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I'm sure this guy has been approached by Coleman or other camping related companies looking to purchase the product. I imagine the inventors think "I've had su

by giarc 12y ago

I'm sure this guy has been approached by Coleman or other camping related companies looking to purchase the product. I imagine the inventors think "I've had success up until now, I can keep going." And I would agree with them. Why not continue to try and go on your own? The nature of Kickstarter is that you have to try, but if you fail, you don't really owe anyone money.

VLM 12y ago
Those product sectors are not known for compensation of inventors, and presumably he would like more revenue than the $1 unit cost Chinese assemblers or the $8/hr walmart shelf stocker. Not a high margin business. I don't think that supply chain has the institutional memory and skills to ship anything other than large quantities of traditional, by the standards of their field, commodities. The primary effect of getting a big company involved would be giving the gray market Chinese a big head start, so people can buy the product for 50% off on dx.com and related sites. These reasons probably are what discourages the megacorps from entering this small field, or rephrased, those are the reasons why he's got something new instead of competing with existing mfgrs.