TPLB PlanetBox Shake Test X2

Last week my tiny princesses only had 3 days of school. On Monday there was an ice day, and Friday was a scheduled no school day. This was a great opportunity to conduct another shake test! ♥

This time we chose the Planetbox! My tiny princesses LOVE their PlanetBoxes, as do I! I often wonder how they hold up to the tossing and turning that I’m sure they endure on their journey from home, to school lunch table? Well, today we get to find out!!

 

Here is tiny princess K’s lunch before….

Here is what she had…

• Cutie orange segments arranged in a blossom shape with grape center in a flower silicone cup. Her oranges are only piled 2 high.
• Cottage cheese with flower pick in the small lidded container that came with our Laptop Lunch Box. In this case, the pick serves no purpose other than just a fun decoration.
• All natural Trix yogurt with apple sprinkles in an EasyLunchbox Mini Dipper
• Mini sweet peppers
• Fruit roll up piece cut into a blossom shape
• Mini saltine crackers
• 2 slices of cheddar cheese cut into blossom shapes
• Very few veggie chips
• Mini graham crackers in pink silicone cup purchased from ebay
• Blossom and Snow White shaped nutella and banana sandwiches

Here is tiny princess A’s lunch before…

Here is what she had…

• Cutie orange segments arranged in a blossom shape with grape center in a flower silicone cup. Her oranges are piled 3 high. (you’ll find out the importance of this information in just a minute.) ♥
• Grapes with flower pick. This pick was just placed in the grapes. I did not spear it through any of them.
• All natural Trix yogurt with apple sprinkles in the PlanetBox little dipper
• Mini sweet peppers
• Fruit roll up piece cut into a blossom shape
• Thin pretzel sticks
• Mozzarella cheese chunks
• A few veggie chips
• Mini graham crackers in pink silicone cup purchased from ebay
• Blossom and Snow White shaped nutella sandwiches

Okay, who is ready for some results????

Just like with our previous shake tests, my tiny princesses and I shook these lunches inside, outside, and upside down. Once again we even played a good game of catch with them. We decided this time we would do it over a gymnastics mat that we have. I would have been so sad if one of our PlanetBoxes fell on the hardwood floors. :(

Here is tiny princess A and K’s lunches AFTER the shake test…

You will notice that the blossom orange did NOT hold it’s position in tiny princess K’s lunch. This is because it was only layered 2 high. Tiny princesses A’s orange blossom still looks adorable after the shake. This is because of how it was packed (3 layers high). The tighter you pack things in any lunch box the more likely your items are to stay put!

K’s cottage cheese still looks the same, but the flower pick in A’s grapes shifted and was somewhat hidden in the grapes. Had I pierced the pick through one or more of the grapes, this particular shift of items could have been eliminated.

As expected the sprinkles became one with the yogurt, but the peppers in both lunches still look good! A’s peppers shifted a bit more than K’s due to the size of the yogurt containers next to them. Naturally the more the containers and various items touch each other the less likely they will move about.

The fruit roll up flower in both lunches stayed put!

The top section that holds the salty snacks and cheeses shifted some as well, but I think it is still visually appealing and separated enough for our tastes. A’s cheese shifted more because they were smaller pieces and because there were more of them. I think that the shifting of these items could easily be avoided by adding some Japanese food baran, which is meant for keeping food items from touching.

The sandwich section of the PlanetBox still looks decent, too! A’s sandwich shifted a bit more than K’s, and K’s silicone cup of graham crackers tipped on it’s side.

The PlanetBox individual compartments really aid in keeping food from touching and if you pack it fairly tight the lid is close enough to your food items to keep them from shifting in each individual compartment. All in all I think this was another great shake test! and will hopefully put to rest any concerns about whether or not your fun lunches that you pack for your child in a PlanetBox lunch system will still be fun and remain intact by the time they make it to the school lunch table!!

 

Some things I used to make these lunches…