BauBax LLC is a Chicago based product design firm that designs and manufactures creative lifestyle products. With the purpose of solving the many inconveniences of traveling, BauBax began its Kickstarter campaign on July 7th to raise $20,000 to launch the “worlds best jacket” in this November. It hit that target in just over 5 hours and has raised$1,724,773 from 10,030 backers till now.
Regarded as the “Swiss Army Knife of travel wear” by CNN Money, this travel jacket has 15 built-in features including neck pillow, eye mask, earphone holders, drink pocket, pen stylus, portable charger pocket and gloves. Available in 4 styles, sweatshirt, windbreaker, bomber, blazer.
The project team is comprised of seasoned entrepreneurs, fashion designers, user experience designers, and supply chain experts with more than 40 years of entrepreneurial and manufacturing experience. All these built-in features are very helpful and each of them is designed to settle a certain inconvenience while traveling.
For an instance, all 4 BauBax jackets come with a detachable pillow which inflates in only two seconds. The specialized drink pocket is made of insulated neoprene, which can keep hot drinks warm, cold drinks cool. Plus, the hood of the wrinkle free blazer can be quickly detached to turn it into a Business Jacket, making it a professional suit.
In addition to those fabulous functions, BauBax asserts that they has identified and secured the best quality fabric manufacturers who are suppliers to the worlds top apparel brands. If this is the case, travelers would benefit a lot from this jacket: multiple functions, high quality, and good appearance.
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