Our Story
ALPAKA
Born in the spirit of the alpaca, our story is one of relentless forward motion. Just as these resilient explorers navigate everything from fertile valleys to the windswept peaks of the Andes, ALPAKA gear is built to thrive in every environment your journey demands—urban, wild, and everywhere in‑between. We engineer each piece with high‑performance, remarkably durable recycled fabrics, transforming discarded plastic into carry solutions that empower you to Keep Moving Forward™ while treading lightly on the planet.
OUR MOTTO – KEEP MOVING FORWARD™
Life isn’t a straight line. It’s switchbacks, layovers, and last‑minute detours. Through every surge of possibility and stretch of uncertainty, ALPAKA is the steady companion that helps you turn motion into momentum. Engineered from advanced, recycled fabrics and built for serious mileage, our gear gives you the quiet confidence to adapt, explore, and keep moving forward, no matter where the path bends next.
Our Design
We start with one simple question: Will this earn its place on your journey every day? From there, every millimeter is considered. We fuse advanced recycled textiles with precision engineering to create carry solutions that slip effortlessly into city life, long‑haul travel, and the unexpected detours between. Clean lines keep the look refined; thoughtfully placed pockets, magnetic hardware, and modular add‑ons keep you organized without thinking. The result is gear that feels instinctive, looks elevated, and stands up to a lifetime of motion. Always ready for whatever today or tomorrow brings.
Our Quality
A bag should do more than carry—it should amplify the way you move through the world. That’s why every ALPAKA piece is engineered like a precision instrument, built from next‑generation, recycled textiles that shrug off weather, wear, and time itself. We pair these fabrics with YKK AquaGuard® zippers, custom magnetic hardware, and reinforced seams, then validate each design through laboratory stress tests and feedback from real users in varied conditions (from humid city streets to dusty backcountry trails). Only when a product meets our exacting standards for reliability and effortless organization does it earn the ALPAKA mark and our lifetime workmanship guarantee. Your gear shouldn’t just keep up; it should inspire you to Keep Moving Forward with absolute confidence, wherever tomorrow leads.
Our Community
We launched ALPAKA in late 2016 with the 7ven Messenger on Kickstarter, and thousands of backers transformed a single design into a global movement. Today, that movement is a living R&D lab: your commute tests our zippers, your weekend treks validate our fabrics, and your candid feedback turns sketches into carry solutions that thrive everywhere from Melbourne trams to Andean trails. United by a belief in purposeful innovation and planet‑minded progress, we keep challenging what gear can do, together. The journey is still unfolding, and every new explorer shapes the next chapter.
Sustainability
Sustainability isn’t an add‑on; it’s our design brief. Every ALPAKA product begins with a single goal: lighten your load and the planet’s. We engineer high‑performance textiles from post‑consumer plastic, build gear tough enough to outlast trends, and spec components that can be repaired rather than replaced, cutting waste at its source.
Our product choices are just the first step. As committed members of 1% for the Planet, we channel a portion of every sale into environmental nonprofits that protect the landscapes and coastlines our community explores, most notably our long‑standing partnership with the Surfrider Foundation. We also measure and steadily shrink our carbon footprint, pushing suppliers toward cleaner processes and lower‑impact logistics.
The result is carry equipment that propels you forward while advancing sustainability on every front: durable, repairable, responsibly made, and always ready for whatever tomorrow brings.