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Does it actually exist? I'm interested, but I'm always dubious when I see a shipdate that is in the future.
Hi Avre, yes, it does. We've manufactured a small quantity that will ship in January. We've also prepared our production lines to support bigger quantities as we scale our operations. Thanks for your comment.
Is this a problem people are willing to pay to solve? Is the fact that it's raining outside a good enough reminder not to lose your umbrella? Just curious.
Is this a problem people are willing to pay to solve? Is the fact that it's raining outside a good enough reminder not to lose your umbrella? Just curious.
Than I thought it was an app that tells you when it's going to rain...
Which led me to believe it could be some sort of satire...
Then at the bottom is an actual umbrella, so now I'm thinking it's a weather app AND umbrella? and NOT satire?
No idea, but I already have numerous weather apps, and an umbrella in my car.
Isn't this just putting a Tile [1] (or any number of other BLE devices) on an umbrella? [1] https://www.thetileapp.com/
You get the advantage of the Tile ecosystem, which means anyone with the app installed has the potential to help track your umbrella.
The only value-add here is that they have an app that tells you when rain is forecasted, from what I can tell.
Is losing your umbrella a common problem?
But that reminds me of a story I heard told by Alejandro Jodorowsky,[1] about being at a dinner at Dali's home and Dali telling him about the times when he and Picasso used to go for walks on the beach, and they would keep finding clocks buried in the sand.
Then, Dali asked Jodorowsky whether he too had ever found any clocks in the sand on the beach.
Jodorowsky thought, "What could I say to the great Dali? If I say that yes, I have found clocks in the sand, then I would seem arrogant. And if I say that I never found any clocks, then I would seem like a little man."
"So I thought for a while and then said, 'No, Dali, I have never found any clocks in the sand. But I have lost a lot.'"[2]
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Jodorowsky
[2] - The quotes are not verbatim. This is from memory of an interview I saw with Jodorowsky, which I can not find right now. If anyone has a link to it and can provide a verbatim quote, that would be appreciated.
"We're big fans of perfectly crafted products." "built with a perfect opening and closing mechanism" "built using perfect stitching"
Especially when high quality umbrellas tend to cost more than this without the app or tracking technology.
I think this product could definitely be useful, but it is all about the clean, minimal experience to make it so.
Instead, I envision this product doing really well as an impulse buy at Macys, Sharper Image, and similar stores around Christmas. Parents and grandparents will buy this for their younger family members thinking it is cool. Then the young people will forget it at the bar anyway because the reason they forgot their cheap umbrellas was not the lack of reminder, but because they were drunk.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hi Avre, yes, it does. We've manufactured a small quantity that will ship in January. We've also prepared our production lines to support bigger quantities as we scale our operations. Thanks for your comment.
Why you didn't go with one of the crowdfunding sites?