Knomo started with the realization that if you wanted a computer bag that wasn’t black, bulky and held together with Velcro and zips, you were out of luck. So Knomo’s designers decided that a knomo would be a bag that they would want, made from quality materials like real leather. And it wouldn’t just look nice, it would actually work – with space for things like PDA’s, MP3 players and those old favorites – pens and paper! Different styles have different features because the bag a woman executive needs is probably a little different than the one that a graphic designer wants. It’s a simple idea really; making bags that people actually like rather than ones they have to tolerate.

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Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers. Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing – as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, paddling and trail running. These are all silent sports. None requires a motor; none delivers the cheers of a crowd. In each sport, reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments of connection between us and nature.

Our values reflect those of a business started by a band of climbers and surfers, and the minimalist style they promoted. The approach we take towards product design demonstrates a bias for simplicity and utility.

At Patagonia, a love of wild and beautiful places demands participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in the overall environmental health of our planet. We donate our time, services and at least 1% of our sales to hundreds of grassroots environmental groups all over the world who work to help reverse the tide.

We know that our business activity – from lighting stores to dyeing shirts – creates pollution as a by-product. So we work steadily to reduce those harms. We use recycled polyester in many of our clothes and only organic, rather than pesticide-intensive, cotton.

Staying true to our core values during thirty-plus years in business has helped us create a company we’re proud to run and work for. And our focus on making the best products possible has brought us success in the marketplace.

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MacroLuggage just started carrying a new brand called Pacsafe. Get on with your adventure with Pacsafe travel security. A few moments thinking about it now can mean an entire trip spent enjoyng yourself. Every Pacsafe product is designed for your peace of mind - so you really can get out there and see more of the world. When your gear is secure, you can do more!

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In 1971, University of California Santa Cruz students Eric Reynolds and Dave Huntley were in Alaska on the Juneau Icefields on a school project in Glaciology. It was here on the glacier that the idea of a Marmot club began. They then made prototypes of down products in their dorm room. Their first products were a down vest, a sweater and a parka and, later, three down sleeping bags.

In 1976, Eric was one of the firsts in the US to see a new concept in outdoor performance fabrication: Gore-Tex. He was intrigued and, within a couple weeks, had sewn prototype sleeping bags in the new Gore-Tex fabric for field testing - in a commercial frozen meat locker. Everything in the line was changed to Gore-Tex fabrications, including the down garments and all the sleeping bags.

Marmot designed the first Gore-Tex bivy sack, and designed a Gore-Tex, single fabric layer, mountaineering tent: the Taku. Marmot is the oldest customer of Gore in the world outdoor market, but the company has not changed that much in twenty-nine years. It is still all about the highest quality performance product.

MacroLuggage now carries the Marmot brand.

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