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New: TOM BIHN Aeronaut 45 Tiny House
You've lived out of your Aeronaut -- now you can live in it. We're pleased to introduce a new TOM BIHN product line: housing. Built with the same quality and attention to...
Carry Guides
Which Sports Bag is Right for You?
What makes a good sports bag? Depends who you ask. A cyclist might want a backpack that stays put. A soccer player might need room for cleats, clothes, and enough equipment to get them through the match. Someone going straight from...
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The BIHN Bulletin
Guides, gear insights, and stories for carrying well.
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Company Updates
Introducing The Sprout Kid's Backpack
We've found that if you talk with kids, rather than down to them, you might learn a thing or two. Like that not all of them want teddy bears, princesses and super...
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Company Updates
The Return of the Field Journal Notebook!
Last year, we announced that the Field Journal Notebook was amongst several designs retiring to make room for new ones. We never really like retiring designs, but we'd crunched the numbers and...
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Company Updates
Fjord, Sitka, Monarch: Limited Edition Halcyon 200d Colors
Last summer, we offered three limited edition Halcyon 200d colors: Zest, Island, and Northwest Sky. All three colors proved to be very popular, and though we had intended them to be "limited...
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Company Updates
Introducing Aether Fabric Packing Cubes
Packing Cubes help to make the most efficient use of your packing space — and they keep your clothes neat, whether you're a folder, bundler, or roller (see the video below for...
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Design
All About Halcyon Fabric
Note: in mid-March 2016, we officially changed the name of the fabric we've been calling "Dyneema/nylon" to "Halcyon." We will no longer be using the "Dyneema" brand of UHMWPE (ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene). For...
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Community
Looking Back at 2015
We'll be closed on Thursday and Friday this week so that our crew can enjoy another holiday weekend with friends and family. That means all orders received after Wednesday at 12:30pm will...
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Community
Thank You, Knitters!
Imagine opening a big box full of colorful and intricate hand-made knitted hats, made just for you, and in gratitude for who you are and what you do: that's the gift a...
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Bags
Introducing the First and Second Aid Pouches
Every time you get on a plane and the flight attendants walk everyone through the safety procedures, you're instructed to “Secure your own oxygen mask before assisting others.” Of course, the logic behind...
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Bags
Introducing The Maker's Bag
Ask ten different people to make something, and no two results will be the same. You might get a poem, a painting, a staff of music or a circuit board—maybe even an elegant...
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Bags
Introducing The Moveable Feast
Transporting groceries should be as easy as chucking everything in a bag, right? Yet, your bananas get beaten up by glass bottles, and none of the boxed items seem to fit well...
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Company Updates
Introducing the Tool/Pen Wrap
The Tool / Pen Wrap is a simple pouch that holds tools such as knittings needles, pens, pencils, markers or brushes. It features eight narrow slots specifically sized for the aforementioned items....
