RecRe

05/27/2026

99% of everything students rent through RecRe gets returned.

Platform-wide. Across nearly 100 campuses across the country.

That number comes up a lot in budget conversations because the fear of lost or damaged equipment is one of the most common stress-points campuses experience.

RecRe is here to calm that fear. And the numbers tell a pretty straightforward story!

Students really look after the gear they borrow from a system they know and love, especially when they plan to use it again!

05/13/2026

This was one of the prettiest installs we've ever done.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison uses our wooden 312 credenza unit to manage their board game collection in the student union. The hardware fits the space, the inventory fits the building, and the whole thing reads less like a kiosk and more like furniture.

Board games are a category we love seeing in student unions. Low barrier, high engagement, and the kind of thing that pulls people into a room and keeps them there for a couple of hours.

Wisconsin nailed it.

05/11/2026

San Diego State took RecRe somewhere we didn't expect...

Their housing team uses the box as a back-of-house tool to manage laptops, iPads, and other tech inventory that staff check out regularly. Less of a student-facing rental and more of an internal asset management system.

05/08/2026

New York Institute of Technology runs RecRe on both their Manhattan campus and their Long Island campus. The students, the spaces, and the inventory look different. The platform works the same way in both.

That portability across very different campuses is something we're proud of.

05/07/2026

Pickleball is everywhere and campuses are leaning in.

The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Mississippi State and Denison University are a few of several campuses using RecRe to keep students outside and playing. Paddles and balls available right at the court, no front desk needed.

The trend is real, and the access model matters.

05/06/2026

One of the more creative use cases we've seen this year.

Illinois Institute of Technology uses RecRe to manage keys, with a built-in chain of custody so the team always knows who had which key last.

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Same hardware everyone else uses for basketballs and vacuum cleaners. Totally different problem solved.

That flexibility is the part of the platform we get the most excited about.

This box is located in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center, in the Student Organization Center.

05/05/2026

The team at Utah Valley has built one of the most active RecRe programs in the country.

Their campus rec center treats the RecRe box like core tool in their operations. The result is rental volume that shows up big time in their usage data.

Worth a look if you're trying to figure out what good looks like.

05/04/2026

Same product, very different campus buildings.

The University of Michigan stocks their business school RecRe box with academic supplies.

Harvard runs RecRe in residence halls, where students grab everyday lifestyle gear at all hours.

Saint Louis University does the same in their res halls, with inventory tuned to that community.

Whatever the building is trying to do, the box adapts to it.

05/01/2026

The question we get from almost every campus administrator: what is the most popular item in RecRe boxes?

Basketballs!

They're stocked in dozens (and dozens) of RecRe boxes across the country, indoors and outdoors, and they're our number one rented item on college campuses.

They're also one of the most commonly lost pieces of rec gear on a college campus. Students walk out the front door with them, and they don't come back. And I don't know if you've been to a sporting goods store recently, but a good basketball can cost $75 to $100... That's a bigger line item than most departments realize and you can't just have those basketballs growing legs and walking out the door all the time.

RecRe keeps them on campus thanks to our accountability system built into our web app.

04/30/2026

The University of Florida's Flavet Park is one of the best examples we have of RecRe activating the outdoor campus space.

Sports gear, games, and recreation equipment available right where students already gather, no staffed checkout required.

Checkout how the SGA showcases the park in the RecRe box!