Two people. One shared annoyance.
We met over a decade ago playing RuneScape.
What started as joking around and solving problems in a game grew into a long-standing friendship built on curiosity, creativity, and a shared love of figuring things out. Over time, that friendship carried into real life, and it became clear early on that we work well together.
SarenGear grew out of that dynamic. We talk things through, ask why something feels off, sketch ideas, refine them, and come back the next day with a better solution.
Co-Founder · Product & Design
Lex brings the human-centered lens to SarenGear.
With nine years as a hospital nurse, she developed a deep sensitivity to small details, stress points, and how systems affect people over time. That awareness carried into the outdoors, where she noticed how fragile or unstable gear can quietly add tension to moments meant to feel calm.
Lex focuses on how designs feel in real use, where friction shows up, what pulls attention away, and how a setup can feel more intentional, stable, and reassuring in the background.
Co-Founder · Engineering & Analysis
James brings the engineering lens to SarenGear.
He is deeply analytical, endlessly curious, and rarely satisfied with solutions that are only mostly right. He focuses on structure, mechanics, and real-world feasibility. He turns rough ideas into refined designs, challenges assumptions, and ensures ideas work in the real world, not just in theory.
James is as much an idea generator as he is an engineer. Many of our concepts begin as his questions, his sketches, or his “what if we tried this instead” moments.
SarenGear did not start with a business plan. It started with noticing the same problem over and over and talking it through from two different angles.
We kept circling the same question: Why do so many outdoor setups feel unstable when the environment itself is already unpredictable?
Those conversations turned into sketches. Sketches turned into CAD models. CAD models turned into prototypes. HaloGrip grew out of that shared process. Equal parts observation, engineering, iteration, and stubborn refinement.
We design for real environments, not ideal ones.
Gear should assume uneven ground, movement, wind, and interruption. It should feel steady and intentional without requiring constant attention.
Stability is not an afterthought for us. It is the foundation.
HaloGrip is our first product, but it represents a bigger direction.
SarenGear is about creating thoughtful, stability-focused tools through collaboration and iteration. We do not rush, and we do not overcomplicate. We build things we trust because we build them together.
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