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Faye Valentine 2022-11-13 13:19:46 No.9547

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So the /g/ consumer wage slave threads have arrived on Lainchan at last. Good job, OP!

To everyone else:

Don't buy soykaf because (supposedly real) people online told you it's good. Companies know that traditional advertising doesn't work anymore, and now that even 'normal people' are getting a little concerned about targeted advertising, the focus is now on influencer marketing and the more cost-effective guerilla marketing. Trust no-one except yourself.

Do not buy backpacks online. Professional photos do not accurately convey the build quality or appearance, so you WILL get ripped off. Do not buy tacticool soykaf. It's uncomfortable, poorly made, impractical for civilian use, and has a strong stigma attached to it, turning every wearer into an autistic manchild with an inferiority complex. Doubly so if you're overweight.

Always go into a physical shop so that you can actually see what's being sold to you. First thing you will notice is the material composition. If the material is light, feels abrasive to the touch, and the tag says '100% polyester', it's going to fall apart within two months at best. Look for ones made of canvas, waxed cotton, or nylon. The latter in particular is excellent due to its strength, abrasion resistance, and ability to shrug off light rain. I wouldn't recommend cotton/polycotton since neither handles abrasion very well.

But even polyester backpacks can hold together for a while if they're stitched well. Take a backpack off the rack, pinch the fabric on the sides of the seam that would be under stress under normal use (such as that lining pockets or the main compartment), and pull. If the threads become visible, then the backpack is soykaf, and will come apart at the seams in short order. If only the holes are visible, or the seams are not visible at all, then the backpack may have something going for it. Do the same procedure for the handle and the straps, since the seams on these parts will receive the most stress, and are therefore most likely to tear.

Everything after that is up to personal preference, but since this is techy board (or used to be one, anyway), I would recommend picking a backpack with numerous pockets and compartments varied in diameter and depth, like a wide but thin compartment for documents or a deep rectangular compartment for a laptop charger. 
Lastly, if there are little flaps of cloth over the zipper, they WILL get stuck eventually, and you'll either have to periodically spend forty minutes on getting the zipper out, or pay extra to a tailor to fold or remove the flaps so that it won't be such a pain to open. It's a small, but very important detail.
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