First thought to go through my feeble mind as it slid out of the box; it is encased in a pretty reasonably heavy duty fitted nylon case. Neat, pretty neat. What this means is it is not going to slice a backpack open when a person takes it on a picnic, nor is it going to emerge covered in gunk which so many VW camper bins seem to attract. Especially the nasty diesel ones. I swear I feel like I'm driving an oil well at times. OK, back to the table. It might not be a bad idea to run some 400 grit sandpaper around the edges, or give it a good feel around in a home environment first. I did not feel any sharp edges, and there were no burrs either. That being said; it's made out of extruded aluminum; and even the best of mills can leave a burr after a few hundred cycles. NO it is NOT going to slice your arm open. Might nick a pinky or something; this is just a standard warning about anything made out of metal!
Back to the sack itself. I like stuff that makes items easy to put away and store; and more so when it also happens to be of a grade that will be around for, well, honestly; unless I decide to drag this behind my camper van, it will very likely be another item my child will be camping around with in ten or so years. As it is now with him being five years old, I'm going to call it another folding toy for him to play with.
What an excuse to buy more and more camping stuff - but honey; it's for the kid! Have to see how well that works.
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