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I think it's time for Klass Designs to become a viable producer of lightweight Bpacking goods. And that goes for anyone else that can pull it off with a needed product. I have other ideas that could be marketed and some are variations I learned about on this site. The irony is that I've been PMed and called brilliant for something that someone else came up with. I did fess up though and didn't take credit for it. But the idea, even though not my own could still be marketed.


Actually, i have been toying with the idea. I even went so far as to contact some different manufacturing companies overseas to see what kind of price points i could sell the gear at. I have designed my own backpacks, quilts, and even tents (Tarptent Sub-Lite ring a bell?), and would love to do it just to sell some gear that I would actually buy myself, not to make a million dollars (Big Sky ring another bell?). I think we need to start a TLB co-op and design and build our own gear! We have members here that are expert lawyers, design, manufacturing and retail specialists, as well as sales reps. What are we all waiting for?

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It's a good idea and like Jason pointed out it takes capital to do it right. I have several ideas myself but are not new just a little different. I love the cottage industry style of producing and selling goods and keep the big boys out of it.
Example, when I was in the music biz (many years) we hired music lawyers to shop us to major lables and blew a lot of OPM (other peoples money) to no aviale. We then decided to produce our own stuff and release it ourselfs with moderate success. It's still available for sale and a couple of tunes were picked up to replace music in a couple of old TV episodes. Google- Calculated X- (my 80's band)
It would be fun and maybe profitable to start a TLB co-op. I would like to see my ideas and others for sale here. With a portion going to support this site. And maybe enough $$ to do R&D in the woods. Imagine, what a lifestyle.

Planning my next escape...