Outdoor Retailer announced the winners of the coveted Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards Tuesday at Outdoor Retailer Summer in Salt Lake City.
An independent panel of judges evaluated 137 total entries to determine the 13 winners. Products from the finalists are on display in the Innovation Gallery at the show.
TiCK MiTT, started by a father and daughter team, took the highest honor for Product of the Year for its reusable, microfiber glove that removes ticks from clothing, skin, and animal fur.
Other winners included:
Company Name – Entry
Astral – Indus
Pacific Adventure Works – Hideaway Sleeping Platform
Big Agnes – Circle Back Insulated
COAST Products – RL35R Voice
Solarcore – Solarcore Sc_Foam
Geartrade – Geartrade Branded Resale
Amazing Lab – STAKK
heat it US LLC – heat it
Caribou Mountaineering – Rucksack Zero
VITALOOP Inc – Vitaloop FlexGuard Filtration Bottle
LifeStraw – LifeStraw Sip
Polartec – Power Shield RPM
Entries were judged on four criteria:
- Spark – concept, design, appeal.
- Desire – opportunity, differentiation.
- Function – innovation, functionality, insight.
- Impact – cultural, environmental, business.
Ash Patel and Reed Frick of Pacific Adventure Works, which won for its Hideaway Sleeping Platform. Photo by The Daily.
Julie Maden, Tyler Peterson, and Mark Solomon of Coast, which won for its RL35R Voice product. Photo by The Daily.
Paul Stein and Lukas Liedtke of heat it, a technology product that takes the itch out of bug bites. Photo by The Daily.
