COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – October 26, 2026 – When somebody copies your product, it’s a compliment. At Thin Air Gear LLC™, we take it as one. We also take it as a reason to say this plainly: if it doesn’t carry the Thin Air Gear™ logo, it isn’t an Olympus™.
Ruckable: carry it on your back when wheels can’t go
Today Thin Air Gear™ announces the G5 Olympus™ Deployment Bag, the newest generation of the bag that service members, units and mission planners have trusted for nearly two decades.
ONE COMPANY. ONE OLYMPUS™.
Thin Air Gear™ is the only company that has ever designed, engineered or manufactured the Olympus™ bag. No other company has ever been licensed to build it. Every genuine Olympus™ ever fielded came off a Thin Air Gear™ production line, built to our design, our specifications and our standards.
Retractable heavy-duty 14″ telescoping handle
That matters, because copycats are out there. Lookalike bags, some sold under similar-sounding names, have appeared on the market. Some copy the shape. Some copy the color. Some copy the layout down to the stitch. None of them is an Olympus™, and none of them is built by Thin Air Gear™.
THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE BAG ON THE MARKET
Since Thin Air Gear™? first put the Olympus™ into the field, it has become the most recognizable Wheeled Loadout Bag™ in the military and government market. Units ask for it by name because they know what it delivers: a bag that survives deployments, airfield ramps, conex boxes and years of hard use, and comes home ready to go again.
That reputation wasn’t built overnight. It was built over nearly 20 years of feedback from the field, continuous improvement, and a refusal to cut corners on materials or construction. For nearly 20 years, no other bag has delivered the same quality, and no other company has built the Olympus™.
Expandable from 6,750 to 9,000 cubic inches
Hangable, with three Velcro shelves
INTRODUCING THE G5
The G5 Olympus™ builds on everything that made previous generations the standard:
• Expandable, wheelable, ruckable
• Unexpanded 30″ x 15″ x 15″ (6,750 cu. in.)
• Expanded 40″ x 15″ x 15″ (9,000 cu. in.)
• Patented 4″ Shark Wheels, dual ball bearing, 200 lb load capacity
• Retractable composite HD 14″ metal telescoping handle
• ABS frame system with 360° closed-cell foam protection
• 1000D Cordura fabric with ballistic back
• TEK69 twisted filament thread, double stitched and bartacked
• YKK #10 zippers
• Top opening 12″ access flap
• 3 shelves with top 360° Velcro
• 3 inside storage pockets, 3-D aerospace mesh
• Front document pocket, 4 x 6 marking window, ID insert
• 9″ cloth pull and hanging handle
• Available in Berry Amendment and TAA compliant versions
• TSA compliant · Limited lifetime warranty
PART NUMBERS
Patented 4″ Shark Wheels, rated to 200 lbs
Top access flap: reach your gear without unpacking
HOW TO KNOW IT’S A GENUINE OLYMPUS™
• Look for the logo. Every authentic Olympus™ carries the Thin Air Gear™ logo. No logo, no Olympus™.
• One manufacturer. Thin Air Gear™ is the only company that has ever built the Olympus™. No other company is, or has ever been, licensed to make it.
• Watch the name. Lookalike bags are being offered under similar-sounding names. A similar name is not the same bag.
• Order it right. When buying through government channels, specify a genuine Thin Air Gear™ Olympus™ by our part number (OLY-G5-), manufactured by Thin Air Gear LLC™.
• When in doubt, ask us. Contact Thin Air Gear™ directly and we will verify it.
“When somebody copies your product, it’s a compliment. It means you built something worth copying,” said Anthony Gonzalez, Vice President of Sales at Thin Air Gear™. “But our customers deserve to know what they’re getting. Thin Air Gear™ is the only company that has ever built the Olympus™, and no one else is licensed to make it. If you find one without our logo, it isn’t ours. Accept no substitutes.”
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