Play With Your Food: yubo lunchbox Review + Giveaway (Closed)

I hate to admit it, but I pretty much dread packing my son’s lunch box. And this summer, when my daughter starts mom’s day out I will be packing two lunches a couple times a week. Ugh. Now that I have a yubo lunchbox for her, I can honestly say packing my daughter’s lunch this summer will be way more fun than my son’s. Not to mention better looking.

How yubo Came To Be

In 2007, while making lunches for our two daughters, we became frustrated with the amount of plastic baggies used every day. The typical store bought lunchboxes we owned were impossible to clean, they collected crumbs and foul old-food odors. Worst of all, our kids were over the novelty of their lunchboxes less than a week after buying them! That was the start of our journey to re-invent the lunchbox. We knew there had to be a better way. We set out to balance our passion for the environment with our kids’ passion for having fun.

The yubo Lunchbox System

The yubo is pretty much brilliance in a box. The lunchbox is rectangular shape like traditional old lunchboxes, but that’s where the similarities end. The Deluxe yubo Lunchbox comes with three containers -  one square for a sandwich, 2 small round for snacks. You can purchase an optional rectangular shape to use in place of the round snack containers. The containers are BPA free, dishwasher safe and antimicrobial (which means even if you forget to unpack it for a day, the containers won’t smell funky and they won’t carry germs or bateria). The lunchbox set also comes with an ice pack custom built to keep the yubo containers cool. The rubber handle can be adjusted to carry the box sideways or vertical.

Now that we’ve covered the practical side of the yubo, it’s time to talk the fun part. The whole appearance of the lunchbox can be switched around with the interchangeable faceplates. The faceplates come in sets of two – one for the front and one for the back – and are waterproof so you can wipe them off if they get dirty. The faceplates are awesome, can be personalized with your child’s name or you can upload two pictures to make your own photo faceplates.

I think the faceplates are so cool that I ordered a personalized one with my daughter’s name to match her pink yubo as soon as it arrived.

Make Lunch Fun

Part of the struggle with my son’s lunch is finding and arranging little tupperware containers because I do not want to use baggies. I think it’s a total waste. Not to mention sandwiches are vulnerable to getting smooshed and misshapen in baggies. So with the yubo, I’m all set and have all the containers I need for my little one’s lunch.

The lunchbox is a tad on the heavy side because of the ice pack. I think if it’s not necessary I probably won’t use it. Another potential problem is that there’s no where to put a cup. yubo does sell a Drink Holder that attaches to the side of the lunchbox. (The Drink Holder is $6, but shipping it is $11! Ugh!)

To Buy or Not to Buy

To Buy… I love the look of the yubo – with one lunch box in either pink, orange or blue and the wide assortment of fun, colorful and whimsical faceplates – it’s pure fun.

Or Not to Buy… The lunchbox is a tad on the heavy side with the ice pack inside. But, I don’t think it will be necessary with every lunch so I won’t use it when it’s not needed to lighten the load a bit. My other complaint is really that there is no place to hold a drink and that the shipping on the optional Drink Holder is so expensive.

Shop! The Deluxe Lunchbox from yubo includes the lunchbox, choice of free faceplate, 1 sandwich size container, 2 small round containers and an ice pack for $29.95. Standard faceplate sets are $6.95, personalized faceplates are $9.95 and a set of custom photo faceplates is $12.95. All yubo lunchboxes and accessories can be purchased at www.getyubo.com.

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Disclosure: Giveaway ends May 27. Open to US residents only. Thanks to yubo for providing a sample product for the purpose of this review and the giveaway prizes. Others may have a different experience. Opinions are 100% my own.