Would love to see you review this one. Maybe they can send you prototype for testing? 100K subscribers should give the campaign nice boost (if it's what they promise it is). I don't think they could find better advertising than sending you one for testing?
I'd love for Dave to review this too - one thing we know is that there would be no ambiguity about how he feels! Unfortunately, I don't have enough parts to keep a full set and send a set to Dave. I don't want to send the only parts I have to Dave and keep none, espically while the Kickstater campaign is live. Having one off prototypes machined/anodized/engraved is VERY expensive. Having an independent 3rd party have a look at PCBGRIP is actually a reasonable request and something that I am open to. So, if there is someone here on the forum that lives in Toronto area and would like to meet up to have a look at PCBGRIP, I am all for it. PM me if you are are interested.
How safe are kickstarter projects? If you put your money in do you get the project or your money back? I'm interested in this, but don't know a lot about kickstarter...
Basically you pledge an amount, if the project is successful (ie raises CAD$40,000 in my case), your credit card is charged. If the project doesn't raise CAD$40,000, your credit card is not charged. Assuming the project is successful, your risk then becomes (i) I deliver; and (ii) the product works. For the later, hopefully the videos, pictures, and offer above provides a reasonable level of comfort. As for me delivering - have a look at my bio on Kickstarter to get a very brief overview of my background. If you still have concerns, PM me and I will provide you my phone number and we can talk. Not a problem. I've backed 4 projects on Kickstarter myself. So far my worse experience has been poor communication and late delivery. While not life threatening, something that won't happen on this project.