DRYGUARD
Dry. Fresh. Ready.

Wet knee pads have ruined their last tournament morning.

DryGuard is the first dual-wand dryer built for volleyball knee pads. Slide one pad on each wand, press one button, and wake up to warm, dry, fresh gear.

Reserve founder pricing — $10 Join the free waitlist

The $10 reservation is fully refundable, anytime, no questions. It locks the CA$99 founder price (launch price CA$149).

Every volleyball family knows the smell.

Multi-day tournament. Six matches in. The pads come out of the bag, and…

"My daughter's kneepads could kill a man!"

volleyball mom, parents' forum

"She took her knee pads off in the car and I thought I was going to die."

volleyball mom, parents' forum

"Volleyball gear rode on the roof, not inside the vehicle."

volleyball parent, parents' forum

Slide on. Press once. Walk away.

Hang-drying takes 12+ hours. Machine dryers cook the foam and kill the elastic. DryGuard was designed around the pads themselves.

Sliding knee pads onto the two DryGuard wands1 · Slide them onOne pad on each flexible wand — fits every major knee pad brand.
Cutaway of warm airflow moving through both knee pads2 · Warm air, never hotGentle 40–50 °C airflow dries from the inside out without damaging foam or elastic.
Athlete spraying Gear Fresh Mist onto dry knee pads3 · Fresh by morningOvernight on the nightstand — dry, warm, and ready. Finish with the included Gear Fresh Mist.

Built for the hotel nightstand, not the mudroom.

Pads, not bootsBoot dryers run hot and shapeless. DryGuard's wands hold pads open so air reaches every layer.
Fits a volleyball backpackTravel-light design with USB-C power. Tournament weekends are the whole point.
Optional UV cycleA built-in UV-C option helps reduce odor-causing bacteria between washes.
QuietUnder 60 dB — quieter than the hotel A/C. Nobody's sleep gets sacrificed.

Invented by a volleyball mom.

DryGuard started in a Manitoba hotel room on night two of a weekend tournament — soaked knee pads on the shower rod, still wet at 7 a.m., and a whole gear bag that had to ride home in the trunk with the windows cracked. We've been in that room. We built the thing we kept wishing existed.

Sunday morning, she packs warm, dry, fresh pads — and walks into the championship thinking about the game, not the gear.

Founder pricing, locked with $10.

Launch price CA$149
CA$99
  • $10 deposit — fully refundable anytime
  • First production run, first served
  • Includes Gear Fresh Mist + travel pouch
Reserve mine — $10

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Questions parents actually ask

Is the $10 really refundable?

Yes — fully, anytime, no questions, one email. It exists so we build the right number of units, not to trap anyone.

When does it ship?

First production run is planned for the 2026–27 club season. Reservation holders get first units and weekly build updates.

Will it damage my pads?

That's the whole design. Dryers and heaters run hot enough to melt foam and kill elastic — DryGuard uses high-volume warm air capped at 40–50 °C, the same "warm, never hot" rule every pad manufacturer recommends.

Only volleyball?

Knee pads first — but the wands fit hockey gloves, wrestling knee pads, elbow pads, soccer shin guards, and goalie gloves.

What does the UV option do?

An optional UV-C cycle helps reduce odor-causing bacteria that grow in damp gear. It's an assist between proper washes — not a replacement for them.