There are tons of backpacks and bags that come with poorly fitting solar panels or bulky batteries that claim to keep your gadgets juiced up while you’re out and about, but most of them are heavy on gimmick and light on utility. It’s those frustrations that led the community at Quirky to develop the Trek Support, a new backpack that’s both a fully functional charging station for your laptop, phone, and other gadgets as well as a TSA compliant laptop bag that’s safe to travel with and doesn’t look out of place on the street.
The Trek Support is one of their newest products. It features a clamshell design with a large main compartment and zippered outer pockets for valuables, and is made of durable, waterproof nylon that keeps the interior dry. Inside the Trek Support is a padded nylon board with mesh pockets that can fit a 15″ laptop, and up to three other gadgets like an eReader, mp3 player, or camera. At the bottom of the boars is the rechargeable battery that connects to and charges your devices over USB.
Quirky is unique in that its user and design community is responsible for coming up with product ideas, financing them with pre-orders, and then releasing them to the public for general purchase. The Trek Support is currently in the pre-order phase, and if interest is high enough Quirky will manufacture it for broader sale. You can pre-order one now for $130 list price.
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