Blue JanSport Backpack

Blue became the single most popular backpack color among middle school students during the last academic semester. As a result, warehouses and retail shops have overstocked their inventories.

If you can wait out the back-to-school rush, you can buy a Blue JanSport Backpack with a lifetime warranty, for less than $35.

It’s no mystery why blue has become such a popular backpack color – many school uniforms include a navy blue, and lots of students choose bags to match. Dark blue is also a fairly mature color that students feel comfortable with as they get older and enter high school. Choosing a backpack in a color and style that can grow with your student is a great way to save money over the years.

If you have a younger student who would like a bag with a little more personality, a basic backpack is still a great investment. You can dress up the hardware a bit with colorful zipper pulls, attach a few pins, or even sew or iron on creative patches to make the bag a bit more unique. These personal touches will also make it easy to identify the bag in crowded classrooms or hallways.

My advice is to have your son or daughter continue to use his or her old backpack for the first two or three weeks of the new school year. After that, prices on new bags will drop dramatically. Last year at the end of September, I found a Blue JanSport Backpack online for $29.99. I can’t guarantee that this year will bring equally good prices, but they will definitely be the lowest prices available.