What Goes Into A TOM BIHN Backpack?
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Total 5 star reviews: 81 Total 4 star reviews: 9 Total 3 star reviews: 2 Total 2 star reviews: 2 Total 1 star reviews: 1
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- KTKathrine T.Verified BuyerBought For MyselfProduct Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, Versatile2 years agoBought For MyselfProduct Standouts Thoughtful Design, Comfortable, VersatileReviewingNight Flight Travel DuffelRated 5 out of 5 starsOutstanding for European Travel
Excellent size and easy to carry along with a backpack. I am on a quest to travel lightly in Europe keeping baggage to what I can carry easily myself without wheels. This bag worked perfectly along with a backpack. I am under 5' tall and was able to get both bags into overhead compartment. I also carried both bags through the airport to the local transport, walked to AirBnB and then up 2 flights of steep stairs. Will also be traveling by train.
- JQJacob Q.Verified BuyerBought For MyselfProduct Standouts Versatile, Compact, High Quality Craftsmanship2 years agoBought For MyselfProduct Standouts Versatile, Compact, High Quality CraftsmanshipReviewingNight Flight Travel DuffelRated 5 out of 5 starsGreat Small Bag!
This bag works great for smaller 1-2 day out of town trips as well as a personal item on flights for longer trips.
For shorter trips I normally fill the center with a couple t shirts, underwear, and socks. Then the 2 side pockets work great for my toiletries, chargers, and cables. Anything more than that would be pushing it though.
For longer trips I’ve used this as a person item to hold all my non-clothing items. I fill up a Techonaut 30 with all my clothes and my laptop, then the NFD is used for my toiletries, chargers, cables, headphones, tiny water bottle (250ml), and other misc travel items. Works great!
It also is indeed the perfect size to fit underneath a seat on a flight, attached picture is from a recent trip with Delta. Also, you can easily turn it to the side as well (the opposite position of what’s shown in the picture) and then slide your fleet to the flanks of the bag so you don’t loose any leg room!
Overall a great piece of kit, I travel very often and this will be accompanying me on all my trips now due to its versatility.
- DRDoreen R.Verified BuyerBought For MyselfProduct Standouts Thoughtful Design, High Quality Craftsmanship, Compact, Versatile, Durable2 years agoBought For MyselfProduct Standouts Thoughtful Design, High Quality Craftsmanship, Compact, Versatile, DurableReviewingNight Flight Travel DuffelRated 5 out of 5 starsI never thought a duffel would be the right bag for me
When I started using Tom Bihn bags for travel I had bags that worked in a backpack configuration. They may have also had a hand and hand shoulder option but the way I used them the most was in backpack mode.
Fast forward 15 years and I took a handbag packing master class to travel with even less. I learned that I didn’t need as much bag as I thought I did and it has opened doors for me to consider smaller and smaller bags. Smaller travel bags mean I’m carrying less weight. Less weight means I don’t need my bag to be a backpack.
I love my Pilot and Cambiata but I’ve wanted the Night Flight ever since it was introduced.
I’m so glad that I got one. The compartments are small which allows for internal organization. But for how travel now it’s perfect!
I haven’t traveled with it yet, but I would pack one end with entertainment and electronics, one end with toiletries and essentials and the center compartment with clothing and one pair of shoes. I wear size EU38 and mostly travel with barefoot shoes so I can fit a pair in fairly easily.
My Night Flight is Navy Cerise and I’m in love with the business exterior and party on the interior. It’s very easy to see inside the bag and it being a smile each time I see it.
- KBKathy B.Verified BuyerBought For MyselfProduct Standouts Thoughtful Design, Compact, Good Storage Size, Comfortable, High Quality Craftsmanship2 years agoBought For MyselfProduct Standouts Thoughtful Design, Compact, Good Storage Size, Comfortable, High Quality CraftsmanshipReviewingNight Flight Travel DuffelRated 5 out of 5 starsGreat personal item or weekender bag
I picked up a NFTD to be my in-flight personal item and also a little weekend getaway bag - works great as both. As a petite person, this bag has enough space to fit my shoes (women's size 6) and is a reasonable size for me to carry. One commenter had larger shoes that didn't fit, so it wouldn't work as a gym bag for them. I was able to pack a small snake charmer, clear 3DOC, and multiple mystery pouches in the end sections, a travel tray and a bunch of clothes in the central section. I like the mesh zipper pocket inside the central section for things like belts or chargers. The handle and shoulder strap are both sturdy and comfortable. I appreciated the grab handles at either end of the bag when it was under the airplane seat or overhead on a train luggage rack.
The pass-through is a little snug for my roller bag handle (Briggs & Riley ZDX International Carry On) , but it does fit. I was spoiled by the spacious pass-through feature on the Pilot. Using the o-rings to attach everything gave me more peace of mind when traveling.
Surprisingly, my Peak Design Large Wash Pouch fits in one of the end sections. My laptop doesn't fit, but a tablet and e-reader would. Overall this is a great little bag!
- LJLarry J. C.Verified BuyerBought For MyselfProduct Standouts Sewn in USA, High Quality Craftsmanship2 years agoBought For MyselfProduct Standouts Sewn in USA, High Quality CraftsmanshipReviewingNight Flight Travel DuffelRated 3 out of 5 starsAverage Bag
I’ve been hoping to see this bag back into production for a long time and had it preordered within the first several minutes. A “personal item” that was top-loading and met a certain airlines rather “limited” size limits was at the top of my Travel Stuff wish list.
I was fortunate that the Tom Bihn crew was able deliver in time before my 6 days of (literally) train, plane, and automobile travel between San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston.
However, it is telling that as soon as I opened the box and then opened up the NFTD, I was looking around the house for fixes -- eventually ordering one fix online and hoping it would arrive in time (it did).
Issues:
1. No padding inside on the bottom of the end compartments. This was a surprise to me, since the main compartment is padded. One of the things I use an end compartment for is carrying a small mirrorless camera (Fuji X-E3). One layer of fabric between it and the world is unsat. My “fix” was to order some adhesive backed 1/8” foam neoprene. I cut pads to fit and installed them -- they worked fine. In fact, that additional padded layer helps give the end compartments a little more shape, but not so much that the NFTD won’t fit nicely into the airport sizing jigs. Unfortunately, that mod probably means that I no longer can return the bag.
2. Center compartment too small. I understand the long dimension limitation of 17 inches. But if Tom Bihn had just reduced the end compartments to 3 1/2 inches, that extra…
TBTOM BIHN2 years agoHi Larry, we appreciate this thorough feedback and will certainly be sharing it with the rest of the Design team.
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