This week’s Friday Focus, we’re going to focus on one of our OEM brands. With fall right around the corner, it’s time to gear up for hunting season. Enter Hunt Redi, an American company that harnesses the technology and innovation of FirstSpear products in their own lineup of highly versatile, ultralight hunting products.
Why/How did Hunt Redi get its start?
As passionate outdoorsmen, we spend quite a bit of time each year passing the seasons hiking, camping, kayaking, hunting, etc and have all sorts of gear for these endeavors filling up the garage. One of our favorites pursuits is certainly chasing birds in the uplands and it simply became frustrating that upland hunters were being “left behind” in terms of innovative gear, clothing, etc. Year after year we complained among ourselves and had numerous, “man, I wish…” types of conversations when comparing our options in other ventures. During a pheasant hunting road trip to South Dakota we just started talking about “what if we…” and a number of years later we are hunting in our own gear.
What products do you have for 2021? (Maybe we discuss the modularity of your pockets and attachment points and the tech? or do you have something new in the works?)
The Deviate Upland Strap vest provides passionate upland hunters with a pack that further enables their pursuits in the field through a highly configurable, extremely durable, and ultralight platform. A wide selection of pouches, pockets, and accessories provide each individual with the opportunity to build a highly customized upland vest to meet their unique needs in the field.
There are options for private label manufacturing all around the world, how did you find us and why did you ultimately choose FirstSpear OEM manufacturing?
From the outset, we were simply not interested in offshore manufacturing options so we focused our partner search in the US which narrowed things down a bit. It’s a big question each organization must answer for themselves and there are implications with each direction. We were looking for specific capabilities, top shelf quality, and simply good people to work with as we launched Hunt Redi. After meeting with the folks at FirstSpear, it seemed like a natural fit for all of our needs in a partner.
Why was Made in the USA important to the brand?
The simple fact a couple of lifelong buddies are on this journey is evidence we still live in the land of opportunity and that the American dream is out there to chase for those willing to pursue it. We believe in it and feel a responsibility to support it.
What sets your product apart from others on the market?
Modular capabilities which not only include our pockets, pouches, accessories and numerous options available through FirstSpear but also any standard MOLLE/PALS accessories to provide an extremely customizable pack for upland hunters to meet their unique need in the field.
Extreme durability due to the military grade components sourced and handcrafted in the US to ensure our gear will hold up to the most demanding pursuits.
Ultralight platform while maintaining that modularity and durability due to the innovative and patented technologies to reduce fatigue allowing passionate upland hunters to go further.
Why did you choose FS Technology?
Due to some specific requirements we had for our product level roadmap, we needed specific capabilities for a partner – high configurability, extreme durability, and an impressive strength-to-weight ratio – and FirstSpear’s innovative technology and military spec materials were a perfect fit for our needs. When you combine what FirstSpear brings to the table from a manufacturing capability with people that simply “get it” when taking product ideas through the entire process of prototyping, testing, refinement, and production…it was a no brainer for Hunt Redi to work with FirstSpear to bring innovative gear to the upland hunting community.
For more information on Hunt Redi, check out www.huntredi.com
For more information on FirstSpear, check out www.first-spear.com