Trying to build one isn’t about saving money. You have been here long enough to know that.
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I know it is not about saving money all the time. Just sometimes. It is about making it better. Or sooner. Or different. Or lighter.
If you just want to copy it and do a poorer job... ??? Or supporting the innovator.
If you develop and sell a superior stick... and I think you have considered marketing a stick - I may buy it. To support you an innovator.
I tried to make a lighter better stick than Dan Infalt's before it came out for fun. I really think his stick is better than anything I made. It is more expensive, than anything I made. It is better built than anything I made. It stacks better and grabs the tree better but is slightly heavier. The weight makes it better built and slightly safer.
The hybrid... I am not sure what I would improve... likely is something I have not thought of or maybe you have some ideas.
Less expensive... It is a reasonable price.... You go with a simple preachers seat and a cheap molle frame.
Better... I doubt it.
One thing I know from being a farmer and farmers are very creative and innovative and cheap... if we do not support innovators we will get less innovation in an industry. Hybrid seed for instance is expensive but allows for big investment and large improvements in productivity and a protected investment. It is hard to copy so we get big dollars invested to make me more money.
That is why we get a lot of genetic improvement in corn and not much in wheat. Corn seed is a hybrid and the seed cannot be saved and used again.
I gain and the company gains. I get a more profitable product they get profits.
Wheat is not hybridized yet. I get slower genetic gains and I can copy the product one year after I buy it so there is less incentive to investment in research and development because copy right infringement is legal and easy.
I suppose that is one reason I bought the Infalt sticks. Do I need them ... not really. Do I use them yes. Do I like them yes. Can I afford them yes. Infalt is a small time investor. I did the same for Ernie and G2. Do I like the mantis better... I am not sure. The predator is great.
I guess we all have our reasons for what we do.
I really am answering a few questions. Is the hybrid JX3 expensive no. Can we make it better - maybe. Can we make it cheaper maybe. Can we get it sooner. Maybe. Is it alright to want to support an innovative small business... Yes. Should I Yes if I can afford it. Should I buy it... Well, can I afford to buy it is the first question. Put food on the table first. Care for your family next. Set your priorities. Make your decisions.
I hope I do not sound hostile. I am not. In our great free countries we can do whatever we wish within the law. So do whatever you wish. I am just expressing an opinion. We are all entitled to an opinion when we have free speech.
I am looking forward to what you might come up with despite my comments.