I have had a black one of these backpacks for 5 years, bought new for £17.99 on eBay, used since my first day of college, still in use today with no rips or holes either. As you can imagine, being a graphic design student, I had this bag filled to the brim with books, notepads, pens, paper, all sorts of stationary. It has 2 compartments, the main one that uses 2 zips to keep it closed (which is better as you zip it up in either direction or have them positioned) one with 2 polyethylene frills to pull. The bags main bit of space looks slightly smaller than an A3 size piece of paper (its roughly half a metre in height and 35CM across) and stores books particularly well. ...  Read the complete review

I'm in my final year of university now and I've always used Jansport bags to carry my books to lectures. As I'm a literature student I've found this design by Jansport to be the most durable. The first bag I had was the classic red one, I had this for at least three years, it didn't break and always held what I needed. The only reason I had to replace it was because a small tub of BBQ sauce exploded in the front pouch and I couldn't clean it! But back to the basics: The bag itself is your standard backpack, it has two sturdy straps that are easily adjustable, one large pocket where your main contents will go and a smaller front pouch for items ...  Read the complete review