Summer
Long Island, NY
@Copacetic, you didn't miss the boat.
George pm'd me after he posted. I, too, was taken by surprise. The only thing I can say is it's George's company so he's gonna do it his way.
I was expecting something a bit simpler. So the design additions took me by surprise. The amount of extra time and the hurdles was worth the extra effort. But the trade off being the amount being made to the perceived demand. So I can understand that type of decision.Also, we did have some difficulty making these tips with some tools breaking, and programming challenges. So we weren't able to make as many as we were hoping before we needed to swap the machine out to another part.
It is the first LE tip. And ambitious start for other types worth trying out, I hope.Last, I hope I won't offend anyone here by raising the price for these 7 fin tips to $45 as we have a limited number of them, and they took much longer to design, program and machine than anticipated.
I did run my mouth about being on the list.
But make it a PM preorder first, public offering second.
I did run my mouth about being on the list.
Now it seems to be a gimmick to make a little extra cheddar than anything else. I'm feeling like turning my back on this one off item. Need to think about it now and possibly save some money.
I am thinking if the 7 fin option were the best for the VC George would find a way to put it on the menu. This suddenly seems more like a novelty project than a tip that will offer any advantages over the current stock Ti 5 fin design. I really enjoy the performance of the latest generation tip and would have never even thought of going back to a 7 fin as a worthwhile idea.
The reason I wanted the fins to be more of a dupe of the gen 4 is so that there would be less heat dissipation than it appears there will be with this gen 4.5. I wanted the heat dissipation to fall between that of the ss (slow), but less than the ti, which is too fast for my liking.
Very disappointed. Thought this thread - as announced - is a poll + pre-order. And now we have to order like any other one? Just one? I can't see any problems when counting the "pre-orders" here and add x ones for public sale.
I would have to wake up in the middle of the night here in Germany to order in time. No way, probably I'm not fan-boyish enough as the most of you here , although I already have ordered DV stuff worth a grand - have fun!