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01Wear it up the stairs, pull it across the hall

YTONET rolling backpacks

Backpacks that roll: a padded laptop sleeve for a 15.6-inch or a 17.7-inch laptop, shoulder straps that tuck away behind a panel when the bag is pulled, and either two rubber wheels or four spinner wheels that stand the bag flat on a terminal floor.

  • 5 bags
  • 8 colourways
  • 15.6" to 17.7" laptop sizes

YTONET backpack

A rolling backpack is the bag for the day with stairs in it. The straps come out for the flight of steps at the station and go back behind their panel for the platform, and the frame is stiff enough that the bag stands upright on its own while you find a ticket. The choice on this shelf is the wheels. Two wheels tip back and follow you over a kerb and a gravel path, and they take the least room in the bag; four spinners run flat beside you on a smooth floor and never tip, which is what a long terminal wants, and the bag that has them also has a trolley that detaches for the times the bag is worn rather than rolled. Every backpack here carries a strap that slides over a suitcase handle, a padded laptop sleeve, and a water-resistant cloth over the whole of it.

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Every YTONET backpack on this shelf

Prices are the figures from our last update; the YTONET eye updates them on a schedule, and the figure at the till is the one that counts.

03Before you order

Questions about YTONET rolling backpacks

Two wheels against four spinners, what happens to the straps when it rolls, and which one goes in an overhead bin.

Should you buy a YTONET rolling backpack with two wheels or four?

Two if the route has kerbs, gravel or a bus step in it: the bag tips back and follows you. Four if the route is a terminal or a hospital corridor: the bag runs flat beside you with no weight on your wrist, and the trolley detaches at the door. On a mixed route two wheels are the safer choice, because a spinner on gravel stops dead.

What happens to the straps of a YTONET rolling backpack when you pull it?

They go behind a zipped panel on the back before you extend the handle, so nothing drags under the wheels. Every rolling backpack here has the panel; leave the straps out and they will catch, so the panel is there to be used, not admired.

Does a YTONET rolling backpack stand up on its own?

Yes, with the handle down. The wheels sit at the bottom against a stiff back panel and the base is flat, so the bag stands upright beside a desk or on a platform while you find a ticket. Stood on a slope it rolls, as anything with wheels does.

Is a YTONET rolling backpack all right for a school child?

The American Academy of Pediatrics names a rolling backpack as an option when a school load runs past 15 per cent of the child's body weight, if the school allows one. The bags here are cut around a 15.6-inch laptop and an adult's day, so hold the dimensions on the card against the child before you order, and check what the school says about wheels in a corridor.

Every size, every wheel

Every rolling bag, backpack, sleeve, tote, duffel and caddy in the YTONET lineup sits behind this button, with the price from our last update against each one.