We're two dads who thought bath toy storage could be better.
Back in 2018, we went looking for a way to keep bath toys off the tub floor. What we found was mesh bags and buckets.
The mesh bags grew mold. That's what happens when you hang wet toys in a sack that never dries out — and it's not what you want your kid chewing on. The buckets stayed drier, but they looked like something you'd keep under the sink, not something you'd leave out in your bathroom.
So we spent two years designing our own.
Built by the people who got tired of the smell
We started Tiipi in 2020 with one product and one job: stop bath toys sitting in their own water. The fix isn't a coating or a spray. It's the shape — two parts that connect precisely, and a second level below that catches the drain. You empty it, wipe it, done.
The Bath Buddy
It's round, so it fits in a corner without looking boxy. The basket where the toys sit dips toward the middle, so gravity does the work — water runs down into a tray underneath, and you tip the tray out. No sack, no standing water, no toys sitting in a puddle overnight.
It sits on four rubber pads, so it stays put on a wet tub edge without suction cups that give up after a week.
And it doesn't look like a bin. It's a color that fits a bathroom, whether yours is a magazine spread or a rental with a shower curtain. Nobody should have to hide their kid's stuff before guests come over.
Since 2020
We started selling in 2020, and we've shipped more than 30,000 units since then.
We're still a small operation: Mike and Dawin, who designed it, and Kristen, the mom who puts it in front of other parents and shows how it actually gets used.