I have used a backpack for grocery shopping for more than fifteen years. Normally, I walk to the supermarket, which is perfect with a backpack. But, it hasn’t been ideal when I use the self-service checkouts because it’s not easy to carry the backpack and put groceries in it while scanning the items with my phone. But I have made it work.

When I came home a couple of weeks ago after grocery shopping, I discovered the backpack was falling apart. The seams were unraveling in several places, so it was time to get a new shopping bag. I started looking for a replacement on my favorite homepage - Amazon. Well, it’s not entirely true because I also looked at Danish websites with backpacks, but they only sold backpacks with rooms for laptops, and that is not practical for shopping.

After some time, I found a bag with handles and shoulder straps. The shoulder straps were not padded, but on the other hand, it was a cheap bag, so I decided that it was worth a try. I wanted to test whether or not the normal handle would make the bag more suited for shopping with self-service checkout.

I have received and tested the shopping bag, and it passed all the tests. It was easy to put the groceries in the bag while scanning them with my phone, and the unpadded shoulder straps were not as bad as I feared. The only thing that is a little annoying is that the bag is very lively and it is difficult to close with one hand, but I’ll find a solution. This first time, I put the bag on the ground and used both hands to close it.