Customer Reviews The North Face Women's Jester Backpack

I love so much about this bag. I bought it for my daughter to use as her primary backpack for school. The color is right, the size although a little small was what she wanted, and it has places to hold a water bottle. My complaint is those mesh pockets frayed and were breaking away from the elastic immediately. She put her water bottle in one time and it tore apart. Everything else we love. I just wish it had come with better stitching for those pockets.

I chose the daypack over this backpack and returned this one. A great bag if you DON'T need individual storage throughout it.

Too small for a school backpack

The quality is going down compared to the old version.

The backpack quality is going down compared to the old version.

pretty small

This backpack is beautiful. As a college student who is away from home all day, this pack is too small. I tried packing books and a change of clothes for the gym and snack, I was worried the pack would rip. It's better for light weight hiking or commuting. I did love the color but in the end I returned it and instead purchased the borealis pack in tea green.

Sturdy backpack, but not big enough for high school student's materials. Exchanged this for the Recon model.

I used this backpack for a hiking trip. Because I had items in the smaller pouch up on the top, the bag would constantly keel over when I left it standing. If the bigger pouch is also open, you risk having everything spill out.

Nice light weight with lot of storage.

Backpack is great! Material seems sturdy, durable, and it is very chic. However, as an engineering student, I was disappointed about the size and how easily it gets dirty. I can only fit my laptop and 2 more notebooks max. Also, after a month, it is already very much dirty from the back side even though I take good care of it. Still love it, but really do wish I would have gotten a different color and a bigger size.

Okay so I loved this bag and it's awesome, but small for a book bag for a middle schooler. We returned and upgraded to the surge which is perfect. However nothing wrong with this bag and would totally recommend for younger kids (9+ it would probably fit well) who don't have too much to carry.

It is very comfortable. I have to carry around a bunch of books which make it heavy, but it feels strong and I'm not scared that it'll rip. I do wish that it had more compartments and pockets. Overall good.

This is a great backpack but was too small for my high schooler. We had to return it for a larger size.

Its very small for school use. Only fits one 1.5in binder one notebook, laptop and a few thin folders and does not leave room for a water bottle to fit on the side. I returned it and will try out the Borealis.

Back to school with Jester this year! Its lightweight as light as my previous Patagonia Refugio. But it leaves me with a bit more to be desired especially for storage I carry a ipad and laptop there is a single compartment for both definitely would've liked a front easy to reach kangaroo zipper pouch for the tickets, and zipped side pouch with lanyard/hooks for keys etc.

The water bottle pocket is so small. Nothing fits in there if you have the backpack full.

Great size for a smaller load!

Bought this backpack for college but it was too small. Could only fit my laptop and maybe 1 or 2 binders. I love the quality of the backpack though, very lightweight and great padding.

Loved everything about it, but it was too small for all my college books and computer.

There's only 2 pouches and the front pouch doesn't reach the bottom of the bag, so it makes the front of the bag super heavy and so that the bag often doesn't stand on its own. If you don't stuff the bottom of the big compartment, the bag will tip and the weight of the smaller compartment will pull your backpack open and spill the contents.

My daughter is a junior and needed a new backpack for school. . For the price, I would have liked it to be able to carry her books and supplies. This would be more ideal to carry her personal belongings for a track meet or an overnight. Not a backpack to hold books and her folders and notebooks. Good quality but not useful.

Had to return the backpack because it was WAY too small for a high school student. I hardly had any books, just notebooks, one binder, and my laptop and then it was full. I really needed space for a gym shirt and my lunch. Loved the color so much, but no way would this work.

The inside of the bag is smaller than I anticipated.

Love the colors and it seems very durable. But it's way too small to be used for a school bag. My daughter can squeeze in her laptop and 2 small binders. Anything extra she'll have to carry. The front pocket is weird because it only goes halfway down and it makes the bag top heavy. I would return it, but my daughter really wanted to keep it because she likes how it looks.