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I will continue to support Emberlit, Not this knock-off pseudo modified copy.

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I funded it.  There are a few things I liked about it over the Emberlit.

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I think the rocket port is a neat feature.

Plus the fact that he has every individual piece for sale at his store, so  you can basically build what suits you.

Well it went down to the wire but I am pleased to announce that my negotiations with MerkWares™ (Home of the Emberlit™ Stove) have gone very well. In fact, we’ve just come to an agreement that the Core product and I will be joining the MerkWares™ team! This partnership will catapult the Core product to a whole new level and allow me to offer an even better product to you all. It’s going to take a little time, and a little bit of your help to get things set up to produce the Core in volume so we’ll be closing down this campaign while we work out those details. However, we’ll be back on Kickstarter in about 30 days or less under the MerkWares™ brand – so keep an eye out for us!

In the meantime, it sincerely pains me to cancel this Kickstarter project and I don’t want to disappoint any of you while we work through this transition. So to ease your pain MerkWares™ has generously offered a code for 50% off any Emberlit™ Stove (even the ultra-light titanium stove) to everyone who made a pledge to this campaign.This discount has NEVER been offered before and likely will never be available again. If you backed this campaign, please send me an email with your Kickstarter user name to [email protected] to receive your coupon code and to find out how to get another FREE gift.

We’ll be posting a blog on our developments at www.emberlit.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/emberlit so you can follow our progress.

I really appreciate all of your support and I’m excited to join the MerkWares™ team. I’m confident we’ll accomplish great things together and produce an even better product for you so I hope you’ll continue to support us!

I’m working through this as fast as I can so please help me by bugging us on www.facebook.com/emberlit about the progress of your Core and I apologize for the delay!

Chad

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Does anyone have access to a waterjet table?

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The whole thing smells like a free advertising campaign.

Creator Chad Mueller about 10 hours ago
Hi Everyone,
I understand that many of you are pretty bent out of shape because the project was canceled and would like some of the details so I'll try to explain.

Starting a new company is a complicated task and many unexpected issues come up in the process. In this case, something very unexpected came up. Whenever attorneys immediately get involved things get messy, choices become limited and things get complicated and expensive very quickly. Starting a new company and immediately having lawyers involved would easily crush an underfunded start up.
In order to get a product into large chain stores usually the product must be patented or licensed from a patent holder. The larger chain stores won't risk buying a large volume of one product just to find out later that they can't sell it because the manufacturer violated a patent. The reaction by the MerkWare advisory team was an automatically triggered response to protect their new patent. My understanding is they have to at least growl at anything that comes close to infringing on their patent to show suppliers that they're serious about protecting the integrity of their product already on store shelves as well as for upcoming contracts.
The decision to work out a deal with MerkWares wasn't based on patent infringement, as far as I'm concerned. The decision was beneficial to both parties because it would avoid the automatic legal response by their financiers and MerkWares already has the know how to produce the product, the manufacturers and contracts that keep manufacturing prices low and the distribution and marketing channels already in place.
After coming to an agreement, because the legal process is so slow, the deadline of the project really pushed the Kickstarter project cancelation. MerkWares supplier isn't setup to manufacture various elements of the Core product yet and MerkWares needs to use their manufacturer, for various reasons. Considering the incorporation of the Core product into their portfolio, and all the legalities of that combined with the shipping delay caused by changing manufacturers mid project would have also caused a problem with the product delivery schedule, which would be another nightmare in itself. The other issue was the project cost numbers with their manufacturer vs. the production costs with mine could have put the project underwater. So the decision was made, late yesterday, that there was a good chance, considering all combined elements that it was very possible that we wouldn't be able to meet the expectations originally expressed in the Kickstarter project and therefore it should be canceled.
There are a lot more details involved that but without rambling that’s the general overview. As you've already seen, Mikhail from MerkWares has filmed a video explaining some of the details on the Emberlit facebook page.

The Core product will survive and will be a product line under the MerkWares brand and I understand your frustration but there are lots of details involved that are yet to be worked out. The next step is to get stamping dies made so that the Core can be made at a low enough cost to be able to have enough profit margins that stores will carry it. Without a die to produce them, the in store price of the Core would be a lot more than they were in this project and those dies cost $30,000+.

I did everything I could not to leave you guys high and dry and the MerkWares team felt the same way or they wouldn't have offered the free gift and 50% off their product. I am well aware that the offering is not for an equivalent product but it could get you though in a pinch. I do value the support you've provided and I will be pushing for a discounted price on the Core stove for everyone that supported this project as many have already suggested. So please bear with me as we get all of these elements worked out and remember… the legal system exists to protect everyone… right?

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just wait until all the facts are in. You'd be surprised by just what is going on behind the scenes.

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just wait until all the facts are in. You'd be surprised by just what is going on behind the scenes.

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How could I have possibly known that?