When your kids at the age when need go to school, the schoolbag has become an indispensable item every day, and a suitable schoolbag can reduce the burden for the child. Now when many parents buy schoolbags, they blindly pursue the purpose of buying a schoolbag for using several years, blindly pursuing the bigger the better, but they don’t know that inappropriate schoolbags cause great harm to their children. Actually when the child goes to different grades, the schoolbag need be bought in the different size. There is many different kinds of school bags, this article tells you how to choose a suitable one for your kids.
What are the considerations for a suitable schoolbag?
1. Choose a suitable size of backpack according to your child’s height and weight
In WS∕T 585-2018 “Hygiene Requirements for Schoolbags for Primary and Secondary School Students”, the following recommendations are given for the main sizes of different types of schoolbags and the applicable range of students’ height. You can refer to this below form to buy a school bag of the right size for your children. Do not blindly pursue big and comprehensive, so as not to have an adverse effect on the health of the child. Especially in the current situation where the child’s schoolwork is so heavy, try to choose the appropriate schoolbag to buy based on the weight of the child’s schoolbag and the premise of protecting the child’s health.
2. Choose the rightful material of the schoolbag
1.Choose the waterproof material
There are many kinds of materials for schoolbags. In order to prevent books from getting wet in the rainy day, and also consider durability of using it, it is best to choose schoolbags made of Oxford fabric, tarpaulin or cork fabric.
2.Examine the chemical composition of the bags
Examine the fabric of the schoolbag carefully before you buy it, because if you buy the one which is made of the poor-quality fabrics, which contains formaldehyde. Many countries has clearly law limitation for the formaldehyde content of the fabrics and accessories of schoolbags: the composition of formaldehyde should not be exceed 30mg per kilogram of schoolbags. However, in fact, most of the schoolbags in the market exceed this limitation, even if the schoolbags produced by some regular manufacturers also exceed the standard a lot. If your new bought schoolbag that comes out a pungent smell, therefore it high possibility that the the composition of formaldehyde in the schoolbag is exceeded a lot, this kind of schoolbag will be harmful to the health of your child.
3.Select the lighter of the material to make kids bags
The materials of children’s schoolbags should be light. As kids have to carry a large number of books and objects back to school, in order to avoid increasing the weight of the bags, which should be made of light-weight materials as lighter as possible. For example, backpacks which is made of nylon or PVC could be selected. The total weight of the book is suggested that should not exceed 15% the body weight of your kid. You also should tell your kids that they should form a good habit of organize their school bags every day, and take out the temporarily useless books.
3. Choose the right style of the schoolbags
There are a variety of schoolbags in the market, including messenger, portable bag, trolley and backpack. As a manufacturer of custom bags for nearly ten years, we strongly recommend that parents choose backpack schoolbags, because this kind schoolbag can best distribute the weight evenly on all parts of kids’ body. It does not like a messenger bag or a clutch bag, which will cause hand pain or shoulder pain after holding it for a long time, the cross-body schoolbag need one side of the shoulder to bare the whole weight of schoolbag, causing uneven force on the left or right shoulders. In addition, the weight of the books is not light, it will cause shoulder, spine strain, and even scoliosis for a long time. Consider the same reason, children should not use their only one side shoulder to bear the backpack style schoolbag. The trolley school bag has become popular in recent years. However we do not recommend you buy this kind schoolbag for your kids. Firstly, this kind of school bag has pull bars and wheels like a suitcase. This design release the kids body burden of schoolbag gravity to their hand, but the center of gravity of this kind schoolbag is unstable, and it is easy that children to
sprain their wrists when pulling and walking. Secondary, this kind bag is close to the floor, when we are walking , it is very easy to become dirty for the dust on the floor, especially in the rainy day, you could image how dirty it will become if you kids pulling it walk on the way to school or home. You have to often wash the bags, and this kind bags could not be washed in the laundry machine.
4. Choose the good design and construction of school bag
1. The back of the schoolbag and strap
The back of a children’s schoolbag refers to the part of the schoolbag that is in contact with the child’s body. As a manufacturer of custom bags, we suggest that parents should buy schoolbags with soft pads and Vent holes on the back, because the schoolbag must be close to the body part, back or the side of the leg, so the back of the school bag should be with soft cushions, which can make the child more comfortable when carrying it, and there should be vent holes on the top of cushion to help heat dissipation from the contacted skin, so that when the children are carrying school bags will not be sweated or feel uncomfortable on the contact surface with the school bag.
2. Shoulder strap of the schoolbag
1. The width of the shoulder strap
The shoulder straps of children’s schoolbags should be wide . This is easy to understand, most of the parents should have all carried backpack. If the shoulder straps are very narrow, plus the weight of the schoolbag, it is easy to hurt the shoulders if they are carried on the body for a long time; that is why the shoulder straps should be wide. It helps to reduce the pressure on the shoulders caused by the schoolbag, and can evenly distribute the weight of the schoolbag; and the padded shoulder straps can reduce the painful strain on the trapezius muscle which is caused by the schoolbag. If the shoulder straps are too small, the trapezius The muscles will be more to be felt tired. We often recommend the specific width is 1/3-1/2 of kids’ shoulder width.
2. Schoolbag should be with fix straps
Parents should choose the schoolbag with fix straps. The built-in fix straps of the schoolbag can make the schoolbag closer to the child’s back, especially when the child is walking quickly or running fast when they are carry their backpack, they could buckle the fixed strap to prevent the schoolbag from tilting outwards or shaking badly from side to side. Without the fix straps, it will decrease the center of gravity of the schoolbags and cause spinal injuries, which is harmful to the healthy growth of children.
3. If the numbers of pockets in the school bag the more the better?
If the numbers of pockets in the school bag the more the better? The answer is no. There should be not too many pockets and meshes on the schoolbag, otherwise it will be easily caught by sharp objects, causing danger; avoid too many metal buckles or metal zippers on the schoolbag. Excessive metal fittings will increase the weight of the schoolbag and may also affect the kids’ back and waist, that is not positive to the growth of your kids. We suggest you should choose schoolbag with high quality plastic buckle or zipper head instead of metal buckle or connection accessories.
4. Choose the schoolbag with wide reflective
In recent years, many schoolbag manufacturers not only have paid attention to the health to kids but also have paid special attention to the safety of children when they are carrying schoolbag. For example, lots of health schoolbags have a fluorescent logo printed on the front of the schoolbag, or sewn high-tech reflective materials on the outside of whole bag . This kind of school bag, whenever it is in early morning or late evening, in rainy day , or in foggy cloudy day, can clearly reflect the high light from within 100 meters. This has aroused the attention of drivers and pedestrians, and improved the safety factor of children when they cross the road and street area.
Conclusion
We here is try to introduce the professional factors for readers to choose a rightful schoolbag for your kids or your nephew or niece, however, there should be other factors we do not know. Welcome readers write to us to supplement for the later readers. Thanks for your reading and hope we could get your great comment.
