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Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

#4
The vast majority of the 2 year delay seems to be fraud by their Chinese manufacturer. They were given exact specifications but they didn't build the parts to it to avoid competition with their own production.

They had a bunch of design iterations issues along the way but the bulk of it was fraud.

Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

#5
Project Farm, a YouTube creator that faces various brands of tools off against each other, has purchased an early (but apparently production) release of one of these. In a recent comment on one of his videos he’s stated he aims to have a video of ratcheting screwdrivers including this one out in a few days.

I’m optimistic given the attention to detail portrayed in this video, and the fact that Linus displays a passion for quality workmanship in his reviews of other products.

Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

#8
Not an apples-to-apples comparison, but I just wanted to see the price positioning for this screwdriver. It goes for $69.99 [0] and Megapro ratcheting screwdrivers (which they mentioned in their video) goes from ~$50 to $59.99, depending on what bits it comes with.

[0] https://www.lttstore.com/products/screwdriver

[1] https://megaprotools.com/collections/ratcheting-drivers

Re: Our screwdriver took three years [video]

#10
post #6

Imagine because they’re first time product designers.

They’ve been making merch for years, just perhaps nothing of comparable mechanical complexity

tshirts / hoodies != custom designed mechanical item with many moving parts.
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