Introducing Lodge

A truly wireless speaker system made to live outside.

Lodge was designed to bring premium audio to your outdoor space without the cost and hassle of installing wired speakers. 

Unlike portable party speakers, you never need to bring Lodge speakers inside to charge; they live outside all year round.

Lodge is easy to set up, low-maintenance and made to handle any occasion, anywhere. Whether you’re sitting poolside enjoying the sun, hosting a party or event,  or enjoying your backyard oasis, Lodge is designed to handle any outdoor space delivering quality sound — powered by the sun.

Turn any outdoor space into an immersive sound experience with the ease of portable speakers, without sacrificing sound quality. 

Simply select a spot, insert the stakes, and mount your speakers in seconds.

Lodge is covered in 180 square inches of high-performing, shatterproof solar panels to ensure your sound system is always charged and ready to go. 

Coverage on the tops and sides of each speaker provide a fast and steady charge to Lodge’s 15 hour battery throughout the day, no cables required.

Each speaker is designed to truly weather any storm, whether it’s splashes, rain, dust, sand, or dirt.

The four solar panels on the sides of each Lodge Solar Speaker are shatter and chip-proof and ready to take on the elements, all while keeping a charge and never missing a beat.

Play your favorite tunes with your favorite apps without worrying about latency or dropped connections.  

Enjoy uninterrupted audio streamed over 100 feet away.

Simply pick Lodge up from its magnetic stand and take it with you as you move from poolside, to grill side, to the furthest corners of your outdoor space. 

Connect two or more speakers to each other to give you an all-around, immersive soundscape. 

Our team of audio design and hardware experts has built Lodge to bring studio-quality sound to any outdoor environment. 

Whether you’re in your backyard, spicing up a block party, or out sailing, your music will always be clear, dynamic, and immersive.

Lodge Solar Speakers are the definition of HiFi, even over Bluetooth. 

• 4″ passive subwoofer for powerful bass notes
• 3/4″ tuned dome tweeter for crisp high notes
• 4″ calibrated driver for clear, consistent sound
• 50 Watt amplifier to fill your space with premium audio
• Latest (as of January 2022) Bluetooth 5.3 audio chip set with over 100 feet of range
• 24 bit/96 khz  sampling for studio quality sound
• 180 square inches of solar panels on the top and sides are always charging
• 15 hour battery life for rocking out all day long
• Includes a USB-C port for wired charging if you want to bring the party inside or top off your other USB devices

We’ve been working on Lodge since late 2020 and have gone through hundreds of rounds of testing, user feedback, and iteration. We’ve worked with audiophiles and designers from all over of the world to validate our design decisions and component selection, and we’ve completed countless hours of testing both in and outside of the lab.  With the community’s help, we brought Lodge to where it is today and built a sound system the Lodge community is proud to support.

Since the very beginning of Lodge, we’ve had the pleasure of working with the incredible people of informal, a global collective of freelancers that specialize in developing and launching physical products. 

Paired with informal, our team has years of experience in engineering, product design, and launching consumer electronics brands, having honed our crafts at companies like Makerbot, Eight Sleep, Flextronics,  and Bose. Collectively, we’ve shipped hundreds of thousands of units of consumer electronics products and know how to bring a high quality product to market. 

Together we’ve completed countless iterations of Lodge and aim to bring our production-ready prototype to our committed manufacturing partners by the end of this campaign.

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Risks and challenges

The Lodge team has decades of experience in shipping consumer products. With our collective experience in product development, manufacturing operations, supplier development, and fulfillment, we are confident in our ability to ship a high quality product. We aren’t looking to be a one-hit-wonder either – our ambition is to grow Lodge into the next great outdoor brand. To that end, we know that building trust during these early stages will set us up for success and a loyal following in the future. You aren’t just backing our campaign, you’re becoming a partner in our journey.

While at the time of launching this campaign we are still in pre-production, our technology is rock solid, our manufacturing partners are ready to go, and we pre-bought as many components as possible to insulate ourselves from supply chain shocks. We are very happy with how Lodge is performing in it’s current state and are confident we’ll be able to quickly deliver after our campaign concludes. While manufacturing carries it’s own sets of problems and risks, we will be fully focused on ensuring fast production without sacrificing quality.

That said, there may be unforeseen hurdles that can slow us down. We’ve all been inundated with news about supply chain shortages, clogged ports, and delayed shipments, and with war still raging in Europe and increasingly strict lock down measures in the heart of China’s manufacturing ecosystem, it’s safe to say that things may not go exactly according to plan, despite our best efforts. Thankfully, we spent the start of 2022 preparing to deliver on time. We diversified our supply chain across regions and suppliers to ensure if one supplier is hit with delays others won’t be. We’ve also pre-bought enough parts for fulfill pre-orders through this campaign. If it’s wildly successful (and we definitely hope it is), there may be delays in fulfilling some pre-orders. But we are committed to keeping every single backers up-to-date on the status of their rewards every step of the way.

Environmental commitments

Long-lasting design

We designed every Lodge Solar Speaker to last in a multitude of outdoor conditions, from the hot summers of the Arizona desert to the icy winters in Vermont. We used UV safe plastics for the housing, industrial strength solar panels for charging, and ensure every unit is IP66 rated to prevent damage from water, dust, and debris.

Reusability and recyclability

Lodge Solar Speakers are designed to be disassembled and recycled, ensuring that even if over time a unit degrades, it can be taken apart and it’s pieces repurposed.

Sustainable materials

Where possible we’ve chosen sustainable materials for our housings, grill, buttons, and electronics.