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Bixi

4.7
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 Stars (40 Reviews)

$355.00

Color: Black Ballistic/Island 200 Halcyon

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Carry the weight of history with the Bixi.

32 Liters / 1950 cu. in.

Bixi

The admin pocket on the Bixi. The interior compartment of the Bixi The device pocket of the Bixi The exterior water bottle pocket on the Bixi The backpack straps and luggage passthrough on the Bixi An overhead view of the Bixi when standing upright. The side carry handle on the Bixi
A person carrying the Bixi at an arboretum. A person sitting and holding the top grab handle of a Bixi A person removing a tablet from the admin pocket of the BIxi. A person carrying a Bixi at Pike Place Market A person carrying a Bixi at a light rail station A person removing a 3D Organizer Cube from a sewn-in organizer pocket in the main compartment. A person removing a laptop from the device pocket of the Bixi A person removing their laptop from the device pocket of the Bixi while it is on a wheeled bag using its built-in handle passthrough.

TLDR

The Bixi is the full package, a sleek, clean EDC pack and a great travelling bag all in one.

  • Admin pocket with plenty of organization and room for a tablet
  • Spacious main compartment that opens clamshell for easy access, tie-down straps, and two organizer pockets
  • Device pocket with a sleeve for a laptop as well as room for larger laptops and sleeves
  • Comfortable TOM BIHN Edgeless backpack straps
  • External water bottle pocket perfect for most 24oz bottles
  • Squishy, hand-comforming carry handles
  • Two-way luggage passthrough

Full Description

The Admin Pocket

An organized mind curries favor, and an organized pack favors curry. The 11 liter admin pocket has room for all your day-to-day quick-access needs, including a generously sized lunch

The Main Pocket

A 17L, 6-inch deep main compartment with tie-down straps means you've got room for a few of days of travel or any large, awkwardly shaped items. A clamshell opening means you can Tetris to your heart's content. A couple of pockets offer enough volume for any toiletries or small things you want to keep for a rainy day.

The Device Pocket

The laptop sleeve is sized to fit anything up to a 16" Macbook Pro, and if the sleeve isn't big enough there is plenty of room to keep larger laptops along with a Cache.

The Back

The ultra-comfortable Edgeless shoulder straps that you've come to expect with TOM BIHN make a showing here, along with the wonderfully breatheable skeleton back panel previously featured in the Techonaut and Addax makes a return in the Bixi.

The Bixi's pass-through can be put on a roll-aboard two ways. First is similar to our Synik, fold the backpack straps over the front of the bag and slip it through in the backpack orientation. The second is to turn it on its side briefcase-style. Either way you have a nice, comfortable handle while you're placing and removing the bag from over the handle as well as to carry the Bixi short distances.

What's Included

One Set of Black Pulls

A black set of our zipper pulls, the Pull Du Jour, come standard with the Bixi just in case you need a bit of leverage.

One 8" Key Strap

A Black 8" Key Strap with snaphooks at either end comes with the Bixi for attaching your keys or other small accessories you want readily accessible.

One Sternum Strap Assembly

An adjustable and removable sternum strap with leave-no-trace hardware: if you don't like or don't use your sternum strap, remove it and leave (almost) nothing behind.

One Gatekeeper Hip Belt

A simple webbing waist strap that can offer extra stability when running to catch a bus, plane, or train. It can also add a small measure of support for a heavy load (for a truly supportive hip belt experience, please see the optional 1" Padded Hip Belt.) Also features leave-no-trace hardware.

An organized mind curries favor, and an organized pack favors curry. The 11 liter admin pocket has room for all your day-to-day quick-access needs, including a generously sized lunch

A 17L, 6-inch deep main compartment with tie-down straps means you've got room for a few of days of travel or any large, awkwardly shaped items. A clamshell opening means you can Tetris to your heart's content. A couple of pockets offer enough volume for any toiletries or small things you want to keep for a rainy day.

The laptop sleeve is sized to fit anything up to a 16" Macbook Pro, and if the sleeve isn't big enough there is plenty of room to keep larger laptops along with a Cache.

The ultra-comfortable Edgeless shoulder straps that you've come to expect with TOM BIHN make a showing here, along with the wonderfully breatheable skeleton back panel previously featured in the Techonaut and Addax makes a return in the Bixi.

The Bixi's pass-through can be put on a roll-aboard two ways. First is similar to our Synik, fold the backpack straps over the front of the bag and slip it through in the backpack orientation. The second is to turn it on its side briefcase-style. Either way you have a nice, comfortable handle while you're placing and removing the bag from over the handle as well as to carry the Bixi short distances.

One Set of Black Pulls

A black set of our zipper pulls, the Pull Du Jour, come standard with the Bixi just in case you need a bit of leverage.

One 8" Key Strap

A Black 8" Key Strap with snaphooks at either end comes with the Bixi for attaching your keys or other small accessories you want readily accessible.

One Sternum Strap Assembly

An adjustable and removable sternum strap with leave-no-trace hardware: if you don't like or don't use your sternum strap, remove it and leave (almost) nothing behind.

One Gatekeeper Hip Belt

A simple webbing waist strap that can offer extra stability when running to catch a bus, plane, or train. It can also add a small measure of support for a heavy load (for a truly supportive hip belt experience, please see the optional 1" Padded Hip Belt.) Also features leave-no-trace hardware.

Materials

Exterior

bluesign® certified 630d High-Tenacity 2x2 Ballistic nylon

Interior

bluesign® and OEKO-TEX® certified 200 denier Halcyon/nylon ripstop
— or —
bluesign® certified 210 denier Cerylon 6,6 Ripstop nylon

Straps

Edgeless EV50 1/2” / 12mm shoulder straps (EVAZOTE® OEKO-TEX® foam)

Zippers

2x #10 YKK water-resistant racquet-coil zippers
1x #5 YKK Racquet coil zipper with corded pull (laptop compartment zipper)
3x #5 oil zipper with plastic slider (zippered pocket in admin pocket and mesh pockets in main compartment

Upper Back

Pure Finish Nylon Diamond Mesh

Lower Back

Black Pack Cloth

Back Pad

Closed-cell foam

Components

Duraflex®, Nexus, and Woojin buckles and related components

Specs

Dimensons

14.2” (w) x 17” (h) x 9.8” (d)/ 360mm (w) x 430mm (h) x 250mm (d) (filled dimensions)
12.8” (w) x 18.5” (h) x 8” (d) / 325mm (w) x 470mm (h) x 200mm (d) (seam-to-seam)

Weight

2lb 14oz / 1325 grams

Volume

32 Liters / 1950 cubic inches (ASTM Standard Measure)

Shoulder Straps

.5" / 13 mm padded and contoured backpack straps with .75" / 20 mm removable sternum strap

Laptop Slip Dimensions

15" x 10" x 1.5" / 380mm x 255mm x 40mm

Luggage Pass-Through Sizing

Side Pass-Through

Minimum Length: 12" / 305mm
Maximum Width: 8.8" / 225mm

Total O-Rings

8 (4 in the admin pocket, 4 in the main compartment)

4.7
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
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40 reviews
  • Aaron S.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Good Storage Size, High Quality Finishings
    16 hours ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Good Storage Size, High Quality Finishings
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    New larger backpack

    The design is great for when I want my laptop in the back, and a whole compartment for grocery shopping.

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  • Justin U.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Sewn in USA, High Quality Craftsmanship, Good Storage Size, Versatile, Durable
    3 weeks ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Sewn in USA, High Quality Craftsmanship, Good Storage Size, Versatile, Durable
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Perfect personal item bag for travel

    First off, I can confirm it fits easily under Delta and Southwest seats as long as you remove any water bottle from the side. I know this is a concern for lots of people and it was a buying point for me as I wanted something to use in addition to my rolling carry on. If you don’t remove the water bottle from the side sleeve when placing it under the seat it can catch on the seat railing. Hydro flask 24oz bottle is what I’m using FYI. Bag has loads of storage. I bought the Tom Bihn standard spiff kit to use as my seat back flight bag (chargers, dude wipes, medicine, etc) and stash it in the outer flap area. Snake charmer bag for cpap, and smaller storage bags for passports, tissues, chapsticks etc. After 3 trips including an international

    Flight, I’m pretty pleased with how it’s working.

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  • Gabriel C.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, High Quality Craftsmanship, Comfortable, Good Storage Size, Versatile
    3 weeks ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, High Quality Craftsmanship, Comfortable, Good Storage Size, Versatile
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Perfect personal/carry-on

    I use this as a weekend travel backpack and as a personal/carry-on. My favorite part about this bag is that it has a side handle and the volume is more accessible.

    I also have a Synik 30, which is perfect in its own way. But if I have to fly and I only want one backpack as a carry-on, I think this is better, which can fit under the seat with a little bit of protrusion. Whereas I like the Synik 30 more as a personal item separate from a carry-on.

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  • David S.
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    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Good Storage Size
    3 months ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Good Storage Size
    Rated 2 out of 5 stars
    Pulls broke

    Friend of mine who has had your bags for decades, recommended your brand to me. I I have one bag already that I use daily and it’s been working out great. I use this because I needed a personal carry-on for air travel. The morning we were leaving I was packing the bag. The rear section does not have zippers. It has string pull tabs. I closed each one separately and the rubber piece broke off of each of them before I could get the zipper closed. For the return trip, I found some extras in the bag and put them in place. We’ll see how they work out. The only other thing I would say about the bag is that it could use some outer pockets. Otherwise there’s a lot about the bag that I do like.

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    TOM BIHN
    3 months ago

    Thank you for the review, and I'm sorry those pulls broke on you! We got a bad batch of them where the strings hadn't been anchored in the plastic part deep enough. We thought we had caught all of the bad ones, and I'm really sorry your bag slipped through. I'll be very happy to send you some replacements - I'll be in touch via email directly. =)

  • Max M.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, High Quality Finishings, Durable
    3 months ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, High Quality Finishings, Durable
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Well made, minor room for improvement

    I love the bag. It's very well made, a pleasure to use, perfect for one-bagging. That said, it'd work better in my use case if:

    - Lockable zipper pulls on the laptop compartment, similar to the zippers on the main section.

    - Without a quick access pocket on top, it would be nice to have 2 water bottle pockets instead of one. The extra pocket is not necessarily for a second water bottle, but more for anything that I need to take out quickly while waiting at the airport.

    - Sacrifice a little bit of volume and material to shorten the height and for a lighter weight. Some international airlines only allow 15Lbs for carry-on. At 2.92Lbs, capacity is significantly reduced.

    I also have the Osprey 26+6, the Almond Oak 25+5, and the Ula Dragonfly which are somewhat in the same category as the Bixi (price point aside). While the Bixi is much better in built, materials and workmanship, I now hesitate between the four because of the size and weight. A bag this small might benefit from a simpler design, less engineered to be a bit more mobile in my use case.

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Our bags are designed and sewn right here in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

That allows us to be control freaks in the best way possible; we have direct control and oversight of the quality of our materials, our products, and the jobs and working environment that we help create. It also offers us a unique spontaneity: when we have an idea for a new product or accessory, we can design it, figure out how to build it, add it to our website and be ready to ship it out our front door all within just a few weeks. How cool is that?

Intrigued? You can find out more about the unusual way we do business on our Company Philosophy page.

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Everything you buy from us here at TOM BIHN is satisfaction guaranteed. We’ve been in business since 1972 and we stand behind what we make.

If something goes wrong and it's our fault, we'll fix it for free. Repairs due to normal wear and tear or due to other things that are not our fault will be performed, when possible, at a reasonable charge right here in our Seattle factory where your bag was made. Defects in materials or workmanship are uncommon and almost always evident while the product is still new. Keep in mind that bags and packs are often subject to extreme wear in everyday use: do not expect them to last forever. Only true love lasts forever! You can expect a TOM BIHN product to give years and years of hard service.

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