For some reason, I "tripped" over this
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4951 thread (I believe it was the first thread I started in the CPF!) earlier. It's dated 11-14-2001 and it got me thinking about how ARC in it's various guises has progressed in the last 5 years; not a lot would be the initial response.
As a one time supporter of Peters, I have to say that I felt both happy and quite sad when I received my Photon Proton recently. In terms of functionality, it's all I ever wanted in a light, so that makes me happy. I'm sad because I know it's the light that Peter should be making. I'm also sad because I know Peter could make this light in a AAA form factor and that would make the whole package so desirable.
I think instead of being somewhat dismissive of my thoughts all those years ago, Peter should have attempted something like this. It's not for me, look at the demand for the Proton. And at it's price point, imagine the margins!
Another American company many years ago decided to "sweat it's assets" and, in doing so, spent virtually nothing on new product development. That company is Palm and it is now a sad reflection of it's former self; no longer the almost-inventor of what we now know as the modern PDA. Instead it owns no operating system, and it's recent offerings are just reshelled Windows Smartphones which others in lower cost base countries can make at a fraction of the price.
We have seen many recent posts in this board discussing the lead times for the "new" AAA ARC; these are now down to nothing if ordered today. This board now sees a small handful of posts per day, whereas in the past, ARC was effectively the same as the CPF.
In this day and age, we all know you have to run to stand still. Companies therefore than stand still are going backwards and will, sadly, probably not survive. I can't imagine an intelligent man like Peter needs unwanted commenary like the above from me: surely he knows all this himself.
5 years ago, I said "I'm sure an AAA with a facility to vary light output (I wouldn't be interested in any strobe facility) would have a great gadget value and would sell like hot cakes!" I still passionately believe this to be true. Over to you Peter.
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4951 thread (I believe it was the first thread I started in the CPF!) earlier. It's dated 11-14-2001 and it got me thinking about how ARC in it's various guises has progressed in the last 5 years; not a lot would be the initial response.
As a one time supporter of Peters, I have to say that I felt both happy and quite sad when I received my Photon Proton recently. In terms of functionality, it's all I ever wanted in a light, so that makes me happy. I'm sad because I know it's the light that Peter should be making. I'm also sad because I know Peter could make this light in a AAA form factor and that would make the whole package so desirable.
I think instead of being somewhat dismissive of my thoughts all those years ago, Peter should have attempted something like this. It's not for me, look at the demand for the Proton. And at it's price point, imagine the margins!
Another American company many years ago decided to "sweat it's assets" and, in doing so, spent virtually nothing on new product development. That company is Palm and it is now a sad reflection of it's former self; no longer the almost-inventor of what we now know as the modern PDA. Instead it owns no operating system, and it's recent offerings are just reshelled Windows Smartphones which others in lower cost base countries can make at a fraction of the price.
We have seen many recent posts in this board discussing the lead times for the "new" AAA ARC; these are now down to nothing if ordered today. This board now sees a small handful of posts per day, whereas in the past, ARC was effectively the same as the CPF.
In this day and age, we all know you have to run to stand still. Companies therefore than stand still are going backwards and will, sadly, probably not survive. I can't imagine an intelligent man like Peter needs unwanted commenary like the above from me: surely he knows all this himself.
5 years ago, I said "I'm sure an AAA with a facility to vary light output (I wouldn't be interested in any strobe facility) would have a great gadget value and would sell like hot cakes!" I still passionately believe this to be true. Over to you Peter.