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Color: Natural 12oz Organic Cotton

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Our classic Truck tote made with Organic Cotton that's grown, woven, dyed, and finished in the United States.

25 liters / 1525 cu. in.

TLDR

A twist on our classic Truck tote. It's made with Organic Cotton that's grown in Texas, woven in small mills in North and South Carolina, and finished in North Carolina. And, of course, it's handcrafted right here at our Seattle factory.

Full Description

U.S.A. Organic Cotton

The Texas Organic Cotton Cooperative, through whom we sourced the material, has high standards for environmental impact as well as quality, and it truly shows.

The hand of this cotton is the perfect balance between structured and soft: the Organic Cotton Truck stands up on its own so it's still easy to load, yet has a just-right amount of softness and slouch that makes it soft and comfortable in-hand and against the body. 

The three colors that we had custom-produced and dyed (or left undyed) just for us include:

Santa Cruz is a purple with shadows of electric blue. It's inspired by the TOM BIHN logo t-shirts and sweatshirts of the 80's and early 90's, back when the TOM BIHN company was a one-man shop in Santa Cruz, California. 

Talus could be described as a pastel black or a dark grey. It reminds us of a perfectly weathered and worn t-shirt. 

Natural is truly au naturel: an undyed, warm off-white with flecks of darker and lighter yarns throughout. This color truly lets the character of the cotton shine through. If you choose to go au naturel, realize that you will be embracing the character that could come over time with life, stains, age, and wear. We've been using a sample Truck in Natural for the past eight months at farmer's markets around town: the bottom shows some darker coloration from being set on the asphalt or dirt ground, though the rest of the bag still looks new except for an incident with a beet. We personally embrace this: it shows the bag is used, loved, and is all the better for it. 

Cotton canvas was the go-to fabric for bags and backpacks for decades prior to the introduction of nylon fabrics by the military in the early 1940s. Though synthetics fabrics are definitely longer lived materials (sometimes to the detriment of the environment), cotton has a certain aesthetic charm unmatched by synthetic materials. 

Expect the wear, age and lifespan of cotton to be different than that of ballistic nylon. Of course, by no means is a TOM BIHN tote bag made of cotton a single-use, disposable product: you can still expect years and years of use from it, though perhaps not decades. 

Left to right: Santa Cruz, Natural, and Talus Organic Cotton colors

 

Stands Up & Easy To Load

The Organic Cotton Truck features a large, squarish center space that’s perfect for gallon jugs of water or milk. Open-top pockets are situated front and back—for your shopping list, of course, but they'd easily hold a book or an iPad. We made the pockets big enough to accommodate folded brown paper grocery bags, too, which are handy to have if you need the overflow capacity. The side compartments are huge and can handle quarts/liters of milk or a pair of running shoes.

A plastic stiffener in the center compartment adds stability to the load; you can fold the bag loosely around the hard bottom when necessary.

Organic Cotton Truck in Talus standing upright: it's fully packed with various camping gear.

 

Comfortable Padded Handles

Like our other carryall tote bags, the Truck has über-comfortable Poron® padded handles.

Person holding the handles of the Organic Cotton Truck in Santa Cruz.

 

Moon Label

The Moon label revisitation of a label Tom used briefly back in the mid-1990s.

Close-up of the Moon label on the Santa Cruz electric purple Organic Cotton Truck

Two Exterior Pockets

Open-top pockets are situated front and back—for your shopping list, of course, but they'd easily hold a book or an iPad. 

An Organic Cotton Truck in Natural with a book in the front open-top pocket.

 

The Texas Organic Cotton Cooperative, through whom we sourced the material, has high standards for environmental impact as well as quality, and it truly shows.

The hand of this cotton is the perfect balance between structured and soft: the Organic Cotton Truck stands up on its own so it's still easy to load, yet has a just-right amount of softness and slouch that makes it soft and comfortable in-hand and against the body. 

The three colors that we had custom-produced and dyed (or left undyed) just for us include:

Santa Cruz is a purple with shadows of electric blue. It's inspired by the TOM BIHN logo t-shirts and sweatshirts of the 80's and early 90's, back when the TOM BIHN company was a one-man shop in Santa Cruz, California. 

Talus could be described as a pastel black or a dark grey. It reminds us of a perfectly weathered and worn t-shirt. 

Natural is truly au naturel: an undyed, warm off-white with flecks of darker and lighter yarns throughout. This color truly lets the character of the cotton shine through. If you choose to go au naturel, realize that you will be embracing the character that could come over time with life, stains, age, and wear. We've been using a sample Truck in Natural for the past eight months at farmer's markets around town: the bottom shows some darker coloration from being set on the asphalt or dirt ground, though the rest of the bag still looks new except for an incident with a beet. We personally embrace this: it shows the bag is used, loved, and is all the better for it. 

Cotton canvas was the go-to fabric for bags and backpacks for decades prior to the introduction of nylon fabrics by the military in the early 1940s. Though synthetics fabrics are definitely longer lived materials (sometimes to the detriment of the environment), cotton has a certain aesthetic charm unmatched by synthetic materials. 

Expect the wear, age and lifespan of cotton to be different than that of ballistic nylon. Of course, by no means is a TOM BIHN tote bag made of cotton a single-use, disposable product: you can still expect years and years of use from it, though perhaps not decades. 

Left to right: Santa Cruz, Natural, and Talus Organic Cotton colors

 

The Organic Cotton Truck features a large, squarish center space that’s perfect for gallon jugs of water or milk. Open-top pockets are situated front and back—for your shopping list, of course, but they'd easily hold a book or an iPad. We made the pockets big enough to accommodate folded brown paper grocery bags, too, which are handy to have if you need the overflow capacity. The side compartments are huge and can handle quarts/liters of milk or a pair of running shoes.

A plastic stiffener in the center compartment adds stability to the load; you can fold the bag loosely around the hard bottom when necessary.

Organic Cotton Truck in Talus standing upright: it's fully packed with various camping gear.

 

Like our other carryall tote bags, the Truck has über-comfortable Poron® padded handles.

Person holding the handles of the Organic Cotton Truck in Santa Cruz.

 

The Moon label revisitation of a label Tom used briefly back in the mid-1990s.

Close-up of the Moon label on the Santa Cruz electric purple Organic Cotton Truck

Open-top pockets are situated front and back—for your shopping list, of course, but they'd easily hold a book or an iPad. 

An Organic Cotton Truck in Natural with a book in the front open-top pocket.

 

Materials

Exterior

12oz Organic Cotton

Handles

PORON® foam handles

Components

Duraflex®, Nexus, and Woojin components

Specs

Dimensions

17.3" (w) x 12.5" (h) x 11.0" (d) / 440 (w) x 320 (h) x 280 (d) mm

Weight

17.1 oz / 485 grams

Volume

25 liters / 1525 cu. in.

Handle Length

22" / 560 mm

Total O-Rings

5 (3 in the main compartment, 1 each in front and back pockets)

4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
Based on 44 reviews
100%would recommend this product
44 reviews
  • J N.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, Made in USA, Durable, Versatile
    2 years ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts High Quality Craftsmanship, Made in USA, Durable, Versatile
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    love the truck

    This was my second truck because I loved the first and I am a huge fan of organic cotton canvas - weird, I know.

    This is really durable like the synthetic trucks and I expect it to last many trips (to and beyond the grocery) and develop its own unique "patina". I am a bit concerned with cleaning (especially my own motivation to hand wash) as it seems to take on a bit more dirt since it is cotton. I don't think that is bad by itself, but something to consider when getting natural canvas.

  • Leslie S.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Good Storage Size, Durable, Thoughtful Design
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Good Storage Size, Durable, Thoughtful Design
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    My first Truck, but not my last!

    This bag exceeded all expectations. It's like a bottomless pit and still looks brand new after some out-of-state trips.

  • Benjamin D.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Made in USA, Durable, Great Gift
    2 years ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Made in USA, Durable, Great Gift
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Awesome fabric for an already awesome bag!

    We ordered two, one in Talus (charcoal/pastel gray) and one in Natural (a nice off-white un-dyed color) and they have immediately gone into service! The gray one is my tote bag for hauling all my Magic The Gathering decks to games, and the off-white is our swimming bag for swim lessons with my 2 year old! The organic cotton is a great material and it dries out if it got wet at the pool!

  • Teresa J.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Sewn in USA, Durable, Good Storage Size
    1 year ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Sewn in USA, Durable, Good Storage Size
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Cotton Truck Bag

    I absolutely LOVE the organic cotton Truck bag!! I bought it to use as a knitting and crochet bag, which is currently holding a crochet project and yarn. Because it has 3 divsions, I'm able to carry extra yarn and still have room for my crochet project! Thru the years Ive bought 2 Swift bags, but I actually prefer the cotton Truck over the Swift for my knitting and crochet. I LOVE it!!

  • Annabel W.
    Verified Buyer
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Good Storage Size, Versatile
    2 years ago
    Bought For Myself
    Product Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship, Good Storage Size, Versatile
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    fabulous!

    it’s AWESOME! and, i love that it’s a blank canvas; i plan to bling the f out of it, with paint, dye, fabric… can’t wait to make it truly unique and MINE. will post pix once it’s done!

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Sewn in Seattle

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.

THE BIHN Guarantee

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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