My dad bought me the old-school equivalent of this pack in the year 2000. It saw me through college, grad school, a couple of cross-country moves, and an evil husband. After 23 years of heavy use, the only damage is a broken zipper on a pocket that has two zippers. So when my son went through 4 backpacks in 3 years of elementary school, I decided to see if they still made the good old JanSport basic edition (or whatever it’s called). I found this exact pack that Woot! is selling on Amazon for a similar price, which happens to be within $10 of all of the dud backpacks we’ve been through. My son is really into astrophysics, so the starry fabric is a bonus. I really wish my son would trade me now. His is just as amazing as mine, but a bit bigger and sporting a drink pocket. Of course, in the old days, we didn’t have laptop pockets either.
My point = buy it! It’s a great backpack and well worth this price!
Agreed! Plus, you can send it back to JanSport if it needs repair or replacement. I’ve done it many times (you just pay shipping). Once, they just sent me a brand new backpack because the one I sent in couldn’t be repaired.