I am very impressed with this bag, thus far. I have only had it about a week, so we will see how it holds up to the weight of textbooks over time. It has excellent padding on the handle, straps, and on the back of the bag. I was concerned that it would not expand to fit my books and folders, but it has not disappointed! 

I absolutely love this backpack. I switched from a very nice messenger bag to a backpack when I realized that my thirty-something body could no longer comfortably handle lugging around my work materials, lunch, and other junk to and from the office on my commute that often involves public transportation.

If I could give this backpack a 10 stars I would. It completely exceeded my expectations in quality, design, color, and price. The amount of pockets and space that this backpack gives me is amazing!! I needed a new backpack that would hold my laptop, textbooks, binders, etc for nursing school and this was beyond perfect!