It feels like I have a Tom Bihn bag for every trip type. My Aeronaut 45 is perfect for longer trips, winter trips, or trips where I know I’ll be buying a lot of things to bring back home. This was my first Tom Bihn bag, and I love it and my Aeronaut 30. I bought the Areonaut 45 in 2017.
My Aeronaut 30 is perfect for when I want a smaller, lighter bag; I’m feeling more minimalist in my packing; and I know I’ll mostly be gathering magnets from everywhere I travel.
Another nice thing about the Areonaut travel bags is that they are convertible. You can either use them with a shoulder strap; with the handles to carry them in your hand; or as a backpack. These bags have shoulder straps — which pull out of a pouch on the back and then attach them at the attachment points at the bottom of the bag —, or you can clip on a shoulder strap. Having multiple ways to carry these bags is very useful.
Since I usually like taking a day bag around but don’t like lugging around backpack, I bought a Medium Cafe Bag and used that for many of my trips. Later, I switched to using my Everyday Cubelet as a minimalist everyday carry during my travels. It always amazes me how much stuff and how many magnets I can cram into that Cubelet.
I’ve been impressed with the quality of Tom Bihn’s bags and accessories, so recently I picked up a Synik 22 and a Synapse 25 for short trips, like one or two nights.