LIFESTYLE

The super popular Cactus Mongrel Mat is a canvas dog bed for your best friend.

Made from our super tough C-Canvas, the Mongrel Mat is suitable for indoor or covered outdoor use.

This bed comes empty. Fill with the stuffing of your choice - beans, foam padding, old jerseys...

Small Utility Bags

These are hollow cases with zips. Five different sizes. Four different colours. 

We started with the 'Medium' which was the ideal pencil case (we even called it a pencil case), perfect for accommodating some pencils, pens, scissors, highlighters and a K-bar (if kids still do that?). But since the invention, the uses have become endless. Add 4 more sizes to the mix and you've got one for everything.

Pens & pencils, toiletries, packing cell, tools, first aid kit, jumper leads, nails, screws, crampons, ropes, cables, lunch, headphones, dirty nappies, clean nappies, boots, books, drill, drill bits, at least 3 bottles of beer (500ml kind - not cans), at least 6 cans of beer...

• C-1000n6 (cordura)
• YKK zip
• Little tab loops on the ends
• Construction backed by a lifetime warranty on materials and workmanship

Meet the Do-Gooder - don’t let it’s simplicity distract you from it’s complete awesomeness!

Here at the Cactus HQ we get our choice of all the packs and bags we sell, and the one the you’ll see us with more than anything else is the Do-Gooder. It started out as reusable shopping bag that would really go the distance, but once we made a few we quickly realised it had far more potential than that.

You’ll see us bring our lunch and office essentials to work in a Do-Gooder, stuffing the roadtrip “get at them while you’re driving” bit and pieces in one, carrying muddy cycling shoes and helmets around, and loading them with beers and sausages when it’s BBQ time. At the farmers market the Do-Gooder makes the other pseudo-eco plastic bag alternatives look disposable.

We wanted Cactus tough, so 12oz C-Canvas was the obvious choice - it’s so tough we carried Jan in it round the office. Your guess as to how much she weighs, but more than Rob (who back when he was a climber referred to his forearms as “Da Boyz”) could carry in one hand! Cactus durability means it’ll last a really long time, and of course it comes with a lifetime warranty even though we doubt you’ll need it. It’s also easily repairable. Yes, long lasting and repairable - that’s all good stuff for the environment we reckon.

• Super durable and washable proofed European 12oz C-Canvas
• Deep enough for good carrying capacity
• Pre-bent straps that stay on your shoulder
• Internal pocket to make sure your phone/wallet/keys aren't always at the bottom
• Construction backed by a lifetime warranty on materials and workmanship

Any dog can have a regular collar, but a Cactus dog deserves a Cactus collar.

Made in New Zealand from premium quality American steer leather, this collar is built to suit both a serious working dog or a furry companion. With natural finish top grain leather, a heavy-duty buckle and a welded square keeper – this beauty could take on more than just a dog.

Please do not use the collar in salt water as it will rust the metal parts.

The supplier: We want nothing but the best quality products for Cactus customers, which is why we left the leather crafting to the pros over at Taurus. Taurus have been making super tough leather products for building, farming and the outdoors right here in New Zealand since 1988. Everything is carefully constructed from top quality leather and built to last the distance. Just like Cactus, their gear wears in, not out, as the leather moulds to your body with every use. Taurus are an awesome company who we are proud to boast as a supplier. 

Our take on the need for the ultimate wallet – a smooth pocket loving wallet which totes your cards and cash.

Features an exterior cash pocket and internal dividers for your cards and stuff.

Available in classy Black C-1000n6 with your choice of Black, Red, or Blue vinyl trim, or Black 8oz C-Canvas.

Based on our popular Do-Gooder tote bag, the Do-Betterer is a larger, wider and … betterer version.

The tub-style design features a flat base so it sits open, ready to be loaded with everything you need for your daily missions.

Do-Betterers were designed with grocery or market shopping in mind, but they're ideal for a range of other uses too:

• Great for picnics
• Carry a family-size pile of sandy towels and soggy togs
• Big enough to fit a good range of tools
• Rob can fit at least a week's supply of frozen pies and tommy sauce into one of these

The Do-Betterer is a super-handy, go-anywhere, do-anything carry bag. It's strong enough to carry super heavy loads, and will last you for years and years. Keep it by the back door and use it every day.

• Made by happy people in the Cactus workshop in Christchurch, NZ
• Ultra C-Canvas is super tough and durable
• Two dome closures keep your stuff from spilling out
• Backed by a lifetime warranty on materials and workpersonship

Move over stylish New York laptop cover labels, NZ made is coming to town.  Carry your laptop in your backpack, satchel or tote?  Protect your laptop with our hard wearing, tough as nails canvas laptop covers.

Available in two sizes, these laptop sleeves are well padded, have two pockets and feature hard wearing Cactus super velcro.  

The ultimate laptop case to protect your most useful colleague or study buddy.

Dimensions

Small: 25cm x 37cm (inside the cover)

Large: 27cm x 42cm (inside the cover)

We have had a lot of requests for simple, strong utility pouches that won’t fall off your belt. So we made some, at first for the New Zealand Fire Service and now for everyone!

• Two sizes so you can get one that fits your digital companion just right
• 3-way velcro system for you to attach the pouch to your belt - no clips to mysteriously release at some odd and inconvenient time. Super solid!
• Outside Measurements:
  Small: 125mm x 65x 18mm
  Medium: 135mm x 75 x 18mm

Made from our super tough C-Canvas, the Cactus Bean Bag is suitable for chilling out in indoor or covered outdoor use. 

This bag comes empty. Fill with the stuffing of your choice - beans, foam padding, old jerseys... If you're going for the bean option, we'd recommend a 100L bag for super sloppy, 150L for the perfect balance or 200L for a firm seat (or for that 'showroom' perfect look).

Bean Bags made right here in the Cactus workshop and are a great gift for yourself or someone who loves a good chillax.

As used by firefighters, paramedics and other industrial workers all around the world the Cactus Pager Pouch will keep pagers secure and protected – and ready for action!

• Tough exterior fabric for durability, lined with C-210 to be friendly to your pager
• Webbing loop to thread your belt through, meaning security in all situations

In the old days, before log carriers, we used to load up an armload of wood, wince at the elbow tendonitis, then drop one bit, bend over awkwardly to pick it up, watch another piece roll off, swear loudly, get stuck by a splinter, get covered in wood chips and dust, get told off for brushing off the jersey onto the carpet indoors … then repeat that whole process three or four times every evening.

Enter the Cactus Log Carrier – a simple, clever, no-fuss solution to the daily task of shifting firewood.

Bring in three armloads at a time (2-4 depending on your arm-span). Dump it in the basket, or lay out on the carrier itself. Save your elbows, save time, save fuss.

Use it to carry all sorts of items – tools, children, hedge-trimmings, a couple of slabs … the list is pretty much endless.

Made Cactus-tough for a lifetime of carrying utility.

• Made in NZ
• Tough, 12oz C-Canvas
• Lifetime warranty on materials and workpersonship
• Simple, functional, durable

We have had a lot of requests for simple, strong mobile phone pouches that won’t fall off your belt. So we made some, at first for the New Zealand Fire Service and now for everyone! A combination of our once pager pouch, then turned utility pouch, finally modernized to a phone pouch - but we now call it our "Tech Pouch"!

Due to the ever-evolving nature of these digital companions, we've elaborated on the size and shape a little to help accommodate those of you who are all about your iPhone, android, space monkey - whatever you call it.

• Four sizes so you can get one that fits your phone, pager, order whatever tech you might have just right.
• 3-way velcro system for you to attach the pouch to your belt - no clips to mysteriously release at some odd and inconvenient time. Super solid!
• Outside Measurements:

Small: 145 x 85 x10mm
Medium: 150 x 85 x10mm
Large: 170 x 100 x 10mm
Extra Large: 180 x 105 x10mm

There's nothing better than after a summers day than chilling out with a cold one on a hammock after an awesome day of bike riding or working hard on the house renos. A Cactus Hammock is also great for holiday reading or that mid afternoon snooze. 

Thanks to Jeremy, a design student of Otago Polytechnic, Cactus can now offer their first 12oz Canvas Hammock. He cleverly designed this and he's thought of everything including a pillow system, drinks holder and simple rigging system. 

It packs down to carry size so it's super practical for throwing in the car and taking to your favourite camping spot or the family bach.

Fits one person comfortably, two at a squeeze. We tested its load by putting three blokes and a dog in it and it held but we wouldn't recommend it.