18M, entering uni soon and looking to replace the Osprey kids’ pack that I’ve been using for the past 9 years.
I’d like a backpack that’s able to carry a 14 inch laptop, a textbook or two, a jacket, an umbrella, a water bottle… A laptop pocket and side pouches for water bottles are preferable but not a must.
Budget approx. 500-700 HKD (64-90 USD). Looking into getting a Jansport Right Pack (with the reinforced bottom), but I’d like to hear your recommendations.
OP, I will co sign your choice.of Jansport. They last decades if not lifetimes.
The Jansport Right Pack lasted me from second grade till the end of college. When we bought it, my parents said it was expensive so I would have to use it for 2 years, it finally had the stitching fail after 16 years. Real “Buy it for life” recommendation there.
Got a JanSport used from a garage sale for kindergarten, and the zipper is only starting to fail now, a decade and a half of daily academic use later.
Old Jansport was great. New Jansport is utter trash. You will get 1-2 years of light use before it breaks.