I'm getting sick and fucking tired of replacing backpacks, so I figured I would ask my fellow drunks for some recommendations.
My most recent victim was the Slappa 17" Velocity Spyder Pro, located here: Velocity SPYDER Laptop Backpack - Silver by SLAPPA
It was a great backpack for about a year and a bit, but now the zipper on both sides of the main pocket is completely screwed. Teeth chipped off, zipper detaching from fabric, etc. Today I pulled one of the zippers to zip it up, and it caught in the hole where the teeth are missing and just pulled right off.
My requirements for a bag:
1) Laptop protection! It needs to have at least a bit of padding.
2) LARGE. I'm in Pharmaceutical Sciences and most of my time outside of class is spent in the library. This means that I'm typically carrying 1-2 books, laptop, ipad, paper notepad, and the occasional binder, plus enough food to last me the day, headphones, pens, blah blah blah backpack shit.
3) Tough. I'm not talking "Ford tough", I mean TOUGH. Like you could shoot the fucking thing with a 105mm Howitzer. The Slappa bag was mostly great for this, but the zippers were a problem from day one... oval shaped zipper + rectangular shaped books / binders = areas where the zippers are constantly being pressed outward.
I'm not set on a backpack... if you have shoulder bag recommendations, etc. I'm into it. It just has to be stylish and able to be slung over one/both shoulders.
Your help is appreciated! :love-smiley-086:
My most recent victim was the Slappa 17" Velocity Spyder Pro, located here: Velocity SPYDER Laptop Backpack - Silver by SLAPPA
It was a great backpack for about a year and a bit, but now the zipper on both sides of the main pocket is completely screwed. Teeth chipped off, zipper detaching from fabric, etc. Today I pulled one of the zippers to zip it up, and it caught in the hole where the teeth are missing and just pulled right off.
My requirements for a bag:
1) Laptop protection! It needs to have at least a bit of padding.
2) LARGE. I'm in Pharmaceutical Sciences and most of my time outside of class is spent in the library. This means that I'm typically carrying 1-2 books, laptop, ipad, paper notepad, and the occasional binder, plus enough food to last me the day, headphones, pens, blah blah blah backpack shit.
3) Tough. I'm not talking "Ford tough", I mean TOUGH. Like you could shoot the fucking thing with a 105mm Howitzer. The Slappa bag was mostly great for this, but the zippers were a problem from day one... oval shaped zipper + rectangular shaped books / binders = areas where the zippers are constantly being pressed outward.
I'm not set on a backpack... if you have shoulder bag recommendations, etc. I'm into it. It just has to be stylish and able to be slung over one/both shoulders.
Your help is appreciated! :love-smiley-086:
