I was about to pay for an early bird special for the looseleaf model, when I noticed something on the indiegogo campaign. It's marked as a "flexible funding" campaign, which in my opinion, is not good. Means they get to keep my money if they do not reach their goal, and there really is no guarantee that I will receive my product if their goal isn't met. If this were a "fixed funding" campaign, I would contribute in a heartbeat.
I really do like the concept and design, enough so to follow your progress!
Does this not handle that issue?
Taken front their FAQ:
"A. If our Evoke campaign is not successful we will refund everyone back their money. We are working hard to make sure it will be successful but one of the biggest contributions you can make is spreading the word. If you tell your friends and spread this campaign on Facebook, social sites, and forums, you will be instrumental in helping us reach our goal!"
I think the flexible funding is so in case theyre a little below goal, they can still opt to move forward and develop the product, eventually delivering to backers instead of losing it all. If its so low they really can't develop it, then they will refund all money. That's how I understand it at least
I'm still curious about loading/reloading herbs, but I guess I really just wonder about the model in general. It is one thing to show these scientific tests which are cool, but it is quite another to make that functionality actually effective as a mass production portable (why so many have failed in the portable market, regardless of tech). So even a working protoype or something could show more to mass market potential funders, or at the very least some more detailed looks into where things go exactly in the unit, we just need to have something more concrete to confidently support I think is what many are saying here?