Tropicfeel makes versatile, expandable travel backpacks that can be heavily customised with additional accessories – and the Wardrobe is one of their most genius bolt-ons. Compatible with their Shell, Hive and Shelter backpacks as well as their Lift 40L Rollerbag, the wardrobe is a packing system with in-built compression. So not only does it keep your stuff organised, but it also squashes it down so you can pack up to 20% more gear. When you get where you're going, you can hang the whole thing on the back of a door, the end of a bed or even from the extended handle of Tropicfeel's own trolley suitcase to make a neat freestanding wardrobe with all your clothes in easy reach. The wardrobe has three sections, consisting of mesh zip compartments for socks and underwear, a larger open shelf for trousers and shirts etc., and a clever little hive of small compartments that are designed to take rolled T-shirts and towels.
Tropicfeel are relatively new on the scene – but appropriately enough for a company that started out making ‘the world’s most crowdfunded shoe’, this Barcelona-based brand has hit the ground running.
Their story started in 2016, when co-founder Alberto Espinós and his mate returned from a backpacking trip to Thailand with a serious gripe. The problem, as they saw it, was that their gear just wasn't versatile enough. They were ponying around multiple sets of kit for various different activities, spread across a mismatched set of duffels, day-packs and bum-bags.
Alberto’s vision of travel was one where a single set of apparel would do for hiking, adventurous activities and city breaks, and where adaptable, modular luggage could be combined with an efficient 'ecosystem' of accessories. Working from the ground up, he began by designing a multi-functional travel shoe, pitching it straight to a worldwide community of globe-trotters through an ambitious and meticulously planned crowdfunder.
What followed was one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns ever to come out of Spain, and Tropicfeel have been quietly rewriting the backpacker rulebook ever since.
What's kind of special about Tropicfeel is an obsessive desire to move forward – to make each new product and iteration that bit cleverer and more versatile than the last. They're also hugely conscious of their own impact, with recycled materials and ethical manufacturing at the heart of pretty much everything they do.
-Ambra, Verified Buyer
