Our Company
Seattle Showroom/Store Open Saturday 03/06
Our Seattle Factory Showroom/Retail Store will be open Saturday, March 6th from 12:00pm - 4:00pm. Though usually open one day each month, we will also be open a second day in March - the 24th, a Wednesday, from 11:00am - 3:00pm. For directions to our Seattle Showroom and more information, click here.
darcy | 3 March 2010 1:11 pm | Our Company |
Why We Choose UPS: Efficiencies Reduce CO2 Emissions
Over the next year, we'll be sharing with you the reasons we choose to ship via UPS (United Parcel Service).
Via UPS.com -
UPS learned through time studies that avoiding left-hand turns saves time, conserves fuel, lowers emissions and increases safety. UPS managers used to plan routes by hand on maps while driving to destinations. They then experimented with the routes, eliminating left-hand turns to see if it led to increased efficiency. It worked. For the past several decades, UPS has designed routes in a series of loops with as few left-hand turns as possible.
Since the deployment of this route planning technology in 2004, UPS has eliminated millions of miles off delivery routes, taking already-expedient routes and giving them razor edge efficiency.
As a result, UPS:
Saved 10 million gallons of gas
Reduced CO2 emissions by 100,000 metric tons, equivalent to 5,300 passenger cars off the road for an entire year.
darcy | 15 February 2010 2:36 pm | Our Company |
The Synapse at Marymere Falls Trail
Katy - TOM BIHN Customer Service Extraordinaire - and a friend recently hiked the Marymere Falls Trail - with a Steel/Solar Dyneema Synapse.
Below: Katy took these great photos of the hike with her iPhone.
Below: Katy took these great photos of the hike with her iPhone.
darcy | 10 February 2010 8:35 pm | Our Company |
A great article about us - thanks to you, because of you.
How Social Media Helps One Small Business Connect with Fansby Leah Betancourt Excerpt:
"A-Ha Moments On Flickr The Tom Bihn Flickr group has 278 items posted and more than 115 members. The stream isn’t just photos of people wearing their bags while traveling or at the airport. Informative photos show how much can fit inside a bag (and weight) and how items look once they’re in the bag. What’s also interesting are the user comments. Someone commented on a photo in the Flickr group that they had been looking everywhere for a photo of that exact bag and wanted to know if the bag was still available. Another person chimed in that they were also looking for that same bag." Read the full article at American Express OPEN Forum.
darcy | 22 January 2010 11:53 am | Our Company |
Five ways to track your TOM BIHN order
You've received an email from UPS informing you that your TOM BIHN order has shipped. Woohoo! Armed with your UPS tracking number, what's the best way to stay updated on the progress of your parcel? Try one of the following applications:
UPS Mobile App for iPhone
UPS Mobile App for BlackBerry
Boxoh Package Tracking (RSS package tracking)
Apple Dashboard Widget: Delivery Status
TOM BIHN Package Tracking Page
Enter your order number and you'll be taken to tracking information for your parcel.
Enter your order number and you'll be taken to tracking information for your parcel.
darcy | 19 January 2010 2:06 pm | Our Company |
Seattle Factory Showroom Open Tomorrow 01/16
Our Seattle Factory Showroom/Retail Store will be open tomorrow - Saturday, January 16th - from 12:00pm - 4:00pm. We hope that our store being open on a Saturday (as opposed to the middle of the day on a weekday) will be more convenient for you.
See you there!
darcy | 15 January 2010 11:16 am | Our Company |
Lots of new bag news in the January email newsletter..
Our January email newsletter - sent out this morning - featured the latest news on the Camera Insert, Diaper Changing Pad, Field Journal Notebook, Compass travel bag, and more. Didn't receive the newsletter? Don't worry: we'll be reposting its contents on the blog over the course of this week.
Read Brad at One Bag, One World post on the latest Compass news - "Tom's ultralight is nearer" - here.
darcy | 5 January 2010 11:00 am | Our Company |
Happy New Year! + New Bag News
From all of us here at TOM BIHN: Happy New Year!
Early next week, we'll send out our January email newsletter. It will feature news on Tom's latest designs, including those you are aware of - Field Journal Notebook and Camera Insert - to designs you (probably) had no idea were in development. You can sign up for our email newsletter/mailing list here.
darcy | 1 January 2010 11:57 am | Our Company |
Happy Holidays: Thanks to you, $1,769 to Adopt-A-Minefield
Many of you know that each year we do something special to thank our customers and the members of the TOM BIHN Forums. This year, we're proud to donate $1 on behalf of each forum member (there are 1,769 forum members) to Adopt-A-Minefield. Adopt-A-Minefield's campaign is to solve the global land mine crisis. All around the world, innocent civilians, often children, are injured or killed by these left-overs of armed conflict. If that wasn't bad enough, both domestic and wild animals are killed by land mines as well. Adopt-A-Minefield is working to remedy this unacceptable state of affairs. You, our customers and TOM BIHN Forum members, have made this possible. Thank you! Our giving this year is not yet over: as a company, we're proud to collectively support Adopt-A-Minefield. Tom and Darcy are supporting more specific charities in their own community as well - stay tuned for more on that next week. From all of us at TOM BIHN: Have a wonderful holiday!
darcy | 24 December 2009 7:16 pm | Our Company |
Seattle Factory Showroom Open Tomorrow 12-6pm
Our Seattle Factory Showroom/Retail Store will be open tomorrow from 12pm - 6pm. Katy will be on hand to help you with any questions you may have. This is one of two days that our store will be open in December - the other is Wednesday, December 16th with the limited hours of 12pm - 4pm. Luggage Tags are in-stock in our Seattle Factory Showroom, as is the Aeronaut. (But maybe not for long!)

Above: If you arrive at our Seattle Factory Showroom before 2pm, there's a chance you might see our factory in action.

Above: If you arrive at our Seattle Factory Showroom before 2pm, there's a chance you might see our factory in action.
darcy | 30 November 2009 10:51 am | Our Company |