Bluboon Canvas & Leather Rucksack
An affordable everyday-carry bag with rustic style.
Backpack Review
The Tom Bihn Synapse 19 Backpack
The $170 backpack from everyone's favorite Seattle-based, Made-in-the-USA bag company isn't the largest backpack on the market, but for someone with my needs — basically something *just* bigger than a messenger bag — it's hard to beat.
Bag Review
The GORUCK GR1
The GR1 is my only bag, not because it's the perfect bag, but because it can be *any* kind of bag I need it to be.
Tom Bihn Synapse 19 Backpack
The highly durable and compact Tom Bihn Synapse 19 backpack is ideal for the lightweight traveler, student, city commuter, or day-hiker. Just don't let its small stature fool you.
HEX’s Supply Alliance Backpack
The Supply Alliance Backpack by HEX is a handsome waxed-canvas bag with a slim design yet can hold quite a lot.
Glowire for Tom Bihn’s Smart Alec
While my Smart Alec is a great backpack, its solid-black construction isn't great for visibility when I'm on my bike. This problem is easily solved, however. Tom Bihn has a Glowire kit for sale for the bag now. It's $18, and is available in green, yellow and aqua. The kit comes with a power pack (and two AA batteries!), and a 1.5…
The New Tom Bihn Smart Alec
I've written about my Smart Alec before, and I genuinely love it. However, since buying mine a while back, Tom Bihn has released an update to the backpack. While both the new and old bags have a lot in common, such as the internal clips for a notebook sleeve and a compartment built until the lid. The new bag's lid compartment is…
Incase Campus Pack
If you're looking for a simple laptop bag that can accommodate up to a 15-inch MacBook Pro, the Incase Campus Pack might just be for you. The durable nylon exterior houses a padded sleeve for your notebook, slip pocket for a tablet and additional pockets for smaller items. While not the biggest backpack on the market, it's nice and simple, and sometimes…