There should be an official law which dictates that commuters cannot stand in a crowded tube carriage with full-sized backpacks on their shoulders. As if the daily commute to an office in a big city isn’t stressful enough, there’s simply nothing worse than squeezing oneself onto an already delayed tube just to be squashed further by unruly and unnecessary daily luggage. We’ll repeat it until we’re blue in the face: put your large backpacks on the floor between your legs, people.
It's far from an arduous task and will make everyone’s journey infinitely more pleasant. Yet there’s another, even lesser-used solution which we’d love to encourage our faithful readers to consider – and it involves ditching your oversized backpack for good. Daypacks offer a lighter, far more versatile alternative to traditional backpacks that’ll have your neck and shoulders thanking you long-term.
Let’s be realistic, having an extra-large backpack strung over your shoulders on a quotidian basis only encourages you to carry around more than you really need. From gym kit that remains in the bottom of your bag for weeks on end and multiple fiction and non-fiction books depending on your morning reading mood, to superfluous stationery items and supplemental beauty products , classic backpacks are rarely emptied or organised. They instead accumulate months’ worth of untouched goods, adding unnecessary weight to an already bustling daily essential.
Daypacks come in many forms, though .
