Solution to NFL Football Arenas Instituting Strict Bag Rules

This isn’t directly related to carry-on luggage for air travel, but I wanted to make a quick recommendation for a product I regularly use. This week, the U.S. National Football League announced a systemwide policy that prohibits taking any bags into an arena for one of their football games. I suspect this is the NFL’s …

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Frontier Airlines to Also Begin Charging for Carry-On Bag

About a year ago, light-packing travelers drew a collective gasp when Spirit Airlines announced that it would start charging $20 for carry-on bags. There was a catch. That $20 was the pay-in-advance fee; you would be charged more if you showed up at the check-in counter. This fee would increase if you managed to sneak …

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Product Review: Tom Bihn Western Flyer in 400d Dyneema Nylon

Seattle-based bag manufacturer Tom Bihn has been selling his popular Western Flyer carry-on bag (in the classic hideaway backpack straps version as well as the more recent rolling luggage handle version) for several years now. The medium-sized bag, a smaller sibling to the larger Tri-Star, has been popular with light travelers as a main carry-on …

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Tom Bihn Introduces Thicker Dyneema Nylon for Primary Carry-On Bags

Made-in-America bag manufacturer Tom Bihn this week introduced a brand new version of his popular Dyneema nylon fabric. The 400 denier weight 400d Dyneema is roughly twice the thickness of the maker’s popular 200d Dyneema nylon. While introducing a thicker fabric may seem ho-hum to you, what is news for fans of his travel bags …

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Tom Bihn Introduces New Travel Stuff Sacks

American luggage manufacturer Tom Bihn, has introduced a new line of Dyneema nylon products this summer called Travel Stuff Sacks. If you’ve used to their Packing Cube organizers, you’re in for a change of pace. These Travel Stuff Sacks are designed to cram stuff into, instead of carefully folding or rolling clothing in. The sacks …

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Tom Bihn Offers Free Shipping to APO Addresses

While most of us will enjoy the Fourth of July holiday by having an outdoor BBQ or watching a fireworks show, let’s not forget the men and women in uniform who keep us safe. And just in time for this patriotic holiday comes an announcement from U.S. bag manufacturer Tom Bihn: All shipments going to …

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Lost Bags Go To Heaven – Auction Heaven

If you have access to the Travel Channel, the network has introduced a new reality show called Baggage Battles. If you think the show is about bag reviews or which brand of carry-on is better, you’re in for a surprise. Baggage Battles features three teams of “savvy auction specialists” who travel around the world to …

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Tom Bihn Synapse: An Ultralight Carry-On Challenge

As you can imagine, it’s a very rare trip where I need to check any luggage in. For the last few years, I’ve been using a Tri-Star or Western Flyer convertible travelpack from Seattle-based bag maker Tom Bihn. With my upcoming nine-day vacation to Japan, I assumed I’d use one of those bags. However a …

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Pros and Cons of Hard-Sided Rolling Uprights

Recently, a reader named Heather posted the following comment on one of my earlier posts: Thanks for all the advice. A poster on Lonely Planets directed me to your interesting site, and I’ve just been having a browse around. They were right – great site! I’m planning on treating myself to a new carry-on suitcase …

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