Brand profile

Tatonka

Family-owned German outdoor brand from Dasing making trekking and travel backpacks, tents and camping gear in its own Vietnamese factories.

DasingOrigin

UnisexFocus

Gorpcore / OutdoorStyle

$$Price

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What to know about Tatonka

It owns the factories it sews in

Products are designed in Dasing and stitched in Tatonka's own SA8000-certified plants in Vietnam, which the company opens to outside visitors under an Open Factory policy.

Full expedition kit, not just packs

Beyond trekking and travel backpacks and duffels, the range runs to tents, tarps, cookware, first-aid kits and accessories, with tactical sibling Tasmanian Tiger since 1999.

Family-run, function-first, mid-price

Second-generation owner Andreas Schechinger still runs the 1993 company, and sustainability work focuses on supply-chain traceability and the GREEN by Tatonka line.

Known forOutdoor & technicalBags & backpacks

StyleGorpcore / Outdoor Workwear / Heritage

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Poler

$$Casual campingPortland, United States

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Brand facts

Tatonka is a family-run German outdoor equipment maker headquartered in Dasing near Augsburg, led by second-generation owner and managing director Andreas Schechinger. It builds trekking and travel backpacks, duffels, tents, tarps, cookware, first-aid kits and accessories, plus tactical sister brand Tasmanian Tiger, founded in 1999. Products are developed in Dasing and sewn in the company's own SA8000-certified factories in Vietnam, which Tatonka opens to visitors under its Open Factory policy. Sustainability work centres on traceability and the GREEN by Tatonka line; the bison logo references the film Dances with Wolves.

Founded: 1993
Origin: Dasing, Germany
Made in: Vietnam
Price: $$
Focus: Unisex
Facts checked: August 2026
Styles: Gorpcore / Outdoor, Workwear / Heritage

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