CiloGear Packs

Light, strong, award-winning backpacks coveted by alpine climbers everywhere

Sharp-eyed mountain enthusiasts, take note: The next time that you see an advertisement for high-end alpine equipment, the depicted athlete may very well be sporting a backpack made by CiloGear. On a recent visit to the backpack-maker’s office and manufacturing facility deep in a rambling warren of a building on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, CiloGear founder Graham Williams showed us a Patagonia ad featuring …

Chrome Reflective Camo Collection

Three packs made with reflective glass-bead print for heightened visibility up to 100 feet

From the sleek Niko camera bag to the ever-spacious Sotnik duffel, San Francisco’s Chrome seems to really be on-point these days. And since they’re best known for their bike-ready commuter bags, the introduction of their latest high-vis line of bags was a welcome one. The limited edition Reflective Camo Collection is made with a special glass-bead-printed fabric that reflects at a distance up to 100 …

Vantigo San Francisco

Changing the way people see the city with personalized tours in a refurbished '71 Volkswagen van

Erik and Amy Hormann felt that as a young, entrepreneurial couple, they needed some justification for buying a bright red 1971 Volkswagen Van—as if owning a bright red 1971 Volkswagen Van wasn’t justification alone. With so many on-the-go services on the rise in cities like San Francisco, the options and opportunities seemed endless. And it was with their love for their home city that Vantigo …