Two Ways To Secure Your Bag To Rolling Luggage

Some of our bags -- such as the Cadet, Synik, Pilot, and Co-Pilot -- have built-in rolling luggage handle pass-through slots. But what’s the solution if your bag doesn't have a pass-through, or you have rolling luggage with a very thick, wide handle that can’t fit through the bag's built-in pass-through? There’s two we can offer:

This is admittedly a bit of a hack, but you might already have what you need for it and, in that case, it’s free. Okay, here goes:

1. Remove the Gatekeeper webbing waist belt ( that's included with most of our larger bags.
2. Connect the two Gatekeeper clips together: now you’ve got a long strap with a male/female buckle closure.
3. Use that strap and wrap it around the middle of your Synik as it’s on top of the rolling luggage with its back against the handle of the luggage
4. Clip the buckle around the rolling luggage pole.
5. Cinch the strap down.

Don't have a Gatekeeper webbing waist belt, or don't want to remove it from your bag because you use it? We made a purposeful version of the strap that effectively does the same job: the Simple Rolling Luggage Lash Strap (

What we like about this strap-around-the-bag solution:

Your backpack — Synik, Synapse, Guide’s Pack, whatever pack we offer, or even a pack from a different brand — will be secured to your rolling luggage in such a way that it won’t spin around or slide off. It feels stable.

It feels more stable than a webbing or elastic band sewn to the back of the bag because it's holding the center of gravity of your bag and all of its stuff against the rolling luggage handle.

It’s a solution that’s not built-in to the bag: you can use it when you need to use it, remove it and stow it in one of the pockets in your bag when not in use, or leave it at home when you don’t need it at all. (In fairness to the rolling luggage pass-through pockets on the Synik, Cadet, and other bags: they don't add any bulk and are dual-purpose.)

These solutions work with two-pole handle rolling luggage; they won't work that well with the more rare one-pole handle rolling luggage.

Have you used either strap method? We want to hear how it works for you: feedback@tombihn.com

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