Okay, so I am a bit confused. I am a US individual interested in this product line. From what I understand from reading parts of this thread, this is an item that is available in drops and it is UK based. So I could originally secure a spot on a waiting list by informing someone prior and then waiting for the manufacturing process to complete and then receiving the drop. However now there is some UK law or something that makes the transfer of these materials via mail more difficult. So I can grab from a prominent certified reseller here that worked with the UK based owner. Is that all correct?
Next, like my primary source of confusion is this Tempest discussion. I feel like it has made this so much harder for me to grasp. Like was there a Thermal Accumulator v1 drop that is well over and now everyone is waiting for a Thermal Accumulator v2 drop in July and then outside of all that there is this separate device, the Tempest that is born out of some of the design of the Thermal Accumulator v2 but different and a collaboration with MH? Or was there a Thermal Accumulator v1 drop and now there is about to be another Thermal Accumulator v1 drop this July and there is just a discussion of this future Thermal Accumulator v2 drop...and then the hype over this Tempest which is coming out many months from now? Or was there a Thermal Accumulator v1 drop and now in July there is going to be a drop for a Thermal Accumulator v2
and a Thermal Accumulator v1 at the same time and this Tempest is something coming much later?
So this Thermal Accumulator v2 is a better version of the Thermal Accumulator v1 because it is easier to access the balls/pearls and it is modular and therefore has room for the potential to onboard the click discs, roast gauge/dial, etc. of the Tempest in the distant future if that gets designed and created and there is demand? Is that correct? If this is correct and I was a consumer who wanted your best work in this line, that you felt delivered the most on what your vision was, should I be looking at your Tempest in particular or does this Thermal Accumulator v2 hold something unique that sets it apart in some way?
And lastly, are these drops segregated for US consumers? Like is there the official drop via you for everyone whose country can access the items and then because of this law like there is section of product pushed to a US vendor that I should be looking to in order to get the item?
Where I am coming from/my mindset/perspective:
I am primarily interested in the Tempest tbh and signed up for the newsletter etc. But the Thermal Accumulator seems to have a cult following and it appears like a right place, right time thing where I could grab a Thermal Accumulator in this upcoming drop if it is July. But I feel conflicted because I am entering into your product line late, I don't really know if the Thermal Accumulator is just the predecessor to the part of the Tempest designed particular by you and I understand that device has its own thread, or if I really should be seeing this in a different light and should be interested in purchasing both? I feel like I need a bit of direction. I read a comment above stating how it is annoying and confusing for a poster here to see Tempest comments in this thread. I understand their perspective, but I feel like if this is hashed out, perhaps people who lurk, like me, can see the response to this and leave this thread alone for all the individuals like the above poster.
@phattpiggie
, so I definitely have been doing a shit job reading through the threads. I'm gonna read through everything more clearly. Bless up for the response, now to hawk the VGoodiEZ site with the F5 like the good little VAS soldier, I am lmao.