“Not a teenager's backpack!”

“I teach graduate nursing students, and am a doctoral student myself. I was so worn out (i.e. in pain) from carrying the standard-issue laptop bag, and I had to carry it EVERYWHERE. I bought this daypack for myself, and then as a present for a classmate of mine, who's in her 50's. We both LOVE it! I can carry my laptop, labcoat, teaching tools, pens, makeup, keys, etc... and it all fits (even a bottle of soda). If I'm on a short jaunt between classes, I can carry it as a messenger bag. Anything further, and I throw it on the other shoulder as a backpack. It doesn't make me look like a teenager, and the side opening is ingenious for finding everything I've packed. It's surprisingly roomy, and so far (I've had it a month) indestructible- I throw it in the car, my office, in a corner, etc. Should have bought this six months ago, when my laptop became surgically attached to me. :) For the price, it beats the heck out of a regular backpack. I could probably use it for a weekend away - it would hold at least three outfits and some toiletries too.”