U-pet Innovative Patent Pending Pet Carrier Backpack

My cat enjoys the ride

I got the canvas messenger bag with the flag. Looks really nice. I love the strap as I can shorten it to the max & move about more easily as I hate bags with long straps swinging about inconveniently (too bad it doesn't come with hand straps). Plenty of ventilation holes & there's even an extra zipped cover provided for the bottom pad. While the width of the bag is ok, the length is too short for my big boned 12lb boy. I put my 10lb girl in there instead & she fits just nice although I wish it to be taller as the top mesh flap is touching her head. The top mesh, which is the same mesh used for the panel alternative to the bubble, is quite thin. Zipping around the top flap is quite a hassle esp if you have a resistant kitty, so I'll probably be using the handy side entrance instead. Note that the bag will not stand properly if any one of the sides is unzipped.There're no studs/rubber pads at the base of the bag to keep it from getting dirty/wet easily. Being a fabric bag that'll go on contaminated surfaces at vet clinics, I'd prefer to have protection to some extent.And now to the main feature: the Bubble. I'm disappointed that the circle&ring that hold the bubble are made of soft plastic. When I screwed the ring to the tightest, it actually loosened all over again! And as tight as it can go, Im still able to pry it open from the outer rim if I try hard enough. That's a bummer. Having said that, a cat won't know how to do all that from the inside so it should still be ok once it's screwed reasonably well enough and it's very important not to screw it crooked or else a knock would most likely pop it loose. Whatever it is, I'd be careful at all times not to bump the bubble around and will be packing the mesh screen in the front compartment just in case.Update:I've used this bag many times now and it's become the go-to bag when I bring either one of my girls to the vet. I'm generally careful not to bump the bubble into doors etc. So far it's been holding up well. I do notice my cats are less stressed out in the car due to the viewing window. My cats all hate going out and would protest and cry non-stop in other carriers. But this bag calms them, esp my black cat. Once we're out the door she'll stop crying and her curiosity takes over and will start looking at the happenings around her through the window in a calm way and she stays chill throughout the whole vet visit and back. My white cat who is always super-duper stressed when we go out, is slightly less nervous too in this bag. She used to cry and would have drooled all over herself by the time we made our way home in other carriers, be it covered/not covered, but in this bag during the one time I used this on her, no drooling. So, I'm pretty pleased with this bag. My only complaint is that the zips around the thin top flap are difficult to manage.

A few things to note about this.1) It is not blue and grey like it appears in these pictures. What I received was black and grey. While I was disappointed since I had wanted blue and grey, the black still looks fine, so not a reason for me to send it back. I have attached a picture so you can see the color.2) It came with the mesh cover on and the mesh had half come out of its holder. I thought it was torn at first and finally realized that I could take apart the ring that holds the mesh to reinsert it. I might end up super gluing inside there so the mesh doesnt come out as it separates from that ring quite easily.3) There was no sort of info page or anything that came with it - I suppose attaching the bubble is fairly self explanatory, but as it came with the mesh on, I was a bit hesitant at first to just pull hard to get it off to put the bubble on.4) I got this one since it said it was for cats up to 20 lbs. I have two cats, one is 12 lbs, the other is a 19 lb Bengal. I had planned on using it for the Bengal, but this is just not going to happen, it is WAY too small for him. I managed to squish him in there for a picture (he's the brown one in my pics), but he could not move at all and was very upset with the lack of room. I will end up using this for the 12 lb cat (the grey one in my pics). They really need to make this bigger if they are going to claim a 20lb cat can go in here. Unless you have a small, very overweight cat it will not. A normal sized cat like our rescue grey domestic (not to mention a larger cat like a Bengal which can easily get to 19-20 lbs) is a tight fit in this. He is comfortable for a trip to the vet but not for a road trip or all day in the car.With all of that said, I do like the bubble and there is a lot of padding in the carrier so the cat will be comfy. The holes and mesh are plenty, so I am not worried about lack of air or anything. I would rate it okay overall because of the points I made above. It also has a clip inside so you can hook it onto your cats collar. They can still turn around and sit when its clipped but you don't have to worry about them leaping out the moment you open the bubble. This has such potential to be great, they just failed in the execution for the claim of holding a 20lb cat. If they adjusted the cat size limits to honestly reflect the size of cat that can fit, then this would be much better.

This thing is deadly. My cat loves it. My girlfriend loves it and everyone we meet on the street, loves it.