Week of 23 March, 2008 - 00:00 to 29 March, 2008 - 23:59

The first reviews of the Ristretto (see the Ristretto here) from customers and external review sites are coming in. Here's a sampling:

"I received the Ristretto messenger today - the bag is magnificent and the design is brilliant. I am so pleased I had to tell you. Thank you." -- C.

"My Ristretto just arrived a couple of hours ago in my office and I have been playing with it, to the exclusion of the work I should be doing! I got the Olive/Cayenne combination - it is a very striking color combination which I really like." -- rabergnc: read more

"Tom Bihn just sent me their latest and greatest bag to review: The Ristretto Messenger. It is a small bag designed to fit the Lenovo X300, Apple MacBook, and Apple MacBook Air. When the Dell Latitude XT gets here, I'll see if the XT can fit inside ( fingers crossed). The Motion F5, unforunately won't fit - it's a tad too wide. The Lenovo X61, with the 4-cell battery, doesn't fit in the padded cell, but it does fit quite nicely in the pocket next to the cell. Just from the few moments I've had the bag, I'm very impressed with it, but not surprised at the consistent quality that Tom Bihn is known for." -- Rob Bushway, GottaBeMobile -- watch a video quick look of the Ristretto over at GottaBeMobile.

You'll find larger versions of these great pictures in the Companion Animal Pictures thread in the TOM BIHN Forums. We want to see pictures of your companion animals, too: feel free to post!

Read dwa's review of the Empire Builder briefcase and Brain Cell laptop case in the TOM BIHN Forums.

"In doing my mandatory research, I came across the Tom Bihn Brain Bag. I’ve read almost their entire website, done multiple Google searches for reviews, and even had a buddy who lives in the Seattle area drop by to take a gander at their setup. One thing is for sure, there aren’t very many bad comments out on the web about Tom Bihn’s products.
Mine arrived today. I ordered the Brain Bag (in navy) and a 2S Brain Cell (a sleeve for the laptop) to hold my Dell. All of my research was right on target…I love it." -- Read the full post over at Random Thoughts of an Engineer or see the Brain Bag.

"I just received a small padded pouch yesterday, and I'm really pleased with it. It fits my digicam (Olympus 730SW - exact dimensions are 3.7" W x 2.2" H x 0.8" D) which is roughly the same size as the 120G "classic" iPod. Like Alicia, I got the small size so I could fit the cable in with my camera, and the design of the pouch is such that there's not much room for the contents to slide around inside. It's a very good fit." -- read rdowd's entire post in the TOM BIHN Forums or check out the Padded Organizer Pouches.

Now in-stock:

The Ristretto -- a vertical messenger bag with a built-in padded laptop pocket sized for the MacBook Air, 13" MacBook, and Thinkpad X300. Available in colors: Black/Steel, Black/Olive, Steel/Sapphire, Olive/Cayenne, and Plum/Wasabi.

The Horizontal Freudian Slip -- an insert that gives you eleven extra pockets to provide total organization of your files and accessories. Slips inside our ID, Ego, and Super Ego messenger bags as well as our Zephyr and Empire Builder briefcases.

Also:
The Size 4 Brain Cell in Cayenne