Best and Worst School Backpacks: Ranking 2024-2025

Choosing a school backpack is difficult – it should be beautiful and stylish, so that the child would wear it to school with pride. And also comfortable, roomy, not too bulky and at the same time not spoil the posture. And most importantly – made of safe materials.

How to find the highest quality and safest school backpack of 2023 - in this rating based on Roskachestvo materials.

Top 10 Highest Quality and Safest Kids Backpacks of 2023

10. Like Me School, "Black Foxes"

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Price: 3490 rub.

The first on the list of the best children's backpacks of 2023 is a model made by friendly China, which is sold in online stores in Russia. While the young audience will be attracted by cute foxes, adults pay attention to other things: durability, resistance to friction, how firmly the backpack parts are sewn to each other, and so on. From this point of view, the quality of the backpack is at its best - it is not only durable, but also made of high-quality non-toxic materials, does not electrify. There are even reflective elements on the straps, which are necessary in urban conditions.

Unfortunately, the backpack's reputation was damaged by failure to comply with two rules.

  1. Firstly, the manufacturer "forgot" to indicate what age the backpack is intended for. You can guess, since its weight and size are suitable for primary school children, but is it necessary to undergo a quest for ingenuity when buying an ordinary household item?
  2. And, secondly, despite the undoubted quality of tailoring and materials, the bottom protection is missing - the rubber pads that raise the bottom of the backpack above the surface are missing, and nothing protects the delicate belly from contact with the outside world. So the backpack will not only get dirty faster, but also wear out from below.

9. "Watercolor", Gulliver

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Price: 1498 rub.

Delicate school-age young ladies will undoubtedly be attracted by the color scheme and shape of the backpack – it stands out from the others with its delicate coloring and light pastel colors.

Unfortunately, a number of shortcomings of the backpack are not compensated by its pleasant appearance - despite the durable sewing and dense, friction-resistant fabric, not all the stitching is of sufficient quality. And the manufacturer, it seems, decided to save on the fittings - on the prototype purchased by Roskachestvo experts, the coating of small metal and plastic parts was already starting to peel off. One can imagine what will happen to it after a couple of months of intensive use.

Well, at least the bottom is properly protected - there are plastic cones with anti-slip inserts. And the target group is also correctly indicated - children of primary school age.

8. Hatber

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Costs: 3031 rub.

The problems of the backpack produced by the Chinese company Quanzhou Manufactory are the exact opposite of the Gulliver, the ninth place in the ranking of the best backpacks for school in 2023. It is made of durable fabric, lightweight, compact, with acceptable quality fittings, even stitching (except for slack in a couple of pockets).

However, there is no bottom protection and the back is not rigid enough, which can cause the child to start slouching. And Minnie Mouse in 2022 – seriously? It’s time for manufacturers to move beyond the idea of what characters and stories are popular with children.

7. “Cats” Light, Attache

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Price in online stores: 2258 rub.

The pleasantly colored oval backpack with two cute cats not only looks good, but is also well-made - Roskachestvo experts have practically no complaints about the quality of the seams, fabric and fittings. Perhaps it would be nice to pay more attention to moisture protection - in heavy rain, the backpack may start to leak water.

The "Kotikov" was let down by the back. Despite the fact that it (like the lining of the belts) is covered with mesh fabric (it gets dirty less, lets air through), the back is not rigid and the child may start to slouch.

6. Tiger Family

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Can be purchased for: 1879 rub.

This backpack will immediately attract the attention of those around you! Bright, shiny, with a mother-of-pearl shell on the front wall, and high-quality - there are no questions about the density of the fabric, the strength of the seams and the coating of the fittings. The fabric is not only safe, but also water-repellent - even in the heaviest rain, water will not penetrate inside.

The disadvantage of the shiny backpack is its low tensile strength according to Roskachestvo standards. Despite the strong seams connecting the handle and shoulder straps, the backpack can tear under heavy loads – the vertical tensile strength is below standard.

However, the manufacturer honestly indicated that the backpack is for school supplies - textbooks, notebooks and everything else that weighs a lot - so this indicator can be neglected. For sports equipment and household use, the bright backpack is quite suitable. But it is better not to put it on the ground or on the floor - there is no bottom protection.

5. Ergoline, Erich Krause

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Roskachestvo experts purchased for: 2172 rub.

The top 5 best children's backpacks according to Roskachestvo opens with a product from ErichKrause, which still can't decide whether it is German or Finnish. In fact, of course, it is a Russian company that sews its products in China, but what difference does it make if it produces quality goods using its own patterns?

Even the eagle eye of Roskachestvo experts could not find any flaws in the Ergoline backpack: the item is perfectly sewn, the stitching is even and dense, the material is high-quality, the fittings are even and shiny. There is even anti-slip protection for the bottom. The only thing that spoiled the idyll was the water-repellent impregnation – it is not enough, and in heavy rain the contents of the bag can get wet.

4. SkyName

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Average price: 4658 rub.

If the previous places in the top 10 school backpacks for girls and boys were mainly focused on the tastes of young ladies, then the backpack from the Chinese company is clearly designed for gentlemen - and football fans at that.

The backpack looks good, stylish, the material is dense, high-quality, the stitching is even and strong. The fabric is durable, which is not afraid of rain, sweat and friction, resistant to deformation, and the bottom is protected from contact with the outside world. The back is dense, even, quite rigid.

However, all this wealth exudes a slight but noticeable specific chemical smell, which is often found in Chinese products. However, a couple of days on the balcony should fix this.

To attract the buyer, the manufacturer added small gifts - in the pocket there is a special sign for the schedule, and the backpack also comes with a watch.

3. "Cats Meow", Grizzly

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Average cost: 4479 rub.

Starting with the top 3, there are fewer and fewer shortcomings in children's backpacks. So, "Kitty Meow" is good in all respects - a rigid durable form, good dense fabric with water-repellent impregnation, high-quality plastic and metal parts, impeccable zippers, bottom protection.

There is even a rare detail – a chest strap (the manufacturers of the previous backpacks in the rating considered it an insignificant detail), as well as a small gift to attract attention – a fabric wallet-bag in the form of a pink cat's face.

This collection of perfections was let down by a small design flaw: the soft lining on the back wall is slightly skewed, apparently because the direction of the grain of the material was not taken into account when sewing.

2. Herlitz

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Price: 5600 rub.

The Herlitz brand belongs to the Pelikan company, which is located in Germany, but sews its products in China, from where they come to our country. The backpack is sewn perfectly, it not only meets the standards, but even the strict Roskachestvo standard. The fabric is of excellent quality with water-repellent impregnation, there are no complaints about the sewing, the fittings have a durable coating and no sharp corners. There is even a separate protection for the main compartment - it closes with a cord with a drawstring - and a shoulder strap.

The only "disadvantage" of the backpack is its rather high price compared to other products in the rating. And Roskachestvo was not satisfied with the foreign origin of the product from Herlitz - such a product cannot claim the Russian quality mark.

1. “Cosmocar”, Erhaft

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Price: 4599 rub.

The Erhaft brand belongs to JSC Detsky Mir, and production is established in China. Like the second place in the rating, Kosmokar meets all the virtues of a good backpack - high-quality water-repellent fabric, durable seams, excellent fittings and a well-thought-out design: for example, the side pockets are protected by flaps made of the main fabric. Even the zippers are covered with a rubber cap, so that the child will enjoy opening them.

There are no rubber or plastic elements protecting the bottom, instead it is covered with durable leatherette. However, the manufacturer decided not to add a chest strap to the design.

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5. Acoola

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Price: 1799 rub.

And from the leaders, we will move on to the outsiders – the worst school backpacks on the Russian market, according to experts from Roskachestvo. The khaki-colored bag from Acoola (China), although similar in appearance to a backpack, is soft, the back is not dense, the length is shorter than standard, and the tensile strength is low. Such a backpack can hardly be used as a school backpack, it simply will not withstand the weight of textbooks and notebooks that schoolchildren are forced to carry on their backs every day.

4. #1 School Kitty

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Price: 3853 rub.

A pleasant appearance is not enough for a backpack. Although the "School Kitten" is made of good quality fabric with protection from rain and even has a bottom protection, two important elements let it down first of all. This is the strength of the seams (it is low) and non-compliance with standards.

Although the backpack is designed for primary school students, its dimensions exceed the standards - it is too heavy and too bulky for its little owners.

3. Across

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Price: 2883 rub.

It is difficult to even say where the Across backpack meets the standards - except for the quality of the fabric. And even that has a weak but pronounced "chemical" smell, strongly associated with cheap Chinese goods. Not only is there no water-repellent impregnation and bottom protection, but the seams are defective, the material is skewed in some places, and the overall weight of the backpack is above the standard.

2. Seventeen

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Price: 1299 rub.

The main drawback of the backpack is its toxicity in the aquatic environment, which does not meet the standards. The other problems of the Chinese product - looped uneven stitches, skewed fittings and fabric of the parts - pale in comparison.

1. Lego

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Price: 9999 rub.

The manufacturer has set quite a price for this backpack! It is almost twice the amount requested for the best backpacks for children in the Roskachestvo rating. And although the model looks good - bright, pleasantly shaped, with dense high-quality material, durable fittings and soft closed pockets with Velcro - however, not all that glitters is gold. And this "gold" is also harmful to the child - the toxicity index in the aquatic environment exceeds the permissible values.