Dec 6, 2018
I like-not-love my Synapse, so I’m glad to see a review that’s at least a little critical of it (most reviewers treat it like it’s a sacred cow or something). It’s a backpack that never feels completely comfortable to me, with or without the kludgy framesheet installed, and I can’t figure out how to efficiently use the bottom pocket (I love it in theory, but in practice it’s a mostly empty catch-all for random things and sags under the weight of everything I carry in the pockets above it). I own a handful of Tom Bihn products, and I find most of them to be a mix of delight and frustration. More good than bad, for sure, but enough bad that I’m still searching for a better solution.