Blog: “Save your backpack!”
the day that started it all and got my wheels turning on my idea…PACK HOLD CARRY
That bad day started it all, and of course, I was in hurry. I get it… cars have blowouts, but I would never think my backpack would, but I would stuff the heck out of it… so it was coming. What I didn’t realize was that day was the beginning of my wheels turning on an idea of how to pack, hold and carry just a little bit more and still keep you hands-free and still use that one existing backpack that you love to carry with you. It was a seed that was planted and years go by and my trucking career was the spark to ignite it to fruition because I wanted everything I needed to be on my back. So my drives became my think tank and I would revisit that day of the blowout on my pack to lots of stuff in my hands and how to make it work. So from idea to product, the All-American backpack accessory was born, and its purpose was to save my sanity and hopefully others when I decided to put it out there for sale. It evolved on its own somehow that it does more than what its sole purpose was meant to do. Bonus!
Changing the size of backpacks one net at a time
Times have changed from early childhood years to now, I guess that’s why they say change is constant. I know backpacks came a long way from my school days, with more pockets, more rugged, and lots of thought put into them, some are even more stylish than others and come with a laptop sleeve. My days in high school “what’s a laptop.” Our contents in our backpack seem more expensive than my trapper keeper and pencil box, carrying clothes and other stuff may not have changed much, but what I do know is that the days out there are longer, our commutes are longer for some, and the work days are longer and not by choice. Only if our vacations were longer. We need to carry our essentials, at least I do, I don’t want anything to slow me down from point A to point B. Like many most of the time I do what I have to do, and sometimes I get to do what I want to do.
Work hard and play harder right? well my playing hard days are more steady now, I’ll say life for me right now is a marathon than a sprint, but I was a sprinter in my younger days, out and about I would give up sleep to give myself more time to get out there wherever and not miss a minute. In many of my adventures, my pack came along. I didn’t think much of it then as I do now, it was a silent friend all those years which I treated roughly at times stuffing it, throwing it, and even dirtying it up. I guess older age brings maturity and I respect my packs more than ever and really because prices have gone up, backpacks were cheaper in my early years everything was, now in my marathon life it’s about preserving what you have, and rightfully so, we spend our hard-earned money on our stuff, mine as well take care of it, right?…more money for outings then!
It’s more than saving money now, it’s about saving your sanity, as well as saving your backpack. So, when you’re ready to shove that sweater in that tight already pocket when you hear that tearing sound stop before your whole hand goes thru it, and don’t wait till the last day to pack…” that’s a whole other rant there.” and as always if your pack needs that helping hand to give you your hands back you should check into the All American backpack accessory and save your sanity…” I mean your pack!”
PACK HOLD CARRY…just a little bit more
