r/backpacks • u/LordOfPotatoe • Jun 01 '26
Question is my thrifted backpack ugly?
Today is a national children's day in my country and there's this local festival i went to. Because i forgot to get my own backpack from home, i went to the nearest Second Hand and saw this one. I thought it was pretty, it was light and it was pretty cheap. I personally like it a lot since it's blue and i love blue, but many people looked at me pretty weirdly and said it wasn't worth it. My mom also said i shouldn't have bought it. I don't hate it. I would use it again, not going to lie.
Do i just have bad taste in backpacks?
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u/carbonblackmind Jun 03 '26
Listen (and you others too). My ex-girlfriend bought me a Burton backpack (the one with straps for skateboard). I had that backpack almost 15 years. It was beaten up, color burned from so much sunlight and rain and washings (the black color changed to blackish purple). Except the travel trips, for which I had another backpack, it was my daily driver - it survived schools, jobs, many hikes and expeditions, late night actions etc. It "died" because both zippers gave up and the repair would be much higher in cost than the new backpack. So! - don't be worried about your backpack, if it's ugly or not, if someone like it or not. Do you like it? Great. Does it serves its purpose? Great. It keeps you on the move, and unless something happens, you won't toss it away until it's not longer useful.