Sneak Preview: The Ego Messenger Bag

The Ego is the new, smaller version of the Super Ego messenger bag. It will be available for pre-order on our Web site in the next few weeks, and has a shipping date of mid-March. To find out more about the Ego, or ask us questions about the bag, visit our forums.

Below are pictures of the Ego in colors Black/Hunter/Steel with a Snow Leopard UltraSuede Strip, and Black/Crimson/Steel with a Cork strip.

Say No to Cancer (And Win A Tom Bihn Imago Messenger Bag)

Let's Go Sailing. Photo by Alyssa Nicol.

Tom Bihn customer Rory has organized a concert (featuring bands such as Let’s Go Sailing) and raffle in Upland, CA to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. It’s a great event for a great cause, and if you’re in the Upland area, check it out. In addition to organizing the benefit concert, Rory will be running in the Napa Valley marathon, also raising money for LLS. To read more about Rory’s marathon run, click ‘Read More’ at the bottom of this post.

  • What: Say No to Cancer, a benefit show and event featuring the bands listed below, and a raffle for cool stuff, such as the Tom Bihn Imago Messenger Bag, with all proceeds will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
  • When: Saturday Feb. 10
  • Where: The Wire, Upland CA
  • 10$, tickets available at Rhino Records, Claremont CA
  • Featuring:
    Let’s Go Sailing

    Space Mtn

    Sean Kane w/ Tim Kane

    DJ Justin Shields

    Rory writes:

    A little about myself: I am training for the Napa Valley marathon
    March 4, through Team in Training, raising
    money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This will
    be my second marathon. My first was Long Beach this last October.
    Before that training season, the farthest I had ever run was 2 miles!

    Our team consists of around 60 people. We meet each Saturday morning
    at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for our long runs, and train mostly by
    ourselves during the week. There are also optional Wednesday night
    practices. We have a training schedule given to us by the coaches that
    we follow. My goal is to begin training for a 50 mile marathon after the Napa Valley marathon, to take place sometime towards the end of this year.

    This has been a somber season, though. One of our honored teammates
    (the individuals we connect with in person who have or are suffering
    from Leukemia/Lymphoma) passed away, as did our coaches father who also had Leukemia. Those passings helped to further solidify in my mind the reason for my time spent running and fundraising.

    Design Update: The Imago

    The Tom Bihn Laptop Keyboard Cover.

    The design of the Imago Messenger Bag has been updated with a 1 1/2″ toothed shoulder strap slide (just like the ID has) that allows you to choose and switch between the new Tom Bihn Standard Shoulder Strap (automatically included with your Imago) and the Absolute Shoulder Strap (available instead of the Standard Strap for an extra $25). With both the Imago and the ID, you’ll also be able to use our up-and-coming Q-AM (Quick-Adjust Messenger) Shoulder Strap.

    The Imago is in-stock, ready to ship, and available in these new color combinations: Navy/Crimson/Crimson, Navy/Kelly/Steel, Hunter/Steel/Steel, Black/Steel/Olive, and Crimson/Steel/Steel.

    In Stock: Size 2XL Brain Cell (in Olive!) and Imago

    The Size 2XL Brain Cell is now in-stock and ready to ship in all colors, including Olive, a new addition to the Brain Cell color palette. Eventually, all sizes of the Brain Cell will be available in Olive.

    The Imago is in-stock and ready to ship in all color combinations, including new additions Navy/Crimson/Crimson, Navy/Kelly/Steel, Hunter/Steel/Steel, Black/Steel/Olive, and Crimson/Steel/Steel.

    Olive is like army green but brighter , similar to Pantone® 5757C:

    Kelly is a bright green, similar to Pantone® 348:

    Navy is dark blue, similar to Pantone® 282:

    Hunter is a dark green with blue undertones, similar to Pantone® 3308:

    How To Care For Your Tom Bihn Laptop Keyboard Cover

    The Tom Bihn Laptop Keyboard Cover.
    You love your Tom Bihn Laptop Keyboard Cover. You use it every day. It does exactly what it’s supposed to do (absorbs dirt and oil that your fingers leave behind on the keys of your laptop, keeping that stuff from getting on the screen). But now that it has that dirt and oil on it, how do you clean it?

    Visit the Care Instructions page on the Ultrasuede® (the fabric the Laptop Keyboard Cover is made out of) Web site for the complete instructions. Or, read on for a condensed version of those instructions.

  • Hand or machine wash.
  • If you choose to machine wash your Laptop Keyboard Cover, use
    cold water and a delicate cycle.
  • Use a mild detergent with no bleach.
  • Tumble dry low and remove promptly, or line dry.
  • A View of Stormy Seattle Skies from the Tom Bihn headquarters

    The view from our Seattle headquarters at 3:56pm this afternoon.

    The view from the Tom Bihn headquarters in Seattle on a very stormy day

    The view from the Tom Bihn headquarters in Seattle on a very stormy day

    Minutes later:
    The view from the Tom Bihn headquarters in Seattle on a very stormy day

    This morning:
    The view from the Tom Bihn headquarters in Seattle on a very stormy day

    Victor Cajiao of Typical Mac User Podcast Reviews the Brain Bag

    Victor Cajiao of Typical Mac User Podcast recently reviewed our Brain Bag backpack. What did he think of the Brain Bag? You’ll have to listen to find out…

    Typical Mac User Reviews the Brain Bag

    Friends of Riley: Jasper, Chuckly, Bear, Boo, and Grendyl

    Riley is Tom’s Irish Wolfhound/Something Else mix, adopted
    from a local shelter. Riley’s job is greeting customers in our Seattle store when he’s not busy hiking with Tom. Riley’s favorite things: biscuits, long walks, questionable sources of water, his red fleece kerchief, cats and squirrels (he just wants to be friends!), and belly rubs.

    Visit Riley’s Page to meet Riley and his friends: Jasper, Chuckly, Bear, Boo, and Grendyl.

    Send us a picture of your companion animal, and we’ll add him or her to the Friends of Riley gallery. You’re also welcome to submit a link to your favorite companion animal charity.

    Friends of Riley, Tom Bihn's dog

    For delivery by the 25th + Our Schedule

    If you place your order by 2:00 pm Pacific Time tomorrow (Thursday, the 21st) and select UPS Next Day Air, your order will be guaranteed to be delivered on Friday, the 22nd.

    We will be closed on Monday, December 25th, but will reopen on Tuesday, December 26th. All orders for in stock products received over the three-day weekend will be shipped on Tuesday, the 26th.

    If you have any questions, please call us (1-800-729-9607 or +1-360-565-0143) or email us.

    Julie of the Gadgeteer Reviews the Medium Cafe Bag

    “The Tom Bihn Cafe Bag is a great little bag that is handy for carrying your most necessary items when you don’t need or want a large bag.”
    Interior shot by Julie of the Gadgeteer of the Large Cafe Bag

    Read the full review.