Note from Ben: What follows is a review of Tom Bihn’s Synapse 25 backpack, written by my father after he took the bag globe trotting. The bag was provided for review purposes by Tom Bihn.
My dad is the perfect person to review this bag. He is the person who I got my gear obsession from, and someone who has certainly used more bags than I have. He has experiences with nearly every bag talked about on this site, as I tend to loan or give him many of them. He has a GORUCK GR1, which he opted against for this trip. Unlike me, my dad tends to pack much heavier, while still being efficient with it. And, also unlike me, he likes his bags to have a lot of pockets to keep him highly organized, whereas I tend to prefer more of a blank slate for my bags. Here are his thoughts…