blazing saddles - pannier bags

Great Idea, Could use some revising

I love Phil & Ted's for their thinking out of the box but some of their products could use some revisions. The pannier bags, for example offer an excellent solution to storage issues but I could not figure out how to attach them to the stroller. Then, I had to only attach one of the bags because attaching two made an already bulky and wide stroller even wider.

Please re-wrok the fixing

I use these panniers all the time. I find the extra storage really useful. However they are incredibly fiddly to get on and off. I'm a cyclist and you have been able to get click-fit panniers for decades. P&T should develop an easy click-on system for attaching their panniers to make them really useful. Also offering a roll-top pannier (rather than buckles and a draw-cord) would be good. Roll-tops have become the de facto pannier design for cycling panniers due to their easy of use. (Incidently, despite their obvious utility, my wife loathes the panniers precisely because they are so awkward to use.) Come on P&T: Get with it!

panniers

I find the panniers totally necessary because the parcel shelf is pretty small and I find that it is full up just with the bulky raincover and my daughter's feet in it! So the panniers are vital for nappies, spare clothes, snacks etc. However I agree with the other comments here: the fixing is fiddly and it's not obvious exactly where you are supposed to fix the panniers on. (Mine never hang horizontally like the ones in the picture on this website!) The drawstring closing is a pain in the neck, in fact the cord on one of mine started to fray almost as soon as I bought it. It would also be nice if the bags had an inner compartment rather than just one giant space. I would like to be able to organise the contents a bit. The panniers feel very very lo-fi which is not what you expect from a brand like P&T which is supposed to be renowned for good design. PS when you redesign to my specs, I'd welcome the chance to trial the new product for free!

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