Students need at least two Herschel Supply products to be prepared for school. For the general items, a backpack or messenger bag is perfect to carry school books, note paper, pens, and their laptop. Specifically for their laptop, students must have a padded, dedicated laptop sleeve. I’ll go into more details about why I am making this claim, and then you can enter for a chance to win a pair of Herschel products so you are prepared when the school season begins.

School can be brutal on laptops and books

How many backpacks have you bought over the years? I have bought many … too many to count in fact. Some years, I’ve had to buy several after a backpack was damaged by weather or something. I remember a friend told me they forgot their child’s backpack on the roof once: it didn’t survive getting batted around when it fell onto the highway!

My children are done school now, but my wife is still in school, as a teacher, so I’m still buying backpacks—for her! And her favourite brand is Herschel. Trust me: she has tried many. She loves the style, the versatility, and the comfort carrying her Herschel backpack: from our island home, onto the ferry, on the train into Vancouver and back, her books and tech are protected. She also uses a Herschel sleeve to protect her laptop. She says, “I’d be lost if my laptop broke … all my lessons and notes and assignments are on there.” Yes she backs up her data, but a broken laptop would seriously set her back.

I hope some of your can relate to my wife’s situation. Students, teachers, and many others rely on Herschel products … and for good reasons.

Herschel multipurpose bags perform an essential service

Every student needs a backpack or messenger bag. In an era where textbooks are only a portion of a student’s learning arsenal, these bags offer expansive storage space for various items, from notebooks and tablets to calculators, water bottles, and lunch boxes. Herschel bags, with their multiple compartments, promote organization and ease of access, reducing the stress of misplaced items and keeping the learning process streamlined and efficient.

Herschel’s multipurpose bags are renowned for their robustness and longevity, crafted from high-quality materials that withstand daily wear and tear. Their ergonomic design ensures comfort, a critical feature considering the amount of time students spend carrying their bags around. Additionally, Herschel bags come in an array of trendy designs and colours, allowing students to express their individual style while maintaining practical functionality.

Herschel laptop sleeves play a crucial role in your life

Every student has a laptop and on that laptop is the entirety of their student life: protection is of utmost importance. As I said above, my wife backs up her data: I bet most students don’t! Herschel laptop sleeves are crafted to offer maximum protection, with protective padding that shields laptops from physical shocks and damages. Water-resistant properties offer protection against accidental spills, a common occurrence in student life.

Along with providing protection, Herschel laptop sleeves add an extra layer of convenience. Lightweight and slim, they’re easy to carry around and can be effortlessly slipped into Herschel backpacks or messenger bags. This ensures that students’ laptops are always accessible whenever needed.

I firmly believe a student needs both of these items: a multipurpose bag and a laptop sleeve. That is why this contest is giving away both to each winner … and there are going to be three winners! Follow the instructions carefully so you have the best chance to win.

How to enter

Entering this contest will be fun and you can enter in three different ways:

  1. In a comment below: Let’s make this first method of entry a little fun. In a comment below, tell us one humorous thing you think children should never put in their backpack and why. You may have an anecdote of something funny your own child or a child you know brought to school and shouldn’t have.
  2. Comment on our Herschel review article: Read Rae’s experience trying some Herschel products, then in a comment below her article, tell us which of the products that she discusses would work best for your life, or for your child and say why.
  3. Social post: For one additional entry, create a public post on a social media channel sharing with your friends and followers that you are entering a Best Buy contest to win a Herschel bag and laptop sleeve. Include the hashtag #BestBuyHerschelContest, so we can find your post, and include a picture from this contest page. Then return here and tell us in a comment below on which channel you posted it and the name of your channel (since many people use pseudonyms) so that we can check and verify your entry. You can use any social media channel (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Thread, LinkedIn, etc.), but the post must be public so we can verify it is there.

What you can win

At the end of the contest, we will randomly select three winners to win one of three Herschel prize packages. Two of these will include a backpack and a laptop sleeve, one will include a messenger bag and a laptop sleeve.

This contest runs from Aug 2nd to Aug 17th.

Remember you can enter up to three times as mentioned above. This is your chance to begin your back to school shopping the easiest way possible. And after entering this contest, visit bestbuy.ca for your back to school tech.

Contest Rules: Win Herschel bags in time for school contest

Good luck.

Martin Renaud
Editor in Chief
Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.

488 COMMENTS

  1. This contest is now closed. We will draw the winners soon in accordance with the rules. Return to the blog often to read great articles, learn about the latest technology, and to enter more contests. You never know when we’ll be doing another amazing giveaway!

    • I am happy to announce the winner(s) of this contest:

      Jared H – Edmonton, AB
      Rachel C – Halifax, NS
      Dianne B – Vancouver, BC

      Keep reading blog.bestbuy.ca and get great informative articles about a wide range of topics from tech to toys, from smartphones to style. Participate on the blog by asking questions and offering your expertise to the comment sections of articles you read. And enter more contests: you never know when we will get more great products to give away.

  2. Definitely chocolate is the worst – especially when they tuck it in the backpack on their own unknown to me!

  3. As much as you’d want to show them off to your class during show n’ tell, DO NOT pack your pets into your backpack D:

  4. Never put your moms undies in your backpack no matter how pretty and frilly they look. It’s sure to raise a few eyebrows and makes for some embracing phone conversations and red faces on there retrieval believe me, I know.

  5. never put your dogs used poop bag in your book bag to put in the trash later ,NOT A GOOD WAY TO MAKE FRIENDS ,LOL

  6. Never pack (1) forgettable sandwiches and (2) loose paper. The number of times I left a sandwich in there as a kid, with gruesome results… Same goes for loose paper. :p

  7. Mine put a banana and a chocolate bar at the bottom with her books on top on a day when it was 28. She forgot about it Friday night, I picked up her bag of the floor on Sunday night and had 100 ants going everywhere openned the bag to a bunch of fruit flies. Not fun

  8. Hi my friend had a young daughter that found a box of tampons and made a little house from them, almost took it to school for show and tell! The little girl had no idea what they were, just glued them all together and thought it was cool!

  9. Frozen icepack or frozen drink packets without an airtight bag! Can explode and leak everywhere, ruining all the electronic or books!

  10. My oldest always misplaces his coffee. So likely its not going in his bag, it will be left on the piano to get cold.

  11. A toad. A student at recess found a toad and was persistent on keeping it safe in their backpack. I had to unfortunately tell them that the toad prefers it’s natural habitat over a backpack!

  12. Anything that leaks can be a problem – have seen many a juice pack explode in a backpack during my days in school basically making it useless and needing replacement.

  13. Never put a carton of chocolate milk in a backpack. If it gets squished, it leaves a sticky mess everywhere

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