Tri-Star Packing Cube, Large, with a Medium and Small on top.

Tri-Star Packing Cubes (packing cubes designed specifically to utilize the space inside of our Tri-Star travel bag) are back in-stock and ready to ship.

Thanks to our factory crew, the Aeronaut in colors Black/Steel and Black/Iberian is in stock a month ahead of schedule. Other colors of Aeronaut will ship by mid-September though two colors, Navy/Wasabi and Navy/Iberian, will ship by mid-October.

Thanks to our factory crew, the following bags are back in stock and ready to ship within one business day.

Travel Tray, all colors, including Wasabi

Citizen Canine, all colors, including Black/Wasabi

Side Effect, all colors

Packing Cube Backpack (Tri-Star/Western Flyer), all colors, including Wasabi

Yarn Stuff Sack, all sizes and colors, including Wasabi

Ristretto for 11″ MacBook Air, all colors, including Black/Wasabi

Clear Quarter Packing Cube, all colors, including Wasabi

Packing Cube Backpack (Tri-Star/Western Flyer) in Steel.

Thanks to our factory crew, the following bags are back in stock and ready to ship within one business day.

Horizontal Brain Cell in Size 15-inch MacBook Pro Retina
Vertical Brain Cell in Size 15-inch MacBook Pro Retina

Empire Builder, all colors

Co-Pilot, all colors, including Black/Wasabi

Aeronaut Packing Cubes, all sizes

Shop Bag, all sizes and colors, including Wasabi

Clear Organizer Pouches in all sizes and colors, including Wasabi
Dyneema/nylon Organizer Pouches in all sizes and colors, including Wasabi

Dyneema/nylon Organizer Pouches: Large (Steel), Medium (Wasabi), Small (Iberian), Mini (Ultraviolet)

Thanks to our Seattle factory crew, the following bags are in stock. Order before 12:30pm PST and they’ll ship same day; after 12:30pm PST, they’ll ship the following business day.

13″ Ristretto for MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, all colors, including new color Black/Wasabi

Citizen Canine, all colors except for Kiwi/Ultraviolet, which ships in 3-4 weeks

Synapse in Steel Dyneema/Steel Dyneema, Conifer/Steel, Black/Steel, Black/Iberian, and Black/Ultraviolet. (All other colors will ship very soon.)

Horizontal Brain Cell, Size 6X

Packing Cube Backpack (Aeronaut), all colors, including Wasabi

The Synapse in Steel Dyneema/Steel Dyneema.

Our Travel Stuff Sacks serve a variety of purposes: they stow and compress items like down/polyfill jackets and vests (constraining them to a smaller amount of space), they can be used to separate dirty clothes from clean clothes, and some folks prefer to use them for packing clothing that doesn’t need to be folded (like underwear — we don’t fold our underwear — do you? On second thought, let’s not go there).

The shape of our Travel Stuff Sacks is a little different than what you might expect: the bottom isn’t square nor is it round. Rather, it’s an elongated or flattened circle, or oval — this shape is pleasing to the eye and helps make the Travel Stuff Sacks pack efficiently in bags like the Aeronaut and Synapse.

Travel Stuff Sacks are available in four sizes: 1 (very small – very light down vest), 2 (small – very light down jacket), 3 (medium – down jacket), and 4 (large – all of the above). Each size is available in a variety of colors — great for those of you who like to organize/pack by color (“I keep socks in the Wasabi Travel Stuff Sack and underwear in the Steel Travel Stuff Sack”).

Travel Stuff Sacks are made from our 200 denier Dyneema/nylon ultralight rip-stop fabric produced especially for us in Japan and dyed in our own custom colors; they cinch shut with a drawstring closure and cord lock.

Available for order now and in stock and ready to ship within one business day. $14 – $20.

The waiting and speculation are now over: Wasabi is the new color of our Dyneema/nylon fabric, joining other colors Steel, Ultraviolet, and Iberian. Wasabi is a new color of Dyneema/nylon but not a new color to TOM BIHN. Wasabi has become classic TOM BIHN: it’s been one of our custom-dyed 500d Cordura colors for almost a decade now. We think it makes a great lining color because it’s bright and pairs well with so many exterior colors: Black, Steel, Navy, and various shades of purple and green.

Our Dyneema/nylon fabric is woven for us and dyed to our specifications in Japan. It’s one of Tom’s favorite fabrics, originally chosen because of its light weight yet superior tear strength. Turns out it has quite good abrasion resistance as well — it even outperforms many heavier fabrics that are used on the exterior of lesser quality bags.

The Dyneema portion of our fabric is the white ripstop grid, with the balance of the fabric (the part with the color — in this case, Wasabi) 200 denier nylon. The naturally white Dyneema does not readily accept dye, so when our fabric goes through the dying process, the Dyneema yarns come out squeaky clean and remain free of color. The Dyneema grid will keep any possible tears or holes from spreading. We think it looks pretty cool, too.

Available for order in Wasabi Dyneema/nylon and shipping within one business day:
Travel Stuff Sacks
Clear Organizer Wallet
Travel Tray
Smart Alec in Black/Black/Wasabi

Available for pre-order in Wasabi Dyneema/nylon and shipping in 2-12 weeks, depending on the item:
Aeronaut, Black/Wasabi
Synapse, Black/Wasabi
Shop Bag, Small, Wasabi
Shop Bag, Large Wasabi
Yarn Stuff Sacks
Clear Quarter Packing Cube
Packing Cube Backpack (Aeronaut)
RFID Blocking Passport Pouch
Tri-Star, Black/Wasabi

More bags will be available in Wasabi later in the year.

Travel Stuff Sack in Wasabi Dyneema/nylon and Snake Charmer in Wasabi 500d Cordura.