This line made me very happy. :)

The larger Synapse looks fantastic, but I still love my Smart Alec as my large backpack. But I may pick up a Synapse 19 this summer (hopefully in person at the Tom...

There's one on the 13" Ristretto that I just received yesterday, located under the main flap at the top left corner of the seam. It's very subtle, and doesn't bother me in the slightest. (And it will...

I have used my Smart Alec as my under-seat carryon (w/ my Aeronaut overhead) for the past five years or so, and while it doesn't always fit entirely under the seat in front of me, the part that...

I miss carrying a proper pocket knife on my keychain. But after losing so many to the post-9/11 TSA, I stopped carrying them. (I'd usually forget to take them off my keychain before a flight.)

A...

I have one of the early models of the Aeronaut (perhaps my favorite bag of all time, in Hunter Green), and it doesn't have the compression straps. But I don't miss them at all, and don't think I...

I'm excited to see the new bag, because one of the things that I love about Tom Bihn is that he doesn't "just" make a bag larger or smaller. He redesigns it so it becomes the best possible bag it can...

I know this isn't a voting thread, but put me down as someone who likes Solar a lot, but doesn't really care for Wasabi. (Just one man's opinion, of course.)

I would be very interested in a Co-Pilot type bag that could hold a 13-inch MacBook.

(Just adding my voice to the chorus.)

It's posts like these from Darcy that are my absolute favorites in the Tom Bihn forums.

I have owned Tom Bihn bags for about six years, and they've survived everything I thrown at them without...

I had the original Ristretto (for a 13" MacBook) up until Christmas, when I gifted it to my 12-year-old niece. I really, really liked that bag, but I find the new design to be a big improvement. The...

I fly a lot for work, but prefer driving whenever it's reasonable. Every summer, I drive from Atlanta to Las Vegas to work the World Series of Poker, and usually take a slow, meandering route home in...

One more question about the Aeronaut Packing Cube Backpack -- how does it compare to the regular large packing cube when used as a packing cube? Is it close to the same overall shape and capacity, or...

I always found the Co-Pilot somewhat appealing, but never seriously considered it for myself -- until now.

I'm making some relatively big changes to the things I pack when I travel (I travel...

Oops, I may have voted twice. When I first submitted my poll results, I was logged out of the forums, but taken to the Poll Results page anyway. When I logged back in, I was able to vote again, and I...

I'm giving a gift to a co-worker, and since bags are such personal things, I'd rather give him a $100 gift certificate with some personal recommendations (bags and/or accessories that I think would...

This post has inspired me to buy one for my 10-year-old niece. She wants to be a writer like her Uncle. :)

I have one Large Shop Bag that I use for all of my grocery shopping. I don't make epic grocery shopping trips, so I go in with an empty Large Shop Bag and pretty much restrict myself to nothing...

I'm a poker journalist who has been covering the World Series of Poker since 2004. Poker players don't usually bring bags to the tables with them, but with iPads becoming the accessory of choice the...

The iPhone's built-in clock app is the best alarm clock I've ever had -- at home or on the road. I can't even remember what I used for travel alarms before my iPhone.

I use my Smart Alec to hold a MacBook-sized brain cell, a Canon 7d with 17-55mm lens (in an approx. sized-to-fit Tamrac camera bag), and a 70-200mm lens in the case it came in. There is still room in...

I love love love my Hunter Green Aeronaut and my Hunter Green Smart Alec. In my opinion, it's the best color that Tom Bihn has ever offered.

I had a red-and-black Super Ego a few years ago (since...

I had been planning to purchase the Ristretto for iPad for a few months now, and just as I'm about to pull the trigger, I see all these great images of the Co-Pilot and learn that the iPad fits it...

I suppose it's time to finally open up a Flickr account to share photos of Rhapsody and my Tom Bihn bags. After all, I am a photographer ...

(Though it'll have to wait until later today or...

I stumbled on this thread today, needing a new collar for my dog, Rhapsody. So I found a dealer who stocked these in Las Vegas, and bought a nice red one today. Looks great, and seems far more...

I spend my summers working in Las Vegas (at the World Series of Poker), and I've never run into this problem using the Absolute Strap in the Vegas summer heat (100-110 degrees Farenheit).

Just...