Dixie EMS Ultimate O2 Oxygen Backpack Jump Bag with Color Coded Detachable Pockets, O2 Cylinder Carrier - Navy Blue

As a medical-oxygen user who strives to remain active, I want to find a means to carry a d-tank via backpack. A filled d-tank weighs 6.4 lbs. which means an oxygen-user needs a good weight-distribution system in order to carry it. The seller advertises that the product has "waist belt assembly" which led me to believe that in addition to the padded shoulder straps, the weight was distributed by both chest and waist belts. The bag is sturdy, well constructed and has numerous smaller bags for additional supplies, BUT there is no waist belt and when loaded with the d-tank, it weighs too heavily on an oxygen-user's shoulders and back to wear comfortably for more than a very few minutes. As far as I can tell, there is also no way to add a waist or hip support-belt to this product. It probably would work for a fit emergency-services person, but it is not designed for an oxygen-user.As a postscript to the review: The item was returned (at my expense), yet still took nearly 2 weeks and several "promptings" before the seller finally made the refund. I will not order from this seller again.

Good bag for light duty (personnal use) but isn;t designed or sewn to handle reptetitive use by Fire/EMS personnel. Backpack straps pulled loose from the stiitching on the bottom and where the elastic is sewn around the top of the outside side pockets, the sewn area was to close to the edge and the material gave way.Overall design and configeration is good. Suggestion - if you get this bag you might want to consider having the seams reinforced and sew a set of female quick connect buckles, 1 on each side, above the front outside pocket for one of the detachable bags to attach. Makes a great spot for your BP Cuff, Stethoscope, Gluco meter and Pulse Ox Meter.

I work at a Continuing Care Retirement Community. I carry this bag daily. With the movable organizers inside the bag, it makes it easy to "make the bag yours". I had a minor problem with my first bag, and DixieGear immediately rectified the problem. I love this bag. Holds up to daily use.

Definitely not for service use. Straps pulled out at the lower seams even without the weight of an O2 bottle.

This is the type of oxygen backpack that I am looking for..

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Because I prefer my first aid bags to be in fluorescent orange (maximum visibility at night at a MVA or other trauma scene), I had to order direct from the company at a higher price than what the Navy blue version costs here on Amazon. At the time of this review, I had just gotten it two days ago, and right now, I just got back home from a possible cardiac arrest job with it. I work out of my house in a rural area in western New Jersey, and respond POV to critical incidents where I know my arrival will be 6-8 minutes quicker than the nearest BLS or ALS unit.Previously, I carried a smaller general first aid bag and a much larger O2 bag with a D tank, airway stuff, NC/NRB/BVM and larger trauma dressings...even three neck collars. All that with an AED made for a lot of "baggage" to carry from my POV to the patient - and then to gather and drag all that back to the POV was a chore. What the Dixigear backpack enabled me to do was to consolidate the general first aid bag and the O2 bag into a single bag (backpack) that would now be on my back - allowing my hands to be free! On the call I just came back from, I was less distracted about where my gear was, and I was more agile around the patient than ever before. That was because there are two reasonably long large zippered mini-bags that are on both sides of the backpack (like outriggers, if you will) that can pivot to my chest so that I can easily get my "vitals" gear (as in one mini-bag) or tape, cravats, 4x4s, etc (as in the other mini-bag) - all without having to take off the backpack itself. In the case of needing O2 et. al., one would have to take off the backpack to access it - unless another person was available to assist.In general, the insides of the backpack can be configured in many different ways to suit one's preferences. There are a number of clear plastic pockets to store items in and also little clear plastic bags that Velcro to the inside back of the backpack. If one is familiar with Meret first aid bags, one would not find this backpack as rugged - but the Merets easily cost three times as much. So for light to medium daily call volumes (3-8), I am very happy with this backpack.