Tom Bihn Daylight Backpack | They’ve ditched the thin straps for padded ones. In fact, we see them every day in slings and some smaller backpacks like the VANQUEST CARBIDE-12. That’s not to say straps like that can’t work. This makes sense since one of their main goals for the Daylight was to make it as light as possible. Initially, Tom Bihn went for a thin seatbelt-like material design that was sufficiently wide but lacked any appreciable padding. When we first heard of the Daylight, we weren’t super stoked about the shoulder straps. External Components Left: Lauren Maternowski, Height: 5’6” (168 cm), Torso: 16.5” (42 cm) | Right: Eric Hergenreder, Height: 6’0″ (183 cm), Torso: 18.5” (47 cm) In the case of the Daylight, everything works smoothly as intended, and none of them broke throughout our initial testing. These are brands whose hardware generally doesn’t fail or rarely does. It’s the usual all-star cast that the brand uses: YKK zippers and a mix of Woojin and Duraflex buckles, clips, and adjusters. It’s interesting to note that while the Daylight is designed with lightness in mind, Tom Bihn didn’t skip having liner fabric, a decision we can stand behind.
While the 210-denier liner is lighter than the fabric outside, it does help keep the interior bright and visible even under poor lighting conditions. Tom Bihn Daylight Backpack | The zippers are YKK, while the hardware is a mix of Woojin and Duraflex. Oftentimes, we see a bag with great aesthetics, only to be let down by a structure that collapses as soon as it meets real-world usage, so we’re glad that’s not the case with the Daylight.
The 525-denier ballistic nylon fabric isn’t exactly the heaviest weave of fabric out there, but it’s good enough to maintain the bag’s structure. The Daylight keeps its shape rather well, too. We’re not going to list all of them, but some of the more eye-catching ones (at least to our eyes) are Mars Red 525 Ballistic/Cloud 210 Ballistic (red and gray), Aubergine 525 Ballistic/Cloud 210 Ballistic (violet and gray), and Taiga 400 Halcyon/Northwest Sky 200 Halcyon (grid-patterned olive and gray). In case you’re not a fan of the brown and blue combo, there are a lot of other colorways available as well. It almost makes us wish that the Daylight also featured the more vintage style logo the Zeitgeist touts. We agree the resemblance is there, primarily because of the diagonal zippered opening of the front pocket. The keen-eyed among you may look at the Daylight and see a bigger version of the Zeitgeist. Tom Bihn Daylight Backpack | Part of us wants the Zeitgeist vintage Tom Bihn logo here. It felt a bit too mundane at first, but it’s grown on us over time. Admittedly, we weren’t immediately charmed by the brown color and boxy profile. Combined with the Daylight’s tall rectangular shape, the bag begins to more or less resemble a chocolate bar. Our sample here is the Ursa 525 Ballistic/Island 210 variant, which is Tom Bihn-speak for brown on the outside and blue on the inside. We’ve done the testing so you don’t have to, so let’s find out if this scheme works. If you’re as confused as we were when we first heard about this, then you’re in luck. To achieve that goal, Tom Bihn decided to go for an unusual pocket layout inside the main compartment that’s meant to act as a makeshift back panel. The goal for this backpack? To be a minimalist backpack that’s light and utilitarian. In this review, we take a look at the Daylight Backpack.
Tom Bihn Daylight Backpack | It’s a daypack, but lighter. You get a sense that each product is carefully thought of and not randomly cobbled together. Check out any of their bag’s product pages, and you’re greeted by a short story explaining why it exists and what its goals are. Tom Bihn is one of the few brands that are very transparent with their thought process.
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