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Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:49 am
by joetheplumber

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:54 am
by crumpetsandtea
Damn, that last one is almost 4 lbs on its own o_O do not want.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:01 am
by lynch

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:38 pm
by crossarmant
Psh... Backpacks are overrated
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Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:39 pm
by 09042014
I have a swiss army bag, and it's held up well.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:49 pm
by rinkrat19
I got the North Face Surge (men's). It just barely fits my current 17" and should be very comfortable with the ~15" I'll be getting for school. I've had North Face packs for years and only one ever broke (one plastic buckle).

Don't get a Jansport. There's a good possibility it won't last the year if you're loading it up with books and computers.

http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc- ... rge_3.html

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:51 pm
by kaiser
I've had the same Jansport bag since I was in high school and still use it in law school. Definitely a bit worn, but its lasted me about 9 years at this point, so I have to recommend it. No clue what the above poster is talking about. I load this thing up with a computer and multiple books every day. Shoulder straps are still as strong as the day I got the bag.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:55 pm
by rinkrat19
kaiser wrote:I've had the same Jansport bag since I was in high school and still use it in law school. Definitely a bit worn, but its lasted me about 9 years at this point, so I have to recommend it. No clue what the above poster is talking about. I load this thing up with a computer and multiple books every day. Shoulder straps are still as strong as the day I got the bag.
The zippers on my Jansports always crapped out.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:58 pm
by kaiser
rinkrat19 wrote:
kaiser wrote:I've had the same Jansport bag since I was in high school and still use it in law school. Definitely a bit worn, but its lasted me about 9 years at this point, so I have to recommend it. No clue what the above poster is talking about. I load this thing up with a computer and multiple books every day. Shoulder straps are still as strong as the day I got the bag.
The zippers on my Jansports always crapped out.
Well then I guess I must have gotten mine back when things were made to last (sort of feel like my grandpa saying that)

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:02 pm
by rinkrat19
kaiser wrote:
rinkrat19 wrote:
kaiser wrote:I've had the same Jansport bag since I was in high school and still use it in law school. Definitely a bit worn, but its lasted me about 9 years at this point, so I have to recommend it. No clue what the above poster is talking about. I load this thing up with a computer and multiple books every day. Shoulder straps are still as strong as the day I got the bag.
The zippers on my Jansports always crapped out.
Well then I guess I must have gotten mine back when things were made to last (sort of feel like my grandpa saying that)
Mid-90s? I used them in middle/high school, and I'm old. :P

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:05 am
by FantasticMrFox
I second the anti-Jansport sentiment. The insides always never really last for me for some odd reason.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:10 am
by Bildungsroman
I got this one for use with my 17 inch laptop and I like it. Fits my laptop, enormous charger, and several casebooks comfortably. http://www.amazon.com/Targus-Backpack-D ... B0001EMM10

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:52 am
by Map Cat
rinkrat19 wrote:I got the North Face Surge (men's). It just barely fits my current 17" and should be very comfortable with the ~15" I'll be getting for school. I've had North Face packs for years and only one ever broke (one plastic buckle).
I second your North Face praise. Carried the same one (Vault--the basic one) through five years of undergrad with no issues at all--not even a worn strap or broken buckle. I'll be using TNF for as long as I can get away with carrying a backpack.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:55 am
by laxbrah420
Image
why did these go out of style

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:59 am
by monkey85
No wheels. No good.

Wheelie bag FTW. /thread.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:11 pm
by splitsplat
Hijack question: How often do you guys see law students using messenger backs (like chromebags or timbuk2)?

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:20 pm
by franklyscarlet
laxbrah420 wrote:Image
why did these go out of style
Still have my tie-die one from middle school and my bright pink one from high school. Awwwwyeah.jpg

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:23 pm
by laxbrah420
Nice! Both monogrammed? Block or cursive, yo?

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:25 pm
by kennethellenparcell
How about:

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On a more serious note: Kelty Reverb. I've had mine for four years and it's awesome!

http://www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/Ke ... oduct.html

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:28 pm
by franklyscarlet
laxbrah420 wrote:Nice! Both monogrammed? Block or cursive, yo?
Block in middle school, fancy cursive in high school. Because I was one classy 16 year old.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:45 pm
by rinkrat19
laxbrah420 wrote:Image
why did these go out of style
I don't think they were ever in. At least not where I lived.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:47 pm
by franklyscarlet
rinkrat19 wrote:
laxbrah420 wrote:Image
why did these go out of style
I don't think they were ever in. At least not where I lived.
They were the shit in suburban Ohio.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:48 pm
by rinkrat19
franklyscarlet wrote:
rinkrat19 wrote:
laxbrah420 wrote:Image
why did these go out of style
I don't think they were ever in. At least not where I lived.
They were the shit in suburban Ohio.
LL Bean isn't big out here, I guess. I did have several Eddie Bauer backpacks, however.

Re: Help me pick a backpack

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:16 pm
by crumpetsandtea
rinkrat19 wrote:
laxbrah420 wrote:Image
why did these go out of style
I don't think they were ever in. At least not where I lived.
I don't even know what that is. Down here Jansport was the norm.