This is a beautiful backpack for sure, but after 8 months, both zippers on the main compartment are broken. After about 3 months, the right one would separate and I'd have to zip it all the way back to the bottom for it to grab both sides of the teeth again. I just told my daughter not to use the right one. The left one finally succumbed to a gap in the teeth last week, which has made zipping it closed impossible for the last several weeks of school.

Pockets are good and it is *almost* really well made. It is sturdy and the seams are solid, but the zipper is not nearly strong enough for this material, which was apparent from the second we received it. The material is stiff (and after 8 months of use, it hasn't relaxed really at all), so the zipper is always under stress when you're zipping and unzipping it; it has to turn corners and the little flap over the top doesn't bend back really well so that stresses the zipper as well. She is only in 2nd grade, so the most that is going in it is a lunch box, two library books, and a folder, and that's not every day; no heavy high school books or notebooks.

There is little wear otherwise, and I'm sure this would have been a backpack my daughter would have and could have used through the rest of elementary school at least, but they maker fell down when it came to the zipper, which is annoying for something so costly.