Two years ago I bought my grandson who was 7, a LLBEAN backpack, he is starting on his third year, still looks like new....My granddaughter who is starting in the first grade requested a backpack like her brothers.  Ordered it a week ago, arrived by UPS within 5 days.  She is excited to have a BeanBag as he calls it.  These are gauranteed to last...You can't beat that quality and service.