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My kid has been using the same $100 bag for his entire school career. He’s in 5th grade and walks to school over a mile 90% of the year. In a northern climate.
by kasey_junk 3y ago
My kid has been using the same $100 bag for his entire school career. He’s in 5th grade and walks to school over a mile 90% of the year. In a northern climate. That bag looks like it will last another 5-10 years.
Frankly, his classmates have cheaper bags with similar outcomes so I doubt price is highly correlated with performance past a certain price point.
- JohnBooty 3y agoWhen I was in school in the 80s-90s I pretty much nevvvverrrr saw kids reusing bags for multiple years. I think cheap bags were just crappier back then But even the Jansports seemed to get replaced. I think kids were just rougher on their bags back then. I remember my bags absolutely bulging with 4-5 big hardbound textbooks. Don't see that much any more.
- TimTheTinker 3y agoCheap Jansport backpack zippers didn't last long.
- JohnBooty 3y agoStitching-related zipper failure, or the zipper itself? I feel like stitching in general is where Jansports fail first.... you have to abuse them pretty hard to wear out the material or bust a zipper directly, but the stitching on Jansports is not amazing. Don't get me wrong... the price/performance/durability of Jansports is INSANE but they maybe are venerated a little too hard
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 3y agoJansports had a lifetime warranty, I think?
- devilbunny 3y agoThey did, but you had to do without for a few weeks while they replaced it.