Installing the BAGO looks easy enough. You secure one end inside your vehicle’s glove compartment by simply closing its door, while the other end has a spring-loaded clip that attaches to the top of a bag on the floor mat. Once the extra slack in the dangling strap is shortened so that the package still touches the floor, the BAGO holds tightly onto the bag and keeps it upright no matter how bad a driver you are.
BAGO creator Dan Stevenson originally launched the seatbelt for snacks on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, where they successfully raised more than $3,400 to put it into production, with the original backers paying $22 to preorder one with delivery expected sometime in May. If you missed out, Stevenson now offers the BAGO on the Indiegogo Indemand platform for the same asking price, but with delivery in June.
Crowdfunded products are always a risk, particularly during a global pandemic that has thrown supply chains into complete chaos, but the BAGO is a fairly simple device lacking the chips and semiconductors that are currently in short supply. As a result, pre-ordering one through Indiegogo isn’t a big risk (no where near as big a risk as leaving a bag of fast food precariously perched on a vehicle’s floor) and as long as you are patient and understanding that delivery delays may be an issue, this seems like a crowdfunded project worth backing. If anything, do it for the fries.