Bags
New Passport Pouches
We've increased the size of our original Passport Pouch so that it fits passports in protective plastic sleeves, thick passports with many pages, or as many as four passports—without making it too...
Carry Guides
The Minimalist's Guide to Packing an Overnight Bag
How do some people fit everything in a single bag? Packing light: it sounds simple until you're actually standing in front of your closet. Suddenly, "just one night away" starts looking like three outfits, two pairs of shoes, your entire bathroom counter,...
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The BIHN Bulletin
Guides, gear insights, and stories for carrying well.
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Bags
New Packing Cubes
Our new Packing Cubes combine two of our light fabrics—Mesh and Aether—to achieve our goals of a Packing Cube design that doesn’t weigh much, allows one to see the contents of the...
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Packing Cubes: Frequently Asked Questions
The Aeronaut 45 with its Aeronaut 45 Packing Cubes. Below is a list of questions (and answers) that we're often asked about Packing Cubes. If you have a question that wasn't answered...
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Bags
Farewell to the Field Journal Notebook
Back in 2015 we made the decision to retire a number of designs including the Field Journal Notebook. And then, in 2016, we announced its return. Now, in 2018, we are once...
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Community
The Hats Knitted for the TOM BIHN Crew
Every year, the TOM BIHN Ravelry group knits wearable gifts for our crew. Some years the wearables have been scarves or gloves, and this year it was hats. We know a thing...
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Community
A TOM BIHN Cocktail for New Year's
When @icarusrex posted his "TOM BIHN Travel Bar" set-up on the Forums, we had an idea: we could ask him to craft a TOM BIHN cocktail. We polled the crew here at...
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Company
Tom’s Simplified and (nearly) Painless 2017 Holiday Gift Guide
Much has been said and written about giving gifts that are not things, and about how experiences ultimately mean more to us than stuff. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve observed that more...
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Company
The Not Very Successful Holiday Photo Shoot
We thought it'd be fun to get a photo of Ichiro and Fiona (two of the dogs on staff here at TOM BIHN) wearing festive holiday antlers while lounging on a Camp...
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Bags
How to Choose a Bag to Give as a Gift
Watercolor by Dan Bransfield. And the bag in the watercolor? That's the Shop Bag, one of our go-to bags to give as a gift. For the longest time, when folks asked us...
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Bags
Our Guide To Backpack Frames
As with many things in life, deciding whether to use an internal frame—or if you even need one—is subjective: it's based on how you plan to carry your backpack, what you plan...
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All about Bags
How To Add/Remove and Adjust Synapse Internal Frames
We offer optional, removable internal frames with aluminum stays for the Synapse 19 and Synapse 25 backpacks. If you're wondering if you'll need or want an internal frame for your Synapse, consider...
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Bags
The First Bag I Made
When I was first learning to sew, I made backpacking equipment for my G.I. Joe. I was about ten years old at the time, and I had already moved on from “playing”...
