Carry Guides
Guides, gear insights, and stories for carrying well.
All about Bags
We offer optional, removable internal frames with aluminum stays for the Synapse 19 and Synapse 25 backpacks. If you're wondering if you'll need or want an internal frame for your Synapse, consider...
Bags
When I was first learning to sew, I made backpacking equipment for my G.I. Joe. I was about ten years old at the time, and I had already moved on from “playing”...
Bags
Zeke, the filmmmaker behind many of our videos, documented a 30 day trip through Northern Italy with his wife and son. In this post, Zeke shares an essay about the reasons for...
Community
Several of us here at TB -- Nik, Darcy, and Matt (and his wife Rox) -- foster kittens in our free time. It's a fun way to do something good and help...
Community
I'm lucky enough to have been traveling pretty regularly for the past five or six years, from city breaks in Belgium to exploring the Antarctic peninsula and thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. Traveling...
Design
I can’t remember how exactly it started, but back in the 1970s, my mother took up the hobby of working with leather. Living near Santa Cruz, she had easy access to leather...
Community
From 1990 until 1999, my business was my retail store/workshop in downtown Santa Cruz, California. For not quite ten years, I walked or rode my bike to work everyday (I only drove...
Company
A brief history of TOM BIHN logo labels over the years. See also: History of Portable Culture
Bags
You know us: we can't leave good enough alone. Our Aeronaut 45 maximum carry-on travel bag has been updated with a couple of new features and a few materials updates. All Aeronaut...
Bags
Tom has made several design updates to our Parental Unit diaper bag inspired by feedback posted on our Forums, shared with us by friends and family who use the P.U., and Tom’s...
Community
When I began making outdoor gear, in about 1972, I used the back side of a ping pong table on saw horses, out in the garage, as a cutting surface. At some...
Photos
Be sure to read Part One of Jenn's trip report, which details how and what she packed. After finding out my husband would be in southern California for work, we decided to take...
