What if you get lost or injured? If you’re in the middle of Disney Land, you’ll be okay; but if you’re in the middle of a 3 day packrafting trip in rural Idaho, your chances of survival are completely in your hands and subject to your preparedness. Backcountry risk assessment isn’t just about being prepared....
April 25, 2024
At Addictive Adventure, we regularly work towards a SMED (single minute exchange of dies) goal, and implement a lean manufacturing style that is often adjusted to suit our unique needs. SMED focuses on maximizing manufacturing time by minimizing setup time between processes. For us, one of the simplest ways to do this was to implement...
April 11, 2024
You may have heard recently about the stainless steel Tesla Cyber Truck having some rust issues. Well, stainless steel can rust, and some grades are more prone to it than others. Tesla uses their own proprietary grade of stainless, described to the public as “Ultra-hard 30X stainless steel.” They haven’t released the exact chemical makeup...
March 6, 2024
At Addictive Adventure, we have a mantra that helps guide our designs: a product that’s good at everything is great at nothing. This mantra is at the heart of why Addictive Adventure got started in the first place. We’ve used a lot of outdoor adventure gear, but most of the equipment on the market doesn’t...
February 29, 2024