I was introduced to the WOBIG Portable Gearstand in the ADS booth. Many of us made them from scrap lumber while deployed and there are quite a few on the market, but this is the first one of I’ve run across that is so well packaged for transport.
The inspiration for the stand would make any one of us proud. During brand founder Tim Wobig’s second deployment to Afghanistan where he built an ad-hoc model using items he found.
The production model will accommodate armor and helmet in excess of 85 pounds of gear despite weighing in at just 2.4 lbs itself. Easy to deploy, it snaps open in the seconds.
The spine is aircraft-grade aluminum, first polished then anodized while the arms and legs are composed of glass-filled nylon.
The WOBIG Portable Gearstand also has a cool development story. It was refined in conjunction with faculty and midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy over a 2 ½ period. The final product was released in December 2023 during the company founder’s final deployment to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1998, Tim served in multiple locations in the states and overseas before transferring to the Army National Guard as a Commissioned Officer in 2009.
He is currently deployed overseas on active-duty with the rank of Major. When his tour completes, Tim plans to retire in the Midwest and spend more time with his wife and their seven-year-old twins.
During his 23 years of service, Tim remained passionate about his commitment to his brothers and sisters in arms. In his own words: “I always knew that I wanted to leave the military in a better place than when I found it.”
Veteran owned, the company is operated by Tim and his business partner, Marc Lurie.
www.wobiggear.com/products/stand-1