Be American Made

Celebrating American-made products and those that produce them.

Mission Workshop

Looking for an American Made waterproof bag? Maybe something to use on your overlanding adventures or perhaps just for those big rides to work? Say hello to Mission Workshop. All bags produces by Mission Workshop are made right here in America: From the initial design / prototyping to the actual manufacturing and finishing, every step of our bag’s production goes down right here in the USA (using domestic and foreign components). Continue reading

BuiltRight Industries

We love being outdoors. We love getting out and seeing what we can find. Especially if that means heading to the mountains or the lakes or anywhere we can spend a few days camping out of our truck. Finding quality products to helps us get the most out of our vehicle is important to us. Obviously, we like American Made products. We also like products that are functional. We’ve found all of these things at BuiltRight Industries. Continue reading

Tough Traveler

Tough Traveler has been designing and manufacturing American Made bags and packs in New York since 1970. Our talented artisans design and manufacture everything from small pouches to large wheeled luggage, from dog carrier backpacks to guitar bags. Our focus is on creating a sustainable product that is not only ethically made, but built to last for our customers for decades. The bags produced by Tough Traveler covers a wide gamut! Continue reading

Road Trip Potty

For the women among us, those long hours in a vehicle on a road trip can be a bit problematic when it comes to relieving oneself. Thankfully, the American Made Road Trip Potty exists to help alleviate any problems! The Road Trip Potty is exactly what it sounds like. A portable female urinal. As they say, “When not going is NOT an option!” The Road Trip Potty is the brainchild of Angela Brathwaite. Continue reading

Field Notes

Some of us really enjoy a quality note book for tracking our days or simply keeping our lists organized. Field Notes produces a full assortment of not only notebooks and memo books but also planners and calendars. All Made in America on papers sourced and manufactured in the U.S.A. The books are offered with various patterned pages. You can get graph, ruled, plain, dot-graph, ledger, checklist and planner. We are partial to the dot-graph pages. Continue reading

Baileyworks

We love quality bags. Backpacks, satchels, messenger bags. You name the type of bag and there is a very good chance we have several of them in the closet. When we find American Made bags we get excited. We have featured a a few American Made bag brands over the past 6 months or so, including Red Oxx, Rickshaw Bags and Bradley Mountain. Today we add a new company to the list: Baileyworks. Continue reading

Inside Line Equipment

Quality bags of all types are one item that we have been able to find numerous companies producing here in America. Previously we have featured Red Oxx, Rickshaw Bags, Range Leather, Bradley Mountain, Road Runner Bags, Frost River and ZPacks. Today we add another to that list: Inside Line Equipment. American Made at the core! ILE products are made from USA sourced materials, and designed with strength and simplicity in mind. Continue reading

Red Oxx

Bags. Almost everyone on the planet needs a good bag. Perhaps a backpack for school. Maybe a proper overnight bag for those one-night work trips. Maybe just a quality shoulder bag so you can carry items safely and securely. Red Oxx has all of these covered. And all of their bags are Made in America, in the beautiful state of Montana. The story of Red Ox is a great one. Starting in 1986 by a US Veteran of both the Marine Corp and the Army. Continue reading

Rickshaw Bags

Looking for a new bag? Peraps a backpack or maybe a messenger bag? Possibly a duffle or handbag or simply a laptop bag? Or, maybe you need a bike bag to outfit your ride. No matter what type of bag you are looking for, you’ll want one made in America. Rickshaw Bags handles all of these bags. And, they make them all in their facility in San Francisco, CA. Founder Mark Dwight left behind a career in high tech to run an existing messenger bag company way back in 2002 after the first dot-com bust. Continue reading

Gokey

Looking for quality boots that are handmade in the USA? Check out Gokey. These are about as far away from our most recently featured footwear companies, Toehold Flip Flops and Okabashi. Those were clearly for the beach, Gokey Boots are built for a more rugged arena. Each pair of Gokey boots is 100% made in the USA. Hand stitched by craftsmen. Nothing is outsourced, nothing is imported, we do it all ourselves, right here in Tipton Missouri. Continue reading
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