Strooder, New Filament Extruder Project

[positronicman]

... And what a read that is. Sit down first.

Care to share?

[LambdaFF]

Care to share?

Well, I'll try and summarize the facts.

At the backers' request, the last update goes into detail over :
- the manufacture planning for the 1st batch destined to early bird backers + reviewers.
- why they are priorizing reviewers over the rest of the backers.
- the reasons behind the revised planning (early birds were supposed to ship september 2014).
- their confidence regarding the second batch for the rest of the backers.

It was a lengthy update and it covered more but that's the gist of the facts.

As with such projects, time will show.

As with such delays, not everyone is happy (and I'm really polite here).

[positronicman]

Thanks for passing on the info. When are they expecting the second run to complete and ship?

[LambdaFF]

Thanks for passing on the info. When are they expecting the second run to complete and ship?

Hum. They don't know.

Look out for news that the 1st batch has been delivered and the subsequent reviews by a few pro tech journalists (I don't know, maybe T Sanladerer ?). I think they might make it 3 to 4 months after that point IF they have the budget, which is part of the issue here.

Best case scenario, they're about 15 months late on their Kickstarter campaign. Worst..

[LambdaFF]

Thanks for passing on the info. When are they expecting the second run to complete and ship?

Well, they completely blew the first batch delivery goal they had announced for july. They probably won't even make it for september now. They don't even keep the timeline they announced for updates on the topic. Don't expect much.

[LambdaFF]

Thanks for passing on the info. When are they expecting the second run to complete and ship?

Well there's news. They lost 2 weeks since last time : didn't provide file to manufacturer and didn't talk to him in all that time so no opportunity to correct that ... in the end 0 progress because this was on their critical path.

DAMN

[LambdaFF]

Thanks for passing on the info. When are they expecting the second run to complete and ship?

Well, still no progress, there was a mistake in the file for the PCBs... probably another month until we get any news. As a reminder, the goal here is to ship to the early backers & to send units to reviewers to get publicity. The delivery to the other backers will wait until after that. For pre-orders, ...

So - basically - no progress since june on that front. One month of delay announced at each monthly update. Like taking a hike in the fog.

However, the team was already considering their next product : a shredder. And, they had the opportunity to go to more shows in the meantime.

How can they start a new product when the 1st one is a year late and counting ? How can they go to shows when they're already having funds concerns ? How can they spend time/funds/energy on those 2 when the basics are not covered : if you look at the previous message, they didn't notice a file error for 2 weeks for lack of communication with their provider !

Beats me. Combined with their lack of communication it's extremely irritatiing. They're part of the reason I'm off Kickstarter.

[superprinter12]

Hello people,

I am maybe thinking about buying a strooder, but how are they coming along?
Has anyone been able to test it etc? and how are they on delivery and such?

Thanks,

[LambdaFF]

Another monthly update missed... a week ago.

Suggestion was raised that a minimum number of complaints are required for them to bother with an update.

So disappointing.

[iDig3Dprinting]

Another monthly update missed... a week ago.

Suggestion was raised that a minimum number of complaints are required for them to bother with an update.

So disappointing.

You should just buy some filament and then you can do some 3D printing rather than waiting for the filament maker