The SIX won’t ship until December, but so far, the preliminary word is promising and the audience is eager. Then, we make tweaks and changes to the molds based on our findings from real-life testing.” “Luggage behavior is very difficult to imitate in prototypes, which is why our process is directed toward creating the real product as soon as possible to use and test in real life.
“Kickstarter is the best platform to produce our product, test the market, and get feedback from early adopters and future enthusiasts,” he says.
Given the brand’s unique designs, it’s doubtful it would have trouble attracting traditional backers, but according to Netta, the crowdfunding approach is a feature, not a bug. Why Crowdfunding Helps Produce a Better Carry-On “The extraction of the handle is no longer activated by a push button, but by twisting the grip in a way that each side can work independently a main lever that attaches both sides together all the time,” he says. Aiming to avoid overweight baggage fees and maximize packing space, they created a carry-on with low ground clearance and a streamlined, spacious interior, not to mention those eye-catching split push handles. “We made a calculated decision to do one thing that contradicts what most other companies are trying to do: less,” says Netta. It took G-RO’s small research and development team 24 months to conceive the SIX, from brainstorming to design to production-and they were keeping it simple. Indeed, it’s an idea so intuitive you wonder why no one thought of it sooner.
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Professional travelers are rolling luggage more often than any of these other types of equipment, and it is an anomaly in the industry that luggage hasn’t advanced to this stage already.” “The entire industry of rolling equipment has moved to the push configuration: children’s strollers, golf carts, mail carriers, shopping carts…. “We call it the end of luggage, because you’re no longer lugging,” says Netta Dor Shalgi, founder and lead designer at G-RO. The brand’s third Kickstarter campaign launched this week for the SIX: a stroller-style rollaboard with big wheels and a diagonal handle that lets you push the bag instead of pulling it behind you. G-RO has produced every item in its collection via crowdfunding, with celebrities like Will Smith, Mark Ronson, and Scooter Braun lending their support, and its latest is no exception. Say goodbye to the suitcase as you know it.Īnyone who’s struggled to maneuver a carry-on down a narrow airplane aisle knows that boarding can be tricky, but one luggage company is aiming to simplify the process.
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