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Buffalito

A power bank, torch and lamp in one, with a box that becomes a lampshade.

Client
BuffaloGrid
Year
2020
Our role
Product design, engineering and launch
Tags
Hardware, Consumer & home, Cleantech & impact
Buffalito handheld power bank and lamp by BuffaloGrid

Challenge

One billion people live without access to grid power. We wanted to put reliable power and light directly into people's hands, in a product simple and affordable enough to reach them.

What we did

We designed Buffalito, a compact handheld power bank that charges your phone, works as a torch, and becomes a lamp. Even the packaging was designed to work: the box folds into a lampshade, so nothing goes to waste and the product is useful from the moment it's opened.

Buffalito handheld power bank and lamp by BuffaloGrid, welcome guide showing its parts and how the box folds into a lamp
Buffalito handheld power bank and lamp by BuffaloGrid, clipped to a bicycle handlebar
Buffalito handheld power bank and lamp by BuffaloGrid, held in its box by a smiling young woman

Outcome

We launched Buffalito on Kickstarter with the campaign "Get Power, Give Power", to help bring power to the people living without access to the grid. The campaign was funded at 246% of its goal, raising £24,617 from 625 backers in 31 days.

See the Kickstarter campaign

246%

Funded on Kickstarter

£24,617

Raised in 31 days

625

Backers worldwide