The Verge’s back-to-school guide recommends 28 practical and aspirational products for students, organised by price, aiming to cover classroom needs alongside comfort, travel and leisure.

– It highlights writing tools, alarms, bags and other student essentials, while acknowledging that families may overlook some useful purchases.
– The $589 MacBook Neo is presented as a capable budget laptop for notes and essays, though not demanding engineering work.
– Other featured items include a $99 TI-84 Evo graphing calculator, a $95 Anbernic handheld console and a $379 Canon compact camera.
– At the higher end, the $250 Shark TurboBlade fan is recommended for keeping a bedroom cool, with adjustable airflow and a washable filter.