Opening weekend at Coors Field is controlled chaos from the moment you park.
I took my boys this weekend for the Rockies-Phillies opening weekend. They were fired up before we even left the house — jerseys on, hats on, already arguing about who was going to catch a foul ball. By the time we hit the gate line, there were thousands of people funneling into the same entrance, orange barriers everywhere, the crowd pressing in from every direction.
And I noticed something different about how I felt standing in that line.
I wasn't scanning the crowd every thirty seconds. I wasn't doing the constant mental check — where's the little one, where's the older one, who's closest to the barrier. I was just standing there. Watching them be excited. Because they both had their myScanBandz wristbands on.
Here's the thing — something did go sideways.
I thought my older boy had come through the gate ahead of me. He thought I had passed him. We missed each other in the entry crush for a minute. The exact scenario I'd been thinking about for two years when I was building this product. And my honest reaction in that moment wasn't panic. It was a quick mental note: he has his band on, we'll be fine. We found each other within about thirty seconds, but the difference in how I felt during those thirty seconds — that's the whole point.
I already knew that feeling. From a week earlier. At Snowmass.
Ten Seconds From "Is This Kid Okay?" to "I've Got His Dad on the Phone"
My son is three. We'd had a great morning skiing, grabbed lunch, and headed up to Elk Camp to finish the day on the alpine coaster. It was busy up there — a lot of families, a lot of movement.
He wanted to wait outside while I ran in to grab tickets. He was right there by the entrance. I was gone maybe two minutes.
My phone rang before I made it to the counter.
A woman outside had spotted him standing alone. She wasn't sure if he was lost or just waiting, so she did what any good person would do — she checked. She noticed the gear tag on his helmet, scanned it with her phone, and called me on the spot.
He was fine. He hadn't moved. But she didn't know that — and that's exactly the point.
No app. No searching. No trying to get a three-year-old to remember a phone number. She just scanned and called.
When I came back outside and explained what the tag was, she wanted one for her kids immediately. Not because she'd been shopping for a product. Because she'd just watched it work in real time and understood exactly what it did.
That's how this product sells itself. You don't need a pitch. You just need to see it once.
Back at Coors Field
Later, up at the concessions level, it was wall-to-wall people. Kids darting between adults, long lines, everyone moving in different directions. The exact environment where I used to keep one hand on a shoulder at all times and spend half the game mentally tracking positions instead of watching the game. This time I watched the game.
I built myScanBandz because I kept having a specific feeling at crowded places with my kids. Not fear exactly — more like low-grade vigilance that never fully turned off. The mental overhead of keeping track of small fast people in big chaotic spaces. I wanted one less thing to carry.
Opening weekend at Coors Field was the first time I really felt it working the way I hoped it would. Not as a safety guarantee — I'd never promise that — but as a genuine layer of backup that let me exhale a little and actually be present.
Get Set Up Before Your Next Outing
If you're heading to a game, a festival, a ski day, or anywhere that gets crowded and fast-moving, here's what we make:
QR Safety Wristbands — worn on the wrist, built for kids at events, games, theme parks, and anywhere you're moving through a crowd. Five designs available: Ski Patrol, Sports, Rainbow Fun, Let's Go, and Mountain Fun. Scan to contact, no app required. No batteries. Simple setup, stays on all day.
QR Gear Tag Stickers — go on helmets, ski bags, backpacks, water bottles, anything your kid carries. Same QR system. Any good samaritan can scan and reach you instantly. Variety pack starts at $26.99.
Registration takes less than two minutes. Scan the QR code on your product, fill in your contact info, and you're done.
That's it. One less thing to carry.
The Snowmass scan I mentioned — that happened a week before Coors Field. A woman in her 60s spotted my three-year-old standing alone outside Elk Camp, scanned the gear tag on his helmet, and called me before I made it back from the ticket counter. I wrote the full story here. That was the first time the system worked in the real world, exactly the way I'd hoped it would. And if you're in Colorado, come find me at Boulder Creek Festival on May 23 — here's why that event matters to me personally.