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Small Cafe Bag

Rated 4.9 out of 5
Based on 49 reviews

$75.00

The go everywhere small messenger bag.

6 liters (375 cu. in.)

Alphaviolet Ballistic/Viridian 210 Ballistic
Deep Blue Ballistic/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Aubergine Ballistic/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Black Ballistic/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Cloud Ballistic/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Constellation Ballistic/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Nebulous Grey Ballistic/Island 210 Ballistic
Burnt Orange Ballistic/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Ursa Ballistic/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Wilderness Ballistic/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Canary 1000 Cordura/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Mayura 1000 Cordura/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Olive 1000 Cordura/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Orange-152 1000 Cordura/Coyote 210 Ballistic
Red Blend 1000 Cordura/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Beaver Camo 1000d Texturized Nylon/Coyote 210 Ballistic
Nebulous Grey 630 Recycled/Island 210 Ballistic
Logic Blue 630 Recycled/Cloud 210 Ballistic
Seapine Green 630 Recycled/Dawn 210 Ballistic
Original 400 Halcyon/Island 200 Halcyon
Taiga 400 Halcyon/Northwest Sky 200 Halcyon
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Description

The Small Café Bag is designed to help you carry and organize your everyday gear. Wear it cross-body or over the shoulder.

The main, open-top compartment and front, zippered pocket of the Small Café Bag are covered by a distinctive asymmetrical flap that closes with an offset Duraflex® Warrior buckle. The zippered pocket, which has one O-ring, spans the width of the bag. It's ideal for securing your wallet, checkbook, or other small items. It closes with a #8 YKK zipper. The back of the Small Café Bag has a slanted, open-top pocket. It's ideal — easy storage, quick access — for anything that's relatively flat.

Inside the main compartment of the Small Café Bag, you'll find four organizer pockets. One of the pockets is sized for your iPhone or a small wallet and three are sized for pens. There's room for a couple of hardbacks in this main compartment.

The main compartment has two O-rings, with an 8" Key Strap attached to one. (Additional and extended-length Black or Color Key Straps can be purchased separately.) The Key Strap is useful for keeping track of your keys (many folks leave their keys attached to the Key Strap) and can also be used to clip a pocket watch or Swiss Army knife to the bag.

The Small Café Bag rides on your shoulder with a 1-1/2" shoulder strap made of high quality U.S. webbing produced specifically for us. It features a low-profile shoulder pad with a grippy underside. On the top back of the bag is a webbing grab handle. Small, unobtrusive webbing loops on the right and left of the bag allow you to add an optional removable waist strap to the Small Café Bag, to stabilize the bag against your body while you're riding a bike.

Think the Small Café Bag is too small for you? You're in luck! The Café Bag is also available in size Medium. And if you're wondering which size is "the one", here's our guide to choosing the right size of Cafe bag.

Materials

Exterior

bluesign® and OEKO-TEX® certified Ultralight 400d Halcyon/420d nylon ripstop
bluesign® certified 525 denier High-Tenacity 2x2 Ballistic nylon exterior
1000 denier Cordura
630 denier Recycled nylon
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bluesign® certified 210 denier High-Tenacity 2x2 Ballistic nylon

Interior

bluesign® and OEKO-TEX® certified 200 denier Halcyon/nylon ripstop
— or —
bluesign® certified 210 denier High-Tenacity 2x2 Ballistic nylon

Zippers

1x #8 YKK coil zipper (front pocket)

Shoulder Strap

Nylon webbing shoulder strap and handle

Components

Duraflex®, Nexus, and Woojin buckles and related components

Specs

Dimensions

8.3" (w) x 10.6" (h) x 3" (d) / 210 (w) x 270 (h) x 75 (d) mm

Weight

1000d Cordura Nylon: 11.4 oz / 325 grams
630d 50% Recycled Nylon: 10.4 oz / 295 grams
525d HT Ballistic Nylon: 11.9 oz / 340 grams
400d Halcyon/420d nylon ripstop: 9 oz / 270 grams

Volume

375 cubic inches / 6 liters (ASTM Standard Measure)

Strap Length

1.5" / 38 mm shoulder strap extends to 54" / 1.3 m

Total O-Rings

3 (2 in the main compartment; 1 in the front zippered pocket)

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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 for over 30 years 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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Perfect size for EDC!

I can fit so many things into this small, little bag! I carry daily with me the following: iPad Pro 11”, iPad mini, Anker power bank in Ghost Whale pouch, case for eye glasses, mini emergency kit in Ghost Whale pouch, DJI action 2 and Beats Fit Pro in Ghost Whale pouch, random cables in Ghost Whale pouch, keys, wallet, and random protein bars for on the go eats. I’m amazed at how well everything just fits!

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The best of the best

Exactly what I was looking. A top notch quality bag for a great price! I own many Tom Bihn products and this could end of being my favorite!

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Great small messenger-style bag that carries a ton of stuff

I have been using the small cafe bag as a purse for a few weeks now, and it's pretty great. I'm thrilled with the quality and it's really comfortable. I have a couple of ghost pouches attached inside that remove the need for any additional pockets. My only complaint about this bag is that it is actually larger than I want. I would love, love, love it to be a couple of inches *shorter* (but the same in every other way). I can fit WAY more in here than I need to. For fun, I have put in my 16 oz stainless steel thermos (in addition to what I normally carry in there) and that's kind of handy, but not one of the use cases I got this for :). Overall, I absolutely love the quality and materials and design -- I just wish it was available in a shorter style (not smaller in the other dimensions, it's the perfect width). Still, 5 stars for being such a great, great bag.

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Such a great bag

In love with this bag, the size, the color, the weight, all absolutely perfect for my needs. And of course the quality is outstanding!!!

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Perfect small bag

I’ve used a medium café bag for years, but decided to try the small one for when I don’t need as much stuff. Great organization—pen slots, pocket that fits my large iPhone, zippered pocket in front and open pocket on the outside. I can carry my wallet, Kindle, notepad, and random small items. Love the color (aubergine). It’s light and unobtrusive but carries everything I need.

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