered on the back and can slide a lot when you’re bending over. That said, I was happy to use it as a backpack on my recent trip from Germany to the US, but if you primarily want to use your diaper bag as a backpack, you’d probably be happier with another choice.
A great feature of this bag, is that it has stroller straps in addition to the shoulder strap. I’ve also got a Skip Hop Duo and it bugged me that if I took it off the stroller, I’d have to pause to attach the shoulder strap. With the Claire, I just detach it from the stroller and go.
Inside, there are two large storage pockets and two medium storage pockets, along with a large zippered pocket. There’s a detachable key clip and a small detachable bag. Outside, there is a medium and a small zippered pocket on one side, and large pocket with two storage pockets on the other. On either side, are insulated bottle holders that will hold fairly large bottles and claim to keep them warm/cool for 4 hours, although I haven’t really tested this out, but they are large enough to hold big 12 ounce sippy cups. So storage space is not a problem. I often go into town in the morning and stay until evening, needing to bring everything with me in this bag, and it’s maybe just a tad bigger than I really need, but that just leaves room for small purchases and such. It also includes a diaper bag.
One problem you may have if you want to attach it to a stroller and your stroller tends to tip backwards easily, this bag is a little heavier than some others on the market, due to the weight of the leather trim. I counter this by hanging it lower on the stroller, so it’s bottom just clears the back tires/my feet when I’m walking, instead of hanging it from/on the handles.
Overall, if you’ve got the money for it, it’s a great diaper bag that I highly recommend.
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Thanks for the great review! I was all set to buy one, but I wanted a diaper bag that would be used primarily as a backpack.
Thanks for your review. I just have one question – once you put a bottle in the bottle pockets do you loose room inside the bag? I have found that they can take up so much space and leave you with little space inside.
The bottles do take up room inside the bag once they are in the sde pockets. If you had a bottle in each side, you wouldn’t be able to completely fill the inside, especially if they were large bottles.
Does the bag come with 2 sets of straps? I just got it as a gift and can’t figure out how to put the bag on the stroller since it only came with 1 long strap. Am I missing a strap?
Thanks!
Hi Diana, there should be two short straps attached to the inside of the bag near where the long strap hooks onto the bag. Those are the straps for attaching to the stroller. I ended up just looping the long strap over the stroller handles most of the time though, since it takes so long to unhook and rehook everything.