Review: 6PackBags Innovator 500

If you are reading this, you are probably familiar in part of 6PackBags. These are the bags that you see being carried around by fitness competitors from the big bodybuilders to the bikini competitors. While on the outside these bags look just like coolers, the inside they pack much more punch. I've been a user of the 6packbag since early 2013 when the Durus series was on it's way out to make room for the 2013 line that includes the Innovator 300 and 500.

To start, there are two different models of the Innovator. There is the 300 and the 500. The difference really is the amount of food that each of these bags can hold. Today I will be making reference to the 500 model.

If you are not familiar with 6packbags, let me tell you a little about them. 6packbags is a meal management system for really everyone, but the majority of the market is the fitness industry where meal prep and timing is crucial to success. We refer to it as a meal management system because these bags are able to hold multiple meals. In the case of the Innovator 500, 5 meals to be exact. The bag is designed to keep your meals cool throughout the day and have plenty of storage for other items that you may need being it shaker bottles, fruit, supplements etc.

With the Innovator series, 6packbags made huge improvements from the Durus series. The insulator lining is much thicker making it more tear resistant. Also compared to the Durus, the bag seems much lighter. This is likely due to the removal of the "storage block" which was part of the Durus. The Durus line including a plastic block that held the meal containers and had a built in compartment for supplements and snack items. With the removal of the "storage block", this had made room for a more easily removable shelf system that snaps inside of the bag it self. They have also changed the way you can store your pills. This is now a separate container like a tray from a tackle box that can be removed and thrown in your gym bag if you would like. It also has removable parts so you can make more room for bars or utensils.  The Innovator line also switched from more traditional ice packs to gel packs. These new packs seem to stay frozen much longer than the old ice packs.

The changes made by 6packbags to the Innovator line have all been great improvements. The new rack for the containers is nice and light weight, however it does make it more difficult if you want to use larger containers, unless you pull the whole thing out. They also replaced the old meal containers that would securely lock, with a more traditional Tupperware style container. This I imagine was mostly done for costs as the overall construction of the bag is much more durable than previous bags. As always, these bags are backed by a 1 years limited warranty, and the company does very well at honoring this warranty. I use my bag pretty much daily during the week, and it holds up great.

When it comes to pricing, these bags can tend to be a bit pricey. You have to remember that you are paying for quality though. But it would be nice to see these bags come down a bit in pricing. The Innovator 300 is $69.99 and the Innovator 500 is $99.99 .

Overall, I would say if your meal prep and timing it important to you, you should invest in this bag. If you are a person that goes on road trips quite often, this bag is going to save you money in the long run. You can eat right, and as 6packbags would say, Travel Fit.