Oh yeh, we cracked 30 in the FC Zion Give-Away so that means today there is a 1/33 chance you will get a free Milaana! Will it reach 40 for a free stem before time expires on 3/1?... time will tell.
Alright first, nice! Free Milaana drawing!!!
Cannot believe people are not taking more advantage of this, so close to getting another free stem is huge, so useful to have spares... Not much time left, mere days, come on people! Chance to get a Zion sooner, one of the first batch, extra special, and there won't be any way to order until retail which is probably over a month away and could be pricier... If you are interested, jump in asap, now is the time to get the most value, free stuff lower price support the growing company...
No brainer to me, come on my FC brethren!
Aaaand wow, what an update!
Here it is for the lazy (a lot more info and resources on the site now it looks like):
Zion Progress
Progress Update 02-27-2016
Zion Update
The two units with voltage control knob failures have been repaired and are in test. These units will be shipped the week of 3/1. The third failed unit has shipped but not yet arrived. Once unit three is received and the root cause of it's failure is understood and corrected, Zion shipments will resume. The current supply of wire harnesses is at a rate of 5 -10 per week and will gate the shipments of the last of the first 50 units. The 200 units are in the hands of a local wood worker to have the doors, cover and cap machined so that they are ready after the first 50 are completed. A second supplier for wire harnesses is being qualified and should be complete in 4 - 6 weeks which is the last bottleneck production part that needs to be sourced for volume production. As the supply chain is maturing, converting time consuming hand made components, our high volume manufacturing partner is building the production line and quality processes so they will be ready to build the 200. The last of the 50 will be completed in the lab.
Thanks to all who took advantage of the FC give-away, we have reached the "Give away a free Milaana" tier witch is awesome!
Milaana Update
Holy sh*t snacks is Milaana is really picking up steam. the production design is finalized other than any minor tweaks that are made after the Z-team gets there hands on it. At this point the only significant input that is required from the Z-Team is tuning the heater. The Z-Team beta units are mainly to give the Z-Team a test drive prior to the shipment of the first 50 units.... so yeh, the the first 50 wooden bodies where machined this week in RBT Labs to feed manufacturing. These parts will be used to pilot run the new manufacturing line to prove it out so that we are ready for wood from Ed's TNT. This weekend will be spent running the parts through the routers and sanders and training the new staff to assemble units. Next week will begin the final assembly with RBT quality oversight twice a week. It is expected that several hundred Milaana's will be completed over the next month or two providing inventory and salable goods as we wait for the Zion supply chain to mature.
Note Worthy
RBT has made a hand shake agreement with Ed's TNT to provide Milaana bodies and stems for all RBT vaporizers. Ed is not only a master wood worker, he is also a stand-up guy and now strategic partner of RBT. Wood and tooling are on order and we wait excitedly to see what he does with Milaana.
We have moved into our new manufacturing facility shown below on the banks of the mighty Hudson. The first two employees have been hired and are began training this week to assemble the first 50 Milaana's next week! They are young engineering students that are avid vapist and both had mods with 18650's in their pocket so it's really an ideal situation. (facility and view of the Hudson shown below)
Talks are underway with Puff It Up, Vapor Warehouse, Planet Vape and other retailers.
Starting March 1st RBT will no longer retail the Zion in our store. The Milaana will remain for sale through March at which point only accessories will be sold by RBT as we transition to our new retail partners. This build-out will start with a handful of units reaching all partners such that they can build a quick RBT footprint to ready for the mounting production volume.
Several well known Vapor Critics have agreed to do reviews of the Zion and Milaana which should really help get the word to the masses quickly with minimum marketing effort.
RBT will intentionally stay away from the "big box" vaporizer retailers and continue its spirit of building organically with people who are in the game because of their passion for vaporizing, not for the $.... "Did you say Board of Directors? Oh, I'm sorry, RBT will not be able to work with you"
So now shit is finally getting real, becoming a legit company with real manufacturing scale, getting ready to churn out that disruptive Zion Heater Technology for the masses... Join now (or don't, if you are still skeptical of what this one man is capable of somehow)
). Bee good to see so many of these finding there way to us all in good time, getting ed in board is yet another good move his wood work is too class.
Times running out! 
But, IMO you shouldn't be pre-ordering anything without having realistic expectations. Its all part of being an early adapter, and why you enjoy the nice discounts you usually get for doing so.
At least I almost made it to March.
