Call me crazy but I hate the look and aesthetics of Tom Bihn bags. I understand loving their organization and functional design but looks wise they are horrible to me. They look so dated and I hate how prominent their logo is on their bags.
I realize aesthetics are completely subjective but I can’t be the only one, right??
Inspired by the post about Tom Bihn bags
Honestly the style of these backpacks is not even bad looking at all. I would consider these EDC backpacks if they reduce the size of the logo (or even black it out) and leave the model names off the backpack. Seriously it just ruins the look.
Inspired by this post aesthetics of Tom Binh
Before I join this sub, I never heard of mystery ranch bag. When I first saw it, I feel like it resemble demogorgon from stranger things. The whole design of the bag just looks weird to me. It’s not ugly per se, just not pleasing to look at, at least for me.
What do you guys think? Any bag design that you think is weird and resemble something else?
In case this is helpful for my fellow Southpaws, I have been loving the front horizontal pocket on the Evergoods CPL24 that I’m trying out, allowing me to swing the bag over my left/dominant shoulder! I know that it wasn’t Evergoods’s intention to favor lefties with this setup, as they were thinking that right-handed users would feel more comfortable fishing around in the pockets with their right/dominant hand despite the caveat of slinging over their left/non-dominant shoulder. However, many of us lefties are pretty facile with our right hands, too, and this bag’s setup works fantastically for us lefties with some degree of ambidexterity, in my opinion. This burnt orange color is growing on me!
From CNN Travel: Japan Airlines wants to help you leave your suitcase at home.
From the article:
Japan’s flag carrier has started a year-long trial of a service that allows travelers to book a set of clothes — covering different sartorial styles and seasons — and receive it at their hotel upon arrival. At the end of the stay the clothes are returned, to be washed and cycled back into the system.
Thoughts? I’m tough to fit, so I’d be a bit skeptical for myself. But it’s not the worst idea I’ve ever heard.
And yeah, you will be walking around in clothes a bunch of people have worn before you, but is that any different from hotel towels and bedsheets?
I don’t carry these anymore but previously I would have packed these:
Hey folks! I posted my loadout for this trip about a month ago (lighterpack here). Wanted to circle back and do a trip report. Here is a prior post detailing our itinerary.
Tl;dr packing system was a Patagonia MLC 30 with an Osprey Daylite sling as daily driver and a $10 packable daypack from Amazon. My girlfriend used some travel pack from REI that her roommate had handy and a cheap Amazon sling that’s probably around 15L. Cute one-bag couple pic here.
I feel like Japan is easy mode for one-bag travel – you can get toiletries and high quality electronics replacements everywhere; nearly all accommodations have laundry machines. Even moreso in the summer, where you are pretty much stuck wearing lightweight basics so you don’t get heat stroke. Perfect starter one-bag trip for me.
Packing list change notes (between my prior post here and the trip)
So I’m considering embracing my inner Wednesday Addams and just taking all black everything but concerned I might end up being a tad hot in Australia and SE Asia but I see a lot of blogs from other people who are doing it and they seem to be coping fine. People who have gone down this route, how are you finding it?
Looking for some inspiration, just interested what everyone’s one bag is? For the record, I’m a very broad 6’4 and my onebag is a Thule Aion 40L when I do work trips (it fits all of the work stuff I need).
Am I forgetting something or did I pack to much? Any tips? I’m a late packer and leaving in a couple hours
Regular clothing: Tops - 5 T-shirts - 2 long sleeve T-shirts - 2 shirt sleeve shirts - 1 long sleeve shirt - 1 hoodie Bottoms - 3 shorts - 1 sweatpants - 1 jeans
Sport clothing - 5 sleeveless tops - 3 shorts
8 pairs of socks and underwear Swim pants Toiletries
Bag is a 65L Quechua scotched together with some duct tape
Experiment 378 - Dreamweight Tank
A nothing of a tank top experiment. A high necked tank top in our Dreamweight merino, a fabric so light it feels almost like wearing nothing at all, only softer.
Experiment 389 - Overkill Mesh Tank
A meshed out and compressive tank top experiment. Thick, dense and smooth with a lot of stretch, Overkill Mesh manages to feel both completely open yet snuggly protective.
I’m looking for a sewing kit to do simple stuff, not much beyond repairing a tear or fixing a tag. (A drawer handle hooked into the orange tag on my injex camp collar yesterday)
Someday I’d love to be able to hem my own pants or shorten a sleeve but I think that’s a bit beyond me rn.
Anyone have brand or product recommendations for a simple kit? Lots of options on Amazon, but many look like junk, idk.
I’m curious about these but I go 38⁄40 depending on the pants. I’m 38 in strongdarts but 40 I’m bomb dungarees for example.
However I see they are out of 38s. Will there be a release by Halloween?
Also wondering—
I know outlier has a hood return policy and I’d simply buy them and try but problem is there are no 38s—so if the 40 doesn’t work then I wonder if to wait or just get an alternative brand.
Already have strong darts and bomb dungarees. And future darts. The darts are perfection and work in 38, but I want to round up my wardrobe with pants that have a different silhouette.
Have a pair of futuredarts and a pair of slim dungarees or bomb dungarees (not sure which ones they are) I got from my brother as hand me downs size 30. The future darts fit perfect but the dungarees are a tinsy bit tight. Im thinking of grabbing a pair of strongdarts, should I grab 30’s?
155 lbs, 5’ 7, lean build
appreciate any help!