Stash Bag V2 - Update
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The stash bag is back, and it’s better for the delay
The Lone Peak Stash Bag is a semi-rigid, MOLLE-mounted pouch for the panels inside your camper — the back of the Gear Vault, your side panel, anywhere you’ve got webbing and a need to get small stuff off the floor. We prototyped it, we liked it, and then our supplier went out of business before the first production order shipped. So this is the V2 update: what we changed, why, and where soft goods are headed at Lone Peak.
Tyler runs supply chain, inventory, and stock tracking at Lone Peak and is now developing product alongside Kyle. He’s the project manager on bringing the stash bag to market, and most of what’s below comes straight from his walkthrough in the video above.
What changed from V1
We only ever made three of the original bag, so calling it a “V1” is generous. But living with those three taught us enough to rework four things on the second pass.
Attachment points moved to the back. The original straps came off the top of the bag. When you mounted it to a MOLLE panel, the strap geometry squished the top of the bag closed and it never sat flat. On V2 the connection points are on the back panel, with strap lengths spaced to match the webbing pitch on Lone Peak MOLLE panels.
We tried a quick-release and killed it. One sample used a pull-strap quick-release that stayed on the panel while the bag came off. It wasn’t as clean or as secure as we wanted, and we didn’t love a rubber component riding on the metal of the MOLLE panel long-term. Our take: most owners don’t want to take the stash bag off anyway. It lives in the camper.
Zipper pulls got an upgrade. Small part, easy to overlook, and the thing that generates customer emails. The original used a plain string pull, one supplier sent bare metal zippers, and a third sent a pull that Kyle ripped clean off on camera. We’re going with a solid cord pull with a shrink-wrap sleeve — more grip than a bare zipper, more durable than a loose string.
The bag is now semi-rigid. V1 had a stiffener in the back panel and nothing on the sides, so it slumped when it hung on a door. V2 adds side structure. When the bag is mounted and you push on it, it holds its shape. That makes it easier to see what’s inside and easier to find a zipper one-handed. We were worried a stiffener would make the bag feel cheap or let contents fall out. It didn’t. The insert fits so tightly it’s almost impossible to remove — exactly what you want.
What a sample round looks like
Our usual process for soft goods: write one spec, send it to several suppliers, and compare what comes back. Most of the time this surfaces the best interpretation of the design. Occasionally it shows you what happens when a spec is read very literally.
One supplier added a small internal tab to hold the stiffener in place — a thoughtful detail we didn’t ask for. Then they used a stiffener plastic that flexed like a cereal box. Good idea, wrong material. That’s the sample round doing its job.
A couple of the V2 samples also came back shorter than our spec. The suppliers only had certain die sizes on hand, so they cut samples to the nearest existing die to turn them around fast. For the production run they’ll open a new die to our dimensions. The bags are die-cut and then sonic welded, which is why every sample is waterproof even though a bag that lives inside a camper doesn’t need to be.
What’s left before production:
- A handful of small fit-and-finish changes
- Final die at the correct size
- Lock in the zipper pull spec with the chosen supplier
We feel good about the structure, the mounting, and the overall shape. This one is close.
Where soft goods fit at Lone Peak
Developing soft goods is fun, and it’s cheap to prototype. Kyle’s first bag project, back in the camera industry, was a backpack mocked up out of cardboard over a weekend in a rented house in LA. We call that process CAD — Cardboard Aided Development. It’s still where every Lone Peak product starts.
The bigger reason we’re leaning into bags: a camper is a serious purchase, and not everyone who wants to be part of Lone Peak is ready for one yet. You can join Trailhub, follow a few builds, roll out on a Convoy, and carry a piece of Lone Peak gear long before you bolt a camper to your truck. Soft goods make that possible.
To be clear, we’re not trying to become a bag company. The goal is a short series of pieces that make the camper a better product. The stash bag is the first.
The second is already named...
The Trash Stash, the survey, and a contest
Everyone who runs a vehicle trash bag has an opinion about it. Kyle runs one behind the passenger seat headrest that his kids use as much as he does, and a tailgate bag he likes just as much. The next Lone Peak soft good is a camper-friendly version of that idea: the Trash Stash.
Yes, it’s a bad joke. Yes, it stuck.
Two ways to get involved:
- Take the survey. We want to know how you actually use bags in your rig — what you carry, where it mounts, what your favorite bag is and why. The survey link is below this post. It directly shapes the Trash Stash and whatever comes after it.
- Enter the Trash Stash contest. The bag is getting a logo somewhere on it — possibly the front, possibly in the form of a terrible mustache. Upload a photo of your trashiest mustache with your survey response. It doesn’t have to be your own, but it’s better if it is. We’ll post the finalists on social media, and the winning stash inspires the one that goes on the production bag.
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