I had a fake for 4 months. The plastic inside started to break and so did the stitches. Today I bought a real one and the difference in quality is huge

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! The real are so much more sturdy and durable. I LOVE my authentic one. 😀

I always say if it’s too good to be true it is. I almost purchased from them.

@gailsbookishthings5191

4 жыл бұрын

You are so right. And I was telling my family the same thing today...I knew better. 🙄🤨

I was scammed with a pair of Dr Martens shoes a few years ago and the feeling when you receive a fake is horrible... I paid the same as originals and were totally made of plastic, I was just looking for my size 😢

@gailsbookishthings5191

Жыл бұрын

That’s too bad. I’m really sorry. It’s so frustrating. 😢

The fake bag has a weird shiny fabric in the video. While the real one feels a bit waxy and looks far more sturdy/squarish.

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

Right! 👍🏻😀The super shiny was is a giveaway, too.

Hello! I like your videos a lot! I have a question for you. As I see, inside your original kanken, there is a lebel with the space for contact information. On the bottom there is the amblem in colors - everything is exactly the same as it is in my kanken (purchased from official retailer for the UK). However I've seen a lot on videos on YT where there is no amblem on the contact lebel inside the bag, backpack or sling bag, and yet all those bags were also bought from official retailers, e.g. Urban outfiters. I'm confused... what do you think about that? (sorry for my English, I hope you can get my point). Thank you!

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting and I’m glad you like my videos. I appreciate your saying so. I think if the retailer is official, then the product should be ok, but contacting Fjallraven might be a good idea for a definite answer. I know exactly what you’re saying, and I’ve wondered about those varying differences too.

I bought a classic from a website. It was around the £35 price mark. I thought it was a bargain. So I ordered it and waited and waited. Later I noticed that they’d taken my money but my order had failed. I contacted them and they said they had the order and would send it. It eventually arrived but it was clearly a fake. I managed to resell it (I did not claim it was authentic). I then ordered a real one from the actual website and when it arrived I could immediately tell the difference. It’s very easy to be taken in by the cheap things online. You really have to do your research. 👍🏻 Good video 😊

@gailsbookishthings5191

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you were able to get one you like that’s also authentic. 😃 It’s funny isn’t it, how different they feel? ( Sorry for this late reply…just saw your comment! 😬). What color did you choose?

@jokelly1413

2 жыл бұрын

@@gailsbookishthings5191 I got blue with pink trim. 😊

I just go the mini backpack yesterday in the same color of your sling! I love it so much and can’t wait to start using it

@gailsbookishthings5191

4 жыл бұрын

I love the yellow ochre color! I hope you enjoy using it! 🧡💛🧡💛

@liljay0438

4 жыл бұрын

@@gailsbookishthings5191 I found a website call MyFoxBag that is an offical retailer of Kanken and the periodically run sales. I've google website reviews on them and they have a good rating and they have an instagram. I ordered the limited edition art bag from them, just shipped, SO excited to get it. It is overseas. I googled them and it says they are an official retailer.

Oh no.... I think I bought one from them... I’m sad, not because the brand itself but I really loved the idea of my money going to arctic foxes and the environment, and I know in some of these knockoff places the workers aren’t treated amazing. Man I love my backpack still but I hope I learned from my mistake for the future 😕 I guess I’m just holding onto some hope it’s just an older version but I dunno. Thank you for spreading the word though!

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome. ☺️You’re right though, , at least we can learn and be careful the next time around. But it bugs me that these people get away with it so often. 😩

It always stinks when that happens! I had to learn the hard way too! I hope you can get some results!

@gailsbookishthings5191

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you...me too! It really does stink...hope I’m wiser next time! 🤞🏻

Oh no I just fell for that and just bought one but how long did it take to come??

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

It was just a few weeks. Very disappointing quality though on top of being a scam. 😡

I knew in the first second - no accent's over the "A" s ( Ä) - very important detail !

I just bought one off amazon, I’m in the UK, I have saved your video and will be watching closely when it arrives, thank you 🙏 for this video.

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome and good luck! I hope you enjoy yours and that it’s genuine. What color did you pick? 😀

Thank you so much for the information. Best video on the market!

@gailsbookishthings5191

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful. ☺️

My kanken bag is arriving this week for school! this video was really useful :) thanks!

@gailsbookishthings5191

Жыл бұрын

That’s great! I’m glad this was helpful.

What color was your Kånken Sling? Thank you very much for the information about fake Kånkens!! It will definitely come in handy for me 💗

@gailsbookishthings5191

2 жыл бұрын

The sling is the ochre color. 💛😀 Glad to be helpful. Thank you for commenting.

@beachy2790

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for replying!! You’re welcome. What are your thoughts on the acorn colour, and how different do you think it is from the ochre? 💗

@gailsbookishthings5191

2 жыл бұрын

@@beachy2790 I like the acorn! It’s more brown/tan from what I can tell from their website. I think it would be a great neutral color. 🤎

@beachy2790

2 жыл бұрын

@@gailsbookishthings5191 - Thank you for your thoughts. I’m thinking of purchasing the Kånken No.2 Laptop 15” in acorn for school!!

@gailsbookishthings5191

2 жыл бұрын

@@beachy2790 They seem to hold up really well and are lightweight. 😀👍🏻

I saw on another comparison video, the faux packs do not have the purveyor emblem on the inside tag. Thanks.

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know... thanks!

This vid is so useful. I got a Kanken sling yesterday and made a comparison with the Mini I purchased 4 years ago. I discovered the Mini is not original 😢. I paid so much attention when I got it, I thought it was genuine. But a couple of details are so ambiguous. Too late to return it and to have my money back. What I learned: better to buy on the office website and avoid Amazon.

So I have a real Kanken backpack I bought around 3 years ago. This has been my school bag and last year I bought a Kanken sling on eBay for like $28. It’s almost exactly authentic material to like my backpack. The thing was it was in the forest green color Kanken didn’t even have for the sling until recently. Even though it is fake, it’s pretty close which I do not mind since I have a real Kanken already

@mimiraiinboow

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! I just ordered a pastel purple kanken sling for about 17$ on ebay too. I hope it will not disappoint me😂 the shop has a 95% rating so lets hopee UPDATE: i received the bag today and i must say that i am not disappointed! The biggest difference is just the material but overall looks like the original!

@irityw

2 жыл бұрын

@@mimiraiinboow I’m sorry to say that buying fake products is like encouraging stealers to steal from others. The only thing they worked really hard is to copy Kanken as much as possible. You would feel what it’s like if others steal from you to make profit. I reported the fake websites to Kanken directly whenever I see fake websites in social media selling counterfeit products. Please support copyright.

I just checked my daughters backpack- the hardware is plastic but there is not any hardware on the top of straps. The straps are sewn directly to the bag at the top. The seems inside here are raw edge tho. I purchased it at Dillard’s so I really hope it’s real! Haha

@gailsbookishthings5191

4 жыл бұрын

I saw that the hardware is plastic on the authentic ones too...but the shape is slightly more oval at the top. If you go to a real fjällräven website you can see what I mean. If there are raw unfinished seams I think that’s a good thing to consider; even their pencil cases have finished seams.

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

After getting an authentic one recently, I noticed there are raw seems inside near where the seat pad sits, but all the zipper seams will be finished, or enclosed. And the stitching will be very nicely done. I think you’re ok with the Dillards ones. 🙂

I'm considering buying a kanken but I've learned that there's a tonne of fake ones. that's insane! I will buy from the official site even if it costs pretty good and will sleep good during the night knowing I've spent my money for good🤣

@gailsbookishthings5191

2 жыл бұрын

That’s so smart. I love mine and even after using it all year it is still in great shape. I’d much rather support a company too that makes the genuine item. 😀

@diana7002

2 жыл бұрын

@@gailsbookishthings5191 definitely, sometimes paying more will cost less in the future. Not going to be a waste too bc it's not a fast fashion, lots of companies produces literally trash. I was thinking about getting a re kanken backpack, total black looks nice 😍

Were you able to get your money back?

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

No. They said they would give me $8 but I wasn’t willing to settle for that. I ended up not getting anything and PayPal wasn’t very helpful. It kept getting drawn out and then the dispute timed out. 😩 .My advice to anyone is to buy directly from the company not anything that claims to be a “clearance “ vendor. Go directly to fjallraven.com or ask them for who are certified vendors. ☺️

I just bought a Kanken backpack last month...in the Super Grey color to me yours indeed looks different color & the the stiching on yours looks terrible. And the grey color is more of a matte texture, sort of more of a canvassy feel to it. than yours is....And the nametag looks just like your yellow sling...... Yes, you are correct, your backpack is a fake & I don't blame you for being mad! I was going to get mine off a website, & I imediately canceled it( I chickened out!) & went to the Journey's store in the mall & bought my Kanken...I'm really glad that I did. Sometimes it's better to go to a physical store to get something, where you can actually look at the product, & be able to look, touch, & feel it first. On the website it isn't possible to do that. ...It was worth the extra money for the piece of mind it gave me to know that it wasn't a fake one....After seeing yours, There are way too many scammers out there, these days! ....We all have to be really careful, because of it.

7:11 the older ones have it like the fake! I buyed mine in a official store and they have the letters like the fake!!

@gailsbookishthings5191

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, that’s weird. You can probably tell by the overall quality and feel and sewing.

Mine just came in I think it looks fine I got a lot of compliments I got it off the same website

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

They can definitely look good and my daughter is happy with hers. I just don’t like the quality compared to the real ones and I don’t like being scammed. Glad you’re happy with your purchase. 🙂

I could tell it was a fake by the first second i saw it. Extremely bad. (I have grown up with Fjallraven. The backpacks have only hardwear. Nothing plastic). Anyways. Your yellow one is adorable!

@gailsbookishthings5191

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I like my little yellow one. 💛 Thank you for commenting…that’s so neat that you could recognize the fake right away. It’s like counterfeit money…haha…if you’re around the genuine all the time, you recognize the fake immediately.

I agree with the comment below. There's a site that will keep changing its name and will even add "official" to its URL. What I do now, I will go to their contact info, authentic Kanken site will have a location tracker of their actual stores near you.

@gailsbookishthings5191

2 жыл бұрын

That’s really good advice. Thank you.👍🏻💚

I have seen so many videos on kanken about its authenticity. The circle above the A in kanken touches the A in mine too. But i have seen some videos where the circle above the A in kanken doesn’t touch. Can anyone tell me which one is real and which one is fake ??

@gailsbookishthings5191

2 жыл бұрын

On all three of my genuine products, the circle on the A of “ Kanken” touches the top of the A. It’s confusing but once you see and touch both the genuine and fake it seems pretty obvious. There’s a definite quality feel to the feel of the fabric and the construction.

@Peachicedtea123

2 жыл бұрын

@@gailsbookishthings5191 thank you so much for replying. I think mine is real.. everything else matches with the real ones.. and now u have confirmed the real ones circles touches the A. 🌸

@gailsbookishthings5191

2 жыл бұрын

@@Peachicedtea123 I hope that is true of all the genuine ones, but at least I know it’s true of the ones I have. ☺️🧡

@aed-9787

2 жыл бұрын

The authentic ones have the little circle touching the top of the A. That’s how I can tell authentic vs fake immediately.

Im soo happy that i didnt get the fake one my auntie knows whats fake and real

Shame on them....I am so sorry that happened to you

@gailsbookishthings5191

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Staci! I’m hoping to get the money back but it’s mostly the principal of thing that irritates me so much. 😡

Just sell it to someone who will be more glad to have it than you 😉😀 a fake for 20$ for someone who's looking to buy anything that isn't the original 120$ is already a steal 😊

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

Good point! 😄

The hardware of mini,classic are plastic..im also hve classic kanken no 2 all black and classic greenland,they're metal

@gailsbookishthings5191

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you . I’m glad to know that. 👍🏻😀

I am sorry you got cheated. We all have one time or another. Tell us what's happens

@gailsbookishthings5191

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you...I know...it’s a bummer... and I’m generally not quite so gullible! It all looked so authentic but I should have investigated more thoroughly.

Oh dear 😕

@gailsbookishthings5191

4 жыл бұрын

I know...I was a dummy. 😩

@VikkiJournalsCrafts

4 жыл бұрын

@@gailsbookishthings5191 no, it shows how sly they are and how easily they can trick us 😕 sorry this happened to you.

@gailsbookishthings5191

4 жыл бұрын

Vikki - Journals & Crafts Thanks... I know you weren’t saying “ oh dear” to me but the scam. 🧡 I did feel foolish for falling for it though, but it has helped me remember to be more aware next time. 🤨

I had got fake first one but it was pretty good bag but I just got real one yayyyy

You have proof of fake vs real and PayPal will take that into major consideration

@gailsbookishthings5191

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that encouragement! I hope so! It’s a matter of principle at this point. I’m armed and ready! 😁

I'm lucky that a shop near me has sales on them pretty frequently, I've purchased a few of them whether for myself or as gifts for others, and have thankfully never had to pay full price, though I gladly would since they're very good quality

@gailsbookishthings5191

10 ай бұрын

I am think so too! I love how sturdy they are.