SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (May 3, 2005) – Protravelgear.com, the e-tail outlet of Outside the Box, Inc., is including a year’s free BoomerangIt loss protection service with its new, high-end noise-canceling headset, the Solitude.

The manufacturer of the highly successful Plane Quiet™ noise-canceling headphones recognizes that its next-generation must-have portable audio accessories are at risk of being lost while traveling or on the job. That is why buyers of the Solitude get 12 months free BoomerangIt service with their product registration.

“Solitude brings not only quiet, and with BoomerangIt, it also brings peace of mind,” said BoomerangIt Founder Eddie Orton. “We have a million registered members and thousands of return customers. Those who have been reunited with their property know our system works, and they have become our greatest fans.”

"T"Since we included the BoomerangIt service with our Solitude Noise Canceling headphones, product registration has soared to over 80%,” said David Dillinger, executive vice-president of Outside the Box and a professional airline pilot who designed the Solitude. “It has also enhanced our ability to maintain crucial customer information and respond to their individual needs in a more efficient manner."

Because the Solitude uses the BoomerangIt service, its buyers will be more likely to retrieve it if they leave it behind or it is stolen. BoomerangIt makes the return process easy and efficient for items such as the more than 85,000 cell phones and 21,000 PDAs that were left behind at just one Chicago-based taxi company in six months, according to a recent global survey by mobile data protection company Pointsec Mobile Technologies.

Solitude headsets are packaged with a free BoomerangIt serialized ID label to be affixed to the item. To activate the free12-month BoomerangIt service, consumers register the product online at www.solitudeheadsets.com. Additional labels for other valuable products are available at www.boomerangit.com.

BoomerangIt labels and tags from the BoomerangIt online store come in a variety of packages, starting at $9.95 for 10 years of protection. Solitude joins other popular consumer brands that have bundled BoomerangIt with their products, including Toshiba cameras, Palm handhelds, Memorex and Pioneer Electronics audio/video products, and luggage and bags from London Fog and High Sierra.

BoomerangIt offers the best chance for owners to get their lost or stolen item back. Anyone who finds the registered item can contact BoomerangIt online, or call 800-2Boomit (800-226-6648). Using the information from the product registration, BoomerangIt facilitates the return of the item to its rightful owner. The finder pays nothing, and receives a reward.

About BoomerangIt
BoomerangIt (www.boomerangit.com) based in San Leandro, Calif., is a global lost and found return service that works with law enforcement and others to return lost and stolen property to its rightful owners. BoomerangIt provides an easy, inexpensive means to label and identify valuable items. It is also a theft deterrent, as studies indicate thieves are less likely to steal marked property. Founded in 2001, BoomerangIt now has more than one million members and is the official lost and found service of the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), with a portion of sales benefiting the “McGruff^® ID Armor^® the Crime Dog” programs. For more information or to purchase BoomerangIt labels and tags, visit www.boomerangit.com or call 800-2Boomit (800-226-6648).

About Outside the Box Group, Inc. and Solitude™
Outside The Box Group, Inc. is a research and design firm based in Pineville, N.C. Outside The Box, Inc., has designed, developed, and marketed their own line of noise-canceling headphones including the very successful and popular Plane Quiet™ noise-canceling headphone, the Latitude™ noise canceling headphone, and their latest product, the Solitude. ProTravelGear is one of the largest e-tailer's of travel products on the market today. For further information on Outside the Box, Inc. or ProTravelGear.com, contact David Dillinger, Executive Vice-President, or John Alderman, Director of Business Development at (704) 583-1100 ext. 21, or sales@protravelgear.com. For more information on the Solitude headset, visit www.solitudeheadsets.com.