Hello community. Salvador here! right now i feel a little clouded in my head if i can be honest.
I was out on vacation just a short week ago. I was sleeping at families homes while visiting. The beds were taken up by other brothers and visitors. So I put two couches together to make a little fortress bed, comfortable I guess until the two couches would slide from each other and separate at midnight. Haha, then my body would fall down!
I brought with me my camping sleeping bag, its very compact so i was able to fit it in my luggage bag, about a foot long and 6 inches thick when rolled in the seeping bag. I opened the sleeping bag and used it as a blanket at which ever family relatives house we slept at while on family vacation.
I hated having no space to sleep some nights, but i was thankful that i at least had this portable sleeping bag i can take out from my luggage bag (it barely took up space!) and then unrolled as a blanket.
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Remembering what @MJ DeMarco said that needs can be found in the language of people, like complaining! Well i was complaining!
In between being awake and falling under heavy sleep, i thought to myself, if only I had some sort of portable bed that I can fit and carry just like this small packaged sleeping bag. And i can fit in my luggage bag and take out and not worry about their being bed space.
I pulled my journal out when we got to my grandmas house, and began to write the idea down and how i saw the product. I started sketching parts, then took the next couple of weeks to sketch up models of the product. Got home, began to work on it more in my room using my white board. (You get the picture!)
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I want to design a very light, portable, and small packaged bed cot. A cot that's also above the ground by at least 10 inches or more. I've seen and slept on cots before, camping cots, army cots, RV cots. They are durable and thick framed. But are a bit heavy and the bag its in is like the fold-able chair bags, long and heavy so you have to carry it over your shoulder with a sling.
The way I saw this cot is, you can put it in a backpack or luggage bag and take it out and make a bed and tuck yourself in. (perfect for couch surfers, homeless, backpackers/hikers, etc.)
I specifically wanted this portable cot to fit in a bag like the sleeping bag i had, 12inches by 6 inches.
Well while finishing up my product idea, I then proceeded to look for other similar lightweight cots that may be out in the market. I found some like this:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/cabe...r%3BSearch-All%2BProducts&Ntt=lightweight+cot
http://www.cabelas.com/product/cabela-s-outfitter-xl-cot-with-pivot-arm/1752509.uts
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/BRS-...ng-Sleeping-Cot-folding-tent/32274554760.html
I figured i would find these type of cots out, so I was intimidated. They didnt look like what i imagined, or where packaged how i envisioned it for easy carry. I used them to help me come up with designs.
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Why i feel clouded, is because after a couple weeks of drawing up sketches of what my cot idea could be, i found this in the market. It was almost exactly what i imagined. A Helinox cot, Its light weight, and has the options of legs that can lift it up above ground.
http://www.campsaver.com/high-cot
why reinvent the wheel.
I also planned on making a tent around my product idea, also a mosquito net set up. But i found its already made.
Im feeling lost, I know competition would be their, but the product by Hhelinox is very good. Brand and culture could give me an edge against competition.
The product is already there, although a lot more expensive, but then their is Cabellas lightweight cot thats like $60, pretty cheap.
I dont know if its worth moving on with and i should feel good that i at least tried and tackled the idea down. Any input would help community.
(Please dont be easy, this isn't a place to sugarcoat things, we are tough people here!)
-Thank you for giving this a read, i really appreciate it! I thought i should at least "pitch" the idea to other executing entreprenuers and tell them my situation,
Salvador
I was out on vacation just a short week ago. I was sleeping at families homes while visiting. The beds were taken up by other brothers and visitors. So I put two couches together to make a little fortress bed, comfortable I guess until the two couches would slide from each other and separate at midnight. Haha, then my body would fall down!
I brought with me my camping sleeping bag, its very compact so i was able to fit it in my luggage bag, about a foot long and 6 inches thick when rolled in the seeping bag. I opened the sleeping bag and used it as a blanket at which ever family relatives house we slept at while on family vacation.
I hated having no space to sleep some nights, but i was thankful that i at least had this portable sleeping bag i can take out from my luggage bag (it barely took up space!) and then unrolled as a blanket.
-------------
Remembering what @MJ DeMarco said that needs can be found in the language of people, like complaining! Well i was complaining!
In between being awake and falling under heavy sleep, i thought to myself, if only I had some sort of portable bed that I can fit and carry just like this small packaged sleeping bag. And i can fit in my luggage bag and take out and not worry about their being bed space.
I pulled my journal out when we got to my grandmas house, and began to write the idea down and how i saw the product. I started sketching parts, then took the next couple of weeks to sketch up models of the product. Got home, began to work on it more in my room using my white board. (You get the picture!)
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I want to design a very light, portable, and small packaged bed cot. A cot that's also above the ground by at least 10 inches or more. I've seen and slept on cots before, camping cots, army cots, RV cots. They are durable and thick framed. But are a bit heavy and the bag its in is like the fold-able chair bags, long and heavy so you have to carry it over your shoulder with a sling.
The way I saw this cot is, you can put it in a backpack or luggage bag and take it out and make a bed and tuck yourself in. (perfect for couch surfers, homeless, backpackers/hikers, etc.)
I specifically wanted this portable cot to fit in a bag like the sleeping bag i had, 12inches by 6 inches.
Well while finishing up my product idea, I then proceeded to look for other similar lightweight cots that may be out in the market. I found some like this:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/cabe...r%3BSearch-All%2BProducts&Ntt=lightweight+cot
http://www.cabelas.com/product/cabela-s-outfitter-xl-cot-with-pivot-arm/1752509.uts
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/BRS-...ng-Sleeping-Cot-folding-tent/32274554760.html
I figured i would find these type of cots out, so I was intimidated. They didnt look like what i imagined, or where packaged how i envisioned it for easy carry. I used them to help me come up with designs.
----------
Why i feel clouded, is because after a couple weeks of drawing up sketches of what my cot idea could be, i found this in the market. It was almost exactly what i imagined. A Helinox cot, Its light weight, and has the options of legs that can lift it up above ground.
http://www.campsaver.com/high-cot
why reinvent the wheel.
I also planned on making a tent around my product idea, also a mosquito net set up. But i found its already made.
Im feeling lost, I know competition would be their, but the product by Hhelinox is very good. Brand and culture could give me an edge against competition.
The product is already there, although a lot more expensive, but then their is Cabellas lightweight cot thats like $60, pretty cheap.
I dont know if its worth moving on with and i should feel good that i at least tried and tackled the idea down. Any input would help community.
(Please dont be easy, this isn't a place to sugarcoat things, we are tough people here!)
-Thank you for giving this a read, i really appreciate it! I thought i should at least "pitch" the idea to other executing entreprenuers and tell them my situation,
Salvador
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