San Francisco sister brands Alite Designs and Boreas Gear teamed up to create the perfect urban commuter pack with utility-based design and uncompromised style. Their collaboration is just like the perfect PB&J sandwich with equal parts peanut butter and jelly, or in this case with equal parts of Alite and Boreas features.
Alite provided the body design of the pack, made of a technical, weatherproof wax canvas, which was crafted in their SF workshop to perfectly fit Boreas’s contribution, their signature SuperTramp Suspension system. This system can be converted from a high-ventilation trampoline suspension to a conventional high-stability suspension with just a pull of a strap, meaning more airflow and no more sweaty backs! Together these two pieces work in harmony to provide stability, comfort and storage. Other notable features of the pack include a roll-top closure, foam backing insert, leather straps for exterior storage and an adjustable hip belt and sternum strap.
This slate-colored beauty is now available online as a limited edition pack on the Alite website. However, Alite and Boreas have assured us that this is just the beginning of future collaborations and innovations by the two brands!
Photos courtesy of Alite Designs.
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