u/wildfreeJesus

I got my black Spectron Synik 22 maybe two weeks ago, followed by some 👻 🐳s and key 🔑 straps, and I am loving the system so much than I went ahead and ordered a Bordeaux/Lemonade Paradigm 🎒 in Spectron! I started a new job over a year ago that has had me living out of a bag (and I have tried so many and none hold a candle to the Synik 22!!!) and when I have not been working, I basically have fallen into the habit of just carrying a tiny little clutch zip bag with keys, Chapstick, comb, two kinds of earphones, and credit card, plus juggle my personal & work phones 📱 📱 but with the Paradigm, I can just move over my 👻 🐳 pouches in less than a minute and throw in whatever I might need for my off work time and I am good to go… We just got annual passes for Universal, Islands of Adventure, and Volcano Bay and the Paradigm will be perfect for that as well! I am especially sold on the fact that the Paradigm has the central water bottle space and the drip hole because I like to freeze my Nalgenes! 🧊 anyway just sharing and would love to hear from other Paradigm lovers while I wait for mine!

Just sharing my thoughts in case anyone is in the fence buying this bag. I had tried multiple bags in various styles for work with no long term success and lots of annoyance so I decided to go all in on Tom Binh.

I have been putting my new bag through its paces and am truly grateful for it, definitely worth the money for the central water bottle pocket alone!

The straps are so comfortable and I love my keys being clipped on and safe. I am a social worker traveling between clients’ homes and my office (not to mention my home office and mobile car office lol) and this bag stands out for keeping me better organized than ever before!

I have a few 👻 🐳s of various sizes arriving next week and then my setup will be complete! I took off the hip straps and am leaving the chest straps for now in case I may want to use them. I thought I might need to get the strap keepers but it doesn’t seem to be necessary.

The black Spectron has grown on me, it’s still kinda masculine for me - gotta find a cute pin ☺️ - and I would say it’s softening/less stiff even with a weeks use.

Also, my MacBook Air 13” and similar sized work laptop both fit in the laptop compartment together actually but I never take them both lol, the side catty corner slide is easy to navigate with either laptop.

I got my black Halcyon Synik 22 backpack 🎒 with Tacoma interior yesterday, mainly purchased as a work bag for the center water bottle 💦 and all the other organizational features. I am a social worker making house 🏡 calls all day taking notes on a laptop, and I have been through several other bags and am tired enough of the lack of organization and strain of carrying uncomfy bags that I finally treated myself and pulled the expensive trigger! 💰 I appreciate everything this bag has to offer except I thought the Halcyon would be softer - I understand it’s softer than the ballistic which is why I got it rather than a different colorway. Does it soften over time? Hope so! Got some ghost whale 🐳 pouches otw already! 💰. Thanks for any input fellow TomBinnhers! 🤗