A letter from the creator of Versacarry®, Justin Sitz:

I’m often asked: “How did you come with the idea for Versacarry®?” Odd as it may sound, I owe the creative spark to a fire in June of 2010 that took my home and all my belongings. My first reaction was shock. Everything owned was now a pile of rubble in a blackened hole. An optimistic person would be quick to say there’s always a silver lining. That being said, thankfully my younger brother and I were not home sleeping when the fire broke out. I will forever be grateful that we were both up and out of the house early that day. Unfortunately, my German Shepherd was at home and I lost her. I use the old phrase ‘silver lining’ because the day my house burned down it was actually pouring rain, and as I watched the firemen try to stop the blaze I can remember how ironic it was to have everything burning up on a day it was pouring rain. Together the firemen and the storm could do nothing to keep the fire from spreading to the rest of the property. Everything I owned was a total and complete loss. The next day I began working with my insurance adjuster to figure out the next step in the process. The following day I remember laughing when it dawned on me what my first purchase had been. Keep in mind I had lost everything and a normal person’s first purchase might have been a toothbrush or underwear, however mine was a handgun. I just couldn’t stand not carrying one with me. I had good insurance and was fairly compensated. A person doesn’t fully realize how valuable good insurance is until you lose it all. With the compensation for the small 500 square foot home I lost, I began working on a plan to rebuild my new home. I had decided I would live in a small 27ft travel trailer while the new home was being built. This plan enabled me to save a little money, be on the job site to supervise the construction, and do part of the work myself. It was during this construction period that the idea of Versacarry® came to me.