Choosing a school backpack or knapsack for a first-grader , parents have to look for the golden mean, based on three criteria - attractive appearance, practicality and convenience. A school backpack on wheels has recently taken its place in the assortment of school bags, but has already found its supporters and opponents.
The advantages of a backpack on wheels
- Care for health. The permissible weight of a backpack for a first-grader is a maximum of 1.5 kg, for a third-grade student - 2.5 kg, for a fifth-grader - 3 kg. If you calculate the total weight of books, notebooks, pencil case, change shoes, breakfast, then the numbers will exceed the norms significantly. In this sense, the school bag on wheels is a real salvation for the children's back, as weight does not need to be weighed on fragile shoulders.
- Variability. All school knapsacks on wheels can be worn behind their backs, like ordinary backpacks, they are equipped not only with a telescopic suitcase handle, but also comfortable wide straps.
- Practicality . Qualitative brand models are necessarily equipped with a strong plastic bottom, a rigid frame, an anatomical back, polyurethane noiseless cushioning wheels, which implies their long-term use.
Disadvantages of a portfolio on wheels
- The difficulty of maintaining cleanliness. Despite the fact that any school bag on wheels is made of easily cleaned materials, it is impossible to clean the backpack every day, but dirt, rain and snow are not rare phenomena.
- Weighted with textbooks, a backpack on wheels can cause difficulties when climbing into transport or on the school stairs, if it is a pupil of a junior school.
- Judging by the opinions of parents on the forums, the unusual appearance of the backpack makes some children feel shy of such bags. Of course, this is a matter of time, and soon a school backpack on wheels will seem normal, but still consult with the child before buying this model.