Aaron Radcliffe
Aaron Radcliffe is the Hong Kong-based founder of Nomads Nation, reviewing travel and everyday carry gear, hosting bag-world conversations and building backpacks through Fyro.
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Nomads NationOverview
- Based in
- Hong Kong
- Known as
- Founder of Nomads Nation and Fyro
- Focus
- Travel gear, backpacks and everyday carry
- Early travel chapter
- Began collecting points and miles in November 2012
- Milestone
- Fyro T22 raised more than $373,000 on Kickstarter in 2024
Mini bio
How it started.
Aaron’s travel story began before the backpack reviews. In a 2016 Million Mile Secrets interview, he said he started collecting points and miles in November 2012, before he had traveled internationally as an adult. He described Nomads Nation as a way for travelers to help one another explore the world.
From travel stories to gear.
Nomads Nation grew from a small travel blog into a resource for gear reviews. Aaron also wrote for The Broke Backpacker, whose author biography describes him as USA-born and based in Hong Kong, with extensive travels around East Asia. Backpacks, slings, wallets and luggage became the center of his work.
Building with the community.
In June 2022, Aaron announced that he would build a backpack and document the process publicly. He involved his audience in decisions about the bag’s features. That project became Fyro’s T22, whose 2024 Kickstarter campaign raised more than $373,000 from over 1,800 backers. The final episode of his Building a Backpack series went inside the production process.
The conversation keeps growing.
Alongside his reviews and Fyro products, Aaron hosts the Nomads Nation Podcast. His guests include fellow reviewers and bag-brand founders, with conversations covering favorite gear, manufacturing and the practical work of building a bag company.
Creditschronological, newest first
Video and audio
- 2026Nomads Nation Podcast: Alpaka’s Origin StoryHost and interviewer
- 2024What It Really Takes to Make a BackpackCreator, Building a Backpack series
Products
- 2024Fyro T22 backpackFyro founder and creator
Travel and gear writing
Quotes
So I stopped searching and started building.Aaron Radcliffe, Fyro’s origin story
Describing why testing hundreds of bags led him to create his own backpack brand.
Trivia
- His Fyro team biography describes him as obsessed with dumplings.
- In his 2016 travel interview, he recalled booking a spontaneous trip from Hong Kong through Tokyo to Lima using miles.
- He told the same interviewer that he preferred homemade spreadsheets for organizing his points and miles.
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