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humangear was started by an independent product designer. We know how challenging it can be to get a good idea in front of the right people. While we have our own in-house design team constantly working on new products we also know that we're not going to have all the good ideas. You, the end user, are just as likely to have a great idea because you're the one out in the field, using products, seeing unmet needs, and envisioning ways to address those needs and create a better experience.

So, we are certainly open to working with independent consumers, designers and inventors who have compelling outdoor and travel accessory product ideas. We are working to establish a simple, straightforward process to do this. We hope to have more details about this process up in the near future. (Be patient, and please wait to submit your idea until we've got this system in place.)

In the meantime, we would encourage you to keep working on your ideas. Observe people using outdoor and travel gear. Ask yourself: What's missing? What could be better? How could I make the experience of using that product amazing? Sketch your ideas, make prototypes, test in the field. Repeat, repeat, repeat. The capCAP was a simple idea at first, but we went through many iterations and prototypes (3 are shown here) before we settled on a final design. Always remember - the human comes first!

If you are interested in knowing when we've posted our idea submission process, please sign up for our mailing list - we will announce the process via that list as soon as it's ready.

Thanks for your interest in humangear, and we look forward to reviewing your idea once our system is in place.

What's the Big Idea?

A few of the dozens and dozens of prototypes we made in developing the capCAP.