Carry Guides
Guides, gear insights, and stories for carrying well.
Design
At the TOM BIHN factory, “perfect” is a concept — a goal for which we strive. Our trajectory is by definition asymptotic: we strive, we push, we aim, and we never arrive. Thankfully,...
Community
above: Synapse in the “Andaman and Nicobar Islands” Our longtime customer and friend Rose was one of the first folks to receive the Truckasana in exchange for feedback. Here’s our Q&A with...
Design
Photo: holding up a section of 400d Halcyon in Night Walk to examine its color and hand. Recently, someone asked: "I would love to understand a bit more about the fabrics...
Design
Photo: Both Nik and Tom are very busy these days patterning new designs. This photo was taken in the conference room/design office/prototype vault here at our headquarters in Seattle. This week, Tom...
Design
Photo: from left to right, that's Acuity 200d, Night Walk 400d, and Taiga 400d. Night Walk is our latest color of 400d Halcyon. It was inspired by watching the evening sky progress...
All about Bags
Consider this post a work in progress. As more questions are asked, we might answer them here. It's worth noting that some folks are using our new Q&A functionality on the Techonaut...
All about Bags
The new Techonaut 30 and Techonaut 45 are very similar in how they pack to their forebears, the Aeronauts – but with one of the End Pockets being combined into the main...
All about Bags
The Techonaut is a new version of our Aeronaut travel bag. It'll be available for pre-order very soon and in two sizes: 30 liters and 45 liters. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified...
Design
Photo: Lisa shares feedback during a PPB (pre-production batch) meeting. There's several "Thoughts on...." posts like this one in various stages of completion. Topics include: authenticity, innovation, perfectionism, compassion, integrity, collaboration, mistakes, intention, intuition,...
Design
Recently, we’ve been using more YKK Water Repellent Racquet Coil zippers instead of our usual YKK Aquaguard® zippers. Most notably, the RC DWR (racquet coil with durable water repellent) zippers have appeared on...
Sewn in Seattle
Our Q&A with Irma, who has been the Lead Fabric Cutter (and now Fabric Cutting Manager) for over 15 years here at TOM BIHN.
Community
In 2018, Rishi O shared his extended travel packing list in a post in our Forums (Everything I own in the Synapse 19). He recently posted an update in the unofficial TOM BIHN Facebook Group, and we then asked Rishi O if we could interview him for our blog and catch up on what's changed since 2018 — in life, packing, traveling, and bags.
