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Darren7219
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Aug 19, 2018
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Hi Dan
Why so long for the delivery time for X Mid 2P Tent.
I would like to order today, have a few expedition races coming up and the tent would be perfect for that purpose.
Unfortunately cant wait until April 2019 as the races will be over.
Aug 19, 2018
dandurston
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Dan Durston
Aug 20, 2018
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Darren7219Hi Darren,
Thanks for the interest. The wait for the 2P is indeed long. For several reasons I wanted to do the 1P version first, so I spent most of 2018 designing, prototyping and refining that. I only finished that recently and then we did the pre-sale "drop" for that in July and it is now entering production.
The pre-sale for the 1P showed there was quite a bit of interest in the X-Mid design, so it was only in the last few weeks that it was clear that there would be enough interest to do a 2P version. So with the 1P design finalized, I have been able to turn my attention to the 2P over the last month. I have been hard at work for the 2P design drawings and these are largely done so we now getting the first prototype built. So things are moving quickly, but there is just no way that we can get the 2P tent into folks hands this year.
I think refining the 2P will be quite a bit easier than refining the 1P since we learned a lot doing the 1P, but it'll still take several prototypes to get it perfect. The best case scenario is that we get it perfect over the next 3-4 months and then do a pre-sale with delivery in late summer 2019. The long wait between the pre-sale and delivery is unfortunate, but working with a larger manufacturer who is busy building products for many companies is the only way that we can built these at such a great price and with high quality.
Perhaps my entire response here is off topic and you were really asking about the wait for the 1P, since you mention April 2019 which is when the 1P arrives (the 2P will be substantially later). The reason why there is an 8 month wait is mostly to do with the manufacturer. They build tents for major companies (MSR, Mountain Hardware etc.) and they are used to having 6 - 9 months lead time to do these large production batches. They have a bit of a back log, and then when they are ready they get their machines ready to cut the fabric etc and do some pre-production tents to ensure they are perfect, and then they build the main batch, then ship to us, inspect etc. It just takes a long time because of all the steps.
So I'd really love for them to arrive sooner but there's nothing that can be done. I've been working hard to develop this and mostly the wait is the manufacturer. It's hard for me to wait too because I'm really excited for folks to try them because I think they're the best. In the mean time, you could buy another tent like the TT Notch or a MLD DuoMid and then when the X-Mid arrives you could sell that and have more than enough money left over to buy a new X-Mid. We have ordered more X-Mids that there were pre-orders, so there will be some tents available in stock in the spring.
Aug 20, 2018
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