Colfax Smart Pack

by CO.ALITION. The Evolution of Carry™

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CO.ALITION™ is a Colorado-based company that has designed the most elegant and functional urban packs in the world. Our line of Colfax packs are the only tech-integrated smart packs in the world!

In August we did our first crowdfund raise, and blew past our initial goal of $15,000, raising nearly $51,000 from almost 200 backers — proving significant demand for our revolutionary Colfax Smart Pack.

Now we’re asking for your support again, so that we can get started on more exciting products. As a token of our gratitude, we’re offering pre-orders of our Colfax bags at well below retail prices. If you missed out last time, this is your chance!

Carry has been evolving since the dawn of man. Wherever you go, so must your stuff. But as the years pass, our needs change, and we’re living in an age where a simple sack just won’t cut it.

People need a way to not just carry physical objects, but to effectively carry, manage, and backup thousands of digital files, all while on the move. Further complicating things are the small issues of widely unreliable internet connections and device batteries that seem designed to drain fastest when you need them most.

Our Colfax packs solve all of these modern carry needs.

In a very short timeframe, CO.ALITION™ has made incredible strides. Here are just a few of our most notable accomplishments to date:

In August 2014, we won the prestigious Rising Star award from Carryology 

As a result, media outlets have been taking notice. Press mentions include:

            

CO.ALITION™ founders Jeff Popp and Casey Lorenzen both grew up in Colorado, and as a result have both spent most of their lives in the outdoors hiking, camping, fishing and snowboarding. In 2009, Jeff Popp graduated from college in the height of the recession, jobs were few and far between and the idea of taking the traditional "white-collar" path after college terrified him.

After a few months of working a job cleaning windows and refusing to set foot in the corporate world, Jeff took inspiration from practically growing up with a backpack on and started designing outdoor technical packs. He founded MHM in 2009 and he met Casey Lorenzen while still working on developing the first line of packs. They've been off and running with the MHM brand since.

Together they successfully built the MHM brand into one of the most talked about pack brands in the outdoor industry. In just a few short years, MHM gained incredible momentum with many design awards, recognition in major national publications and international distribution.

While MHM is still going strong, Jeff and Casey decided to branch out and find carry solutions for the urban pack world and started their second company, CO.ALITION™, in early 2014.  We have taken our heritage of creating some of the world’s best technical packs and applied it directly into the urban packs we make for CO.ALITION.

Jeff Popp, Co-Founder
Jeff grew up in the foothills near Golden, Colorado. He was introduced to the outdoors before he could even walk and pretty much grew up with a backpack on. From a very early age he was introduced to camping, fishing, hiking and snowboarding. In 2004, he decided to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder and, as a freshman, was placed on the University of Colorado Snowboard Team (CUST) where he spent most of college practicing, traveling and competing. He led the team as captain for three of his four years. During this time, the team won two national championships and Jeff was honored as an All-American his senior year.

Jeff graduated from the University of Colorado in 2009 with a Political Science degree which he clearly doesn't even come close to using. After graduation, he started designing outdoor technical backpacks and founded the brand MHM. Aside from the freedom of self-employment, Jeff loves the creative outlet of overseeing the product development and general vision of the company and its products. When not working Jeff enjoys doing just about anything outdoors, playing guitar, traveling, eating tacos and playing with his two dogs.

Casey Lorenzen, Co-Founder
Casey was born in Boulder and grew up in Loveland, Colorado. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Business Administration/Marketing, Casey has held positions with Quiksilver, the Denver Broncos and Kroenke Sports Enterprises. While building the MHM brand from the ground up, Casey has enjoyed every facet of running a company including brand management, media creation, marketing, event management and international relations.

When not working, Casey enjoys traveling, live music and photography; winning multiple awards and contests as well as having photos published in national publications. With a passion for exploring new cultures and countries, Casey tries to travel the world as much as possible. He spends much of his time in the Colorado mountains snowboarding, backpacking, fishing and camping, while also devoting as much time as possible to his wife, newborn daughter and his French bulldog, Monroe.

CO.ALITION™ products unite the old world of fabric with the new world of electronics, integrating them in a way that marks the next Evolution of Carry™.

Our Colfax bags provide:

an elegant, functional and timeless design that looks
and performs well in any environment



an integrated mobile computerized power supply for charging any USB device



an integrated mobile wireless hard drive so you can access all your files anytime, anywhere

 

 

Intrigued? Below we’ve listed all the details and technical specs your heart desires.

THE PACK

  • CONTOURED, MOLDED FOAM BACKPANEL AND SHOULDER STRAPS FOR THE MOST COMFORTABLE CARRY YOU’LL FIND IN AN URBAN PACK
  • FOAM REINFORCED SIDE PANELS NOT ONLY KEEP THE PACK’S FORM WHILE EMPTY, BUT ALSO PROTECT YOUR ELECTRONICS FROM IMPACT

  • LARGE “U” POCKET ALLOWS THE ENTIRE FRONT PANEL TO OPEN LIKE A SUITCASE, MAKING ACCESS TO EVERY PART OF THE PACK QUICK AND EASY
  • SIMPLE ONE-HANDED MAGNETIC BUCKLES
  • LARGE VERTICAL FRONT FLAP WITH ADJUSTABLE STRAPS PROVIDES EXTERNAL STORAGE. ITEMS LIKE BIKE HELMETS, SKATEBOARDS OR JACKETS CAN BE SECURED WITHOUT TAKING UP ROOM INSIDE THE PACK.
  • 2 LARGE ZIPPERED WATER RESISTANT URETHANE COATED MESH POCKETS

 

  • INCLUDED DEPLOYABLE PACK-SLICKER™ RAINFLY TO KEEP YOUR GEAR AND ELECTRONICS DRY
  • DURABLE 300 DENIER POLYESTER FABRIC WILL HOLD UP TO YEARS OF ABUSE BUT STILL FEELS SOFT TO THE TOUCH
  • ORGANIZED CABLE ROUTING SYSTEM GIVES YOU MULTIPLE CHARGING LOCATION OPTIONS
  • CHARGING POCKETS ARE PADDED AND LINED WITH SOFT MICRO-FIBER

THE TECH

  • HIGH SPEED PASS-THRU™ CHARGING CHARGES BOTH THE INTEGRATED POWER SUPPLY AND YOUR DEVICE AT THE SAME TIME FROM A SINGLE WALL OUTLET CORD. NO OTHER CHARGING SYSTEM CAN DO THIS.
  • THE COLFAX’S POWER SUPPLY IS NOT ONLY INTEGRATED INTO THE PACK BUT OFFERS COMPUTERIZED SMART CHARGING. MEANING IT AUTOMATICALLY HOW MUCH POWER IT CAN SEND TO THE DEVICE TO SAFELY CHARGE IT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND ANY LEFTOVER POWER WILL GO TO CHARGE THE POWER SUPPLY ITSELF.
  • THE SINGLE WALL OUTLET CORD DEPLOYS OUT OF A SPECIAL EXTERNAL POCKET SO THE PACK’S POWER SUPPLY AND CONNECTED DEVICES CAN BE CHARGED WITHOUT ACCESSING THE INTERIOR OF THE PACK. NO NEED TO RE-ROUTE AND PLUG IN CABLES TO CHARGE THE POWER SUPPLY. YOU LITERALLY PLUG YOUR PACK STRAIGHT INTO THE WALL - AC WALL CUBE INCLUDED.

 

THE CLOUD

  • QUICK WIRELESS ACCESS TO ALL YOUR FILES & MEDIA WITHOUT AN INTERNET CONNECTION. iT’S LIKE A PERSONAL CLOUD SERVICE THAT GOES WHEREVER YOU GO & ALLOWS YOU TO BE ON-THE-GO & OFF-THE-GRID
  • NOT ONLY WORKS WITH COMPUTERS, BUT THE PACK BROADCASTS ITS OWN SECURE WI-FI NETWORK SO YOU CAN WIRELESSLY STREAM MEDIA AND FILES TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICES.
  • ALLOWS MOBILE DEVICES TO RUN SMOOTHER BY KEEPING LARGE FILES OFF YOUR SMARTPHONE OR TABLET, YET KEEPING THEM WIRELESSLY ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIME, TO ALL DEVICES.
  • 500GB OF STORAGE ALLOWS YOU TO LOAD UP TO 250 MOVIES OR THOUSANDS OF SONGS, PHOTOS OR DOCUMENTS.
  • COLLABORATE: ALLOWS UP TO 8 TABLETS, SMARTPHONES OR COMPUTERS TO ACCESS AND STORE CONTENT AT THE SAME TIME.
  • DRAG-AND-DROP TO LOAD FILES FROM YOUR MAC OR PC, OR USE THE INCLUDED USB 3.0 ADAPTER TO LOAD FILES UP TO 10X FASTER THAN OVER WI-FI.
  • STREAMS MEDIA TO YOUR TV, COMPATIBLE WITH APPLE AIRPLAY, GAME CONSOLES, SMART TVS, CONNECTED BLU-RAY PLAYERS AND OTHER DEVICES CAN WIRELESSLY ACCESS THE CONTENT STORED IN YOUR PACK.

THE PERKS

  • RUGGED ELECTRONICS ARE TOUGH AND WATER-RESISTANT
  • LED LIGHTS INDICATE CHARGING STATUS
  • THE LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERY CAN STORE UNUSED POWER FOR WEEKS
  • CAN PROVIDE UP TO 2 FULL PHONE CHARGES
  • COMPATIBLE WITH VIRTUALLY ANY DEVICE THAT CAN BE CHARGED VIA USB INCLUDING: SMARTPHONES, TABLETS, GOPRO™ AND OTHER VIDEO UNITS, MP3 PLAYERS, DIGITAL/VIDEO CAMERAS, E-READERS, GPS UNITS, HEADLAMPS, LIGHTS, RADIOS, TRAVEL PRINTERS AND SCANNERS.
  • WI-FI RANGE OF UP TO 150FT
  • THE WI-FI NETWORK ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR AN INTERNET CONNECTION OR MOBILE DEVICE DATA PLAN TO ACCESS FILES.
  • NO NEED TO EVER GO INSIDE THE PACK TO OPERATE THE DEVICE. THE POWER BUTTON IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A CLEAR, PROTECTIVE WINDOW ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PACK. LED CHARGE LEVEL INDICATOR AND WI-FI STATUS INDICATOR ARE ALSO VISIBLE.
  • SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: WI-FI ENABLED DEVICES WITH A WEB BROWSER, iOS 4.3 OR HIGHER, OR KINDLE FIRE. COMPUTER: MAC OS X 10.6 OR HIGHER, WINDOWS 7, WINDOWS 8, WINDOWS VISTA OR WINDOWS XP.

Our last crowdfunding raise was such a success that we will be able to deliver all of our pre-orders without any delays. But now we want to build on this early success and bring the world more evolved carry options. We're working now on developing a slightly smaller pack, as an alternative to the Colfax. Looking to the future, we also want to develop a camera/video pack, and a pack designed specifically for traveling. 

With this fundraise we hope to raise $10,000 to fund development and design of these products, and to refresh our website to better suit our needs as the company grows. Every contribution brings us closer to achieving our goal, so thank you! To express our gratitude, we've lined up some great rewards: 



Pledge $129+
Receive the Colfax. This is the pack only, without any tech. Be one of the first to own a Colfax, for $70 less than retail price!


Pledge $199+
Receive the Colfax P. This version of the pack includes the integrated power supply, so you can charge any USB device on the go. Be one of the first to own a Colfax P for $96 less than retail price!

Pledge $395+
Receive the Colfax PHD 500GB. This version of the pack includes the mobile wireless hard drive as well as the integrated power supply, so you can access all your files anytime, anywhere, AND charge any USB device on the go. Be one of the first to own a Colfax PHD for $100 less than retail price!

Pledge $459+
Receive the Colfax PHD 1TB. This version of the pack includes the mobile wireless hard drive as well as the integrated power supply, so you can access all your files anytime, anywhere, AND charge any USB device on the go. Be one of the first to own a Colfax PHD for $190 less than retail price!

Pledge $495+
Receive the Colfax PHD 2TB. This version of the pack includes the mobile wireless hard drive as well as the integrated power supply, so you can access all your files anytime, anywhere, AND charge any USB device on the go. Be one of the first to own a Colfax PHD for $200 less than retail price!

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