Your binder, with or without wheels?

Raphael and Isabelle hesitate. In the school section of a Rennes hypermarket, they do not know which one to choose for Nathan, 7 years old, who enters the second. "He's not too strong... So, it's true that we think the wheels would be good. But they weigh down the bag a lot. Buying a schoolbag is ultimately worse than choosing a car", smiles Isabelle, weighing the two empty bags, yes but hey, it's going to be difficult to say no to the wheels to your child when the majority of classmates have taken the step of the wheeled binder. The wheeled binder is therefore a fashion phenomenon but also an ideal companion to go home in the evening with its ultra heavy filing cabinets and dictionaries without getting too tired. I remember that in my day, wheeled schoolbags did not exist, I had a backpack that I always carried on the right side, so that ten years later, my doctor diagnosed me with a slight attitude on the right, well it was not a scolliosis, it was already there.

   

At Marie Pape-Carpantier Primary School in Rennes, rolling bags are prohibited "because they are too heavy on the stairs", explains the supply sheet, personally I see it as a way to preserve the quality of stairs at the expense of the health of schoolchildren. Some parents do not take the ban into account. Like Cecile and Joel, Nolane's parents, soon to be in CP, who can't agree: she prefers the backpack, less noisy, while he would like to relieve the back of the future schoolboy.

   

For Sophie, there's no doubt about it: her son, Kylian, who also enters CP, will pull his binder: "I especially want him to like it... » Kylian is restless in the department. It stops on a bag stamped "BeyBlade", the famous toupee adored by the little ones. "You didn't take the cheapest : 35 € ! » On average, 80 euros are spent on supplies each year.

   

   

At Carrefour Alma in Rennes, "We sell 50 % of wheeled bags and 50 % of backpacks. Last year, we sold 6,000 binders. For those on wheels, we have more choices for girls than for boys"", comments Cédric Le Moing, in charge of the stationery and school bags, it is rather the same trend here at La boutique des toons, with a stronger tendency to take a backpack from 10 years for the age of the children.

   

Philippe Chauvin, an osteopath physiotherapist in Rennes, recalls that a "the bag, which is worn on the back, must weigh less than 10 % of the child's weight". The specialist, himself the father of a 9-year-old child, does not advise a particular form of schoolbag: "Carrying your bag, if it's not too heavy, has the benefit of toning your back. With a wheeled binder, watch out for imbalance. You have to think about pulling sometimes with the left hand, sometimes with the right hand. ». You will notice that the binder of your caps blithely exceeds the 10% "regulatory" ...

   

Back to the schoolboard where Agnes, 7 and a half years old, has a hard time deciding. Mom doesn't want to "Especially no wheels. The straps are lying on the ground and dirty. Be aware that many models on our site offer to be able to store the straps. When she puts her bag in her room, it's all disgusting," some of our binders offer you to be able to cover the wheels to avoid dirtying the room, as is the case with wheeled bags Kickers Yes Rfp. Agnes chooses a binder, without wheels, with a beautiful horse on it. "It's gone for three years, until the fifth grade." Unless Mom cracks up first.

   

In conclusion, the choice of wheels is important but remember that it is your child who will wear the binder all year round, it is well worth asking his opinion on the matter even if the advice of the parents is always of great value in the final decision of your child.