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01The years the bag gets carried every day

abshoo school bookbags

Seven bookbags for middle and high school between 24 and 27 litres, five of them with a padded laptop sleeve, in plain colours and in galaxy, kawaii and tie-dye prints.

  • 7 bags
  • 19 colourways
  • 24–27 L where a litre figure is given
  • $19.99–$49.99 at our last update

abshoo bookbag

This is the shelf that gets the hardest use on the site: a bag bought in August and carried five days a week until June, loaded with textbooks in the morning and a PE kit in the afternoon. Twenty-five litres is the number most of these sit at, and in practical terms that is three textbooks, a ring binder, a 15.6-inch laptop in its own padded sleeve and a water bottle standing up. What separates the seven is not capacity but what the outside is doing: the mesh bookbag is built for a school that wants to see what is inside, the galaxy and kawaii prints are the ones a teenager picks themselves, and the two basic bags are the plain navy-and-black answer for a school with a uniform rule. The orthopaedic advice for this age is the same as for the small ones: two wide straps, both of them on, kept even in length.

027 bags

Every abshoo bookbag on this shelf

Galaxy bookbag

abshoo Galaxy Bookbag

  • Fits a 15-inch laptop
  • Water-resistant fabric

4.7 · 2,841 ratings

from $19.99

School bookbag

abshoo Basic School Bookbag

  • 24 litres
  • Fits a 15.3-inch laptop
  • USB charging port

4.5 · 123 ratings

from $23.99

School bookbag

abshoo Everyday School Bookbag

  • 17.7" × 11.8" × 6.3"
  • Fits a 15.6-inch laptop
  • Water-resistant fabric

4.2 · 59 ratings

$29.99

School bookbag

abshoo Classic School Bookbag

  • 17.7" × 11.8" × 6.3"
  • Fits a 15.6-inch laptop
  • Water-resistant fabric

4.5 · 41 ratings

from $29.99

Kawaii bookbag

abshoo Kawaii Teen Bookbag

  • 27 litres
  • Large size
  • Water-resistant fabric

4.8 · 30 ratings

from $39.99

Prices are the ones from our last update; the abshoo way updates them on a schedule, and the figure at the till is the one that counts.

03Before you order

Questions about abshoo school bookbags

Where a middle-school bag differs from an elementary one, what twenty-five litres holds, and which of these takes a laptop.

How much does an abshoo school bookbag hold once you have packed it?

Twenty-four to twenty-seven litres, which in practice is three textbooks, a ring binder, a 15.6-inch laptop in its sleeve and a water bottle standing up, with the front pockets left for everything else. That is a full day and not a full locker: the guidance we quote puts the ceiling at fifteen per cent of the person carrying it, and twenty-five litres of books passes that for most teenagers.

Which abshoo bookbag should you buy for a school that wants to see inside?

The heavy-duty mesh bookbag on this shelf, or one of the clear backpacks on the shelf next door. Mesh satisfies a school that wants a glance rather than a full view and it carries more comfortably than PVC; a district that specifies clear means clear, and mesh will not do.

Can you get an abshoo bookbag in a plain colour rather than a print?

Both. The basic, everyday and classic bookbags come in black, navy, grey, red and pink with nothing printed on them, which is what a school with a uniform rule usually wants. The galaxy, kawaii and tie-dye versions are the same bags in a printed cloth.

Every abshoo height, every colour

Every size, print and colourway in the abshoo line-up sits behind this button, with the price from our last update against each one.