What is the first question you should ask yourself when choosing a backpack?

1. What do you need one for?
If you are a student, you obviously need a bag to store your books, folders and notebooks. And if you like to travel, or your boyfriend or girlfriend lives in another city, then your bag will be full of clothes. Maybe you are looking for a bag, which is suitable for school and travel, and also preferably suitable for casual walks around the city. Or maybe you have a habit of walking to your office. In that case, you’ll probably pack your bag with lunch and various practical necessities.

There are endless purposes for using a bag. Finding out yours limits the perimeter of the perfect backpack and brings you closer to the decision. After answering this fundamental question, it’s time for the details.

2. How many and what size books -or other things- do you plan to take with you?
Answering this will give you a rough idea of ​​the weight you are going to carry, and also the size of the bag you need.

3. Are you male or female? Do you have back problems? What weight are you comfortable carrying?

4. Do you mind rolling a rolling suitcase around campus? Would it be easy to roll one or can there be a lot of stairs?
Sometimes some things, which might have been useful in a different situation, are simply impossible to use in your current one. For example, if you’re a nursing student and have to carry a lot of heavy books, you’re thinking of a rolling suitcase, but most of your classes are on the second and third floors, and there’s no elevator in the building. building.

5. Do you have a laptop? What size? Do you have a special case for it or does it go in the bag?
Assuming you get a laptop and put it in your new bag, you’ll need one with a computer pocket.

6. What kind of accessories do you need to bring with your laptop?

7. Do you need a separate water bottle holder?

8. How do you like to pack things? Do you just put everything together or do you prefer lots of small pockets, so each item has its own place?

After these last four questions, you’ll know exactly which internal organization to look for.

9. What is the climate like where you live? It rains a lot? Or snow?

Some bags are made of waterproof fabric and some are not. The question is what is right for you?

10. And finally – but it must be the first – how much are you willing to spend on a bag?

By the time you’ve finished answering these 10, there will probably be several more, about brand or color, but they can be worked out while you’re in the store or searching online.

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