Aside from the new items that you can't talk about yet...
back when the LunaSol27 was still vapor that wouldn't quite condense, you had suggested that some Ti S27-PDs might trickle forth. Any chance these are still in the works?
I was committed to the LunaSol program and initially I had 100 sets on order which would be the basis of the first waves and I could then decide to go with an additional 100 sets if the interest was there. I had an outstanding order for 50 more of the S-27 sets. The LunaSol 27 program ran into some problems and it was clear that it wasn't going to come out as originally planned. I was concerned that building demand would result with the 100 sets not being enough for some decent availability time and I decided to switch those 50 S-27 sets to an additional 50 sets of LunaSol 27's. I could always reorder more S-27 sets. Well my plans turned to wishful thinking as it turned out and additional setbacks as well as some new ideas and designs were enough to put me in a state of confusion which I am still in, frankly.
I can't plan a wave until I know I have every component on hand or coming in and there is a critical path which is often disrupted yet must be followed to completion. "My kingdom for a horse." Well I don't need a horse but if I am missing an O-ring, window, little screw, converter, LED or any one of the components, I can't complete a light.
At present, I have a few lights planned out and in the works but additional Ti S-27PD's are not among them. I need converters for these planned lights and I don't know what the ETA on them might be. It seems they could be out into the future for a few months and maybe even longer. Wayne has been my sole source for converters and at present, he is quite busy on his own and my converters don't represent a priority to him which is certainly understandable. Frankly, my wants and needs have caused some serious damage to my business relationship with Wayne. Although it is possible that I could consider doing another run of S-27PD's, this would require an additional request for yet another run of converters not presently accounted for or in the works. A run of S-27 PD's can't be considered at this point. I can't even consider another run of LunaSol 27's at this point in time.
It seems I need to sit back and hope for the best on some of the programs I have in the works and focus on some other areas where I can use existing or reasonably available components and make some complete assemblies which I can then offer. To some extent, I can be flexible and change plans due to the modular nature of some of these designs. I have some near complete assemblies which were to be part of a light in the works but I will be offering some of these in an alternate plan and application, as is, later this week probably. It seems clear now that I have time to replace these assemblies with a new order of them and not delay the original light anymore than it is already delayed. :thinking: :shrug:
If these comments don't provide a clear understanding it is likely due to the fact that I have composed them poorly and certainly due to the fact that I have not provided a complete picture as I have withheld some information and plans. "No comment" would have been more comprehensive to the reader but not very enlightening either. CPF is an interesting realm where interaction among members and communications don't follow a typical business format because heck, this just isn't typical business here!?!
I felt the question asked deserved an answer beyond simple "no". Additionally, in trying to explain the situation, I also have a chance to perhaps better understand and learn from it myself.
At this point, I would like to suggest that we leave the question of what's next to future threads where instead of talking about vapor, I can show you some hardware.
:candle:. Here's hoping that these will be available in Black and Bare Al.
