Stoneplanking, hopefully you are still checking out the forums and are reading this thread regarding your product. I belive it would be useful for you to remain active in this thread instead of going private with the members. Why? Well we have a fairly broad membership, which based upon their depth of knowledge/experience in survival, camping, hiking, rescue, marketing, small businesses, etc. could become a useful and constructive sounding board for a potentially useful product such as yours. I am not advocating marketing your product here (although there is a specific section for marketing that you might find useful), but rather explain and engage in useful discussion on why your product is beneficial, how the membership (again there is a lot of potential expertise here) views your product and marketing strategies that may lead you to other venues of sales.

I might even suggest that you consider selecting a few of the folks here to field trial/evaluate your product. A few kind words in the right places can have enormous potential on the success of a product. The original poster, Redflare is a retailer and is highly regarded by a number of people on the forum for his customer service and while I certainly cannot say whether his interest was for personal or business reasons, I am sure he is examining this thread carefully for how the product is viewed. We are fortunate in that we have had a number of manufactures of various products participate, not necessarily to defend their product, but to consult with the potential end users of their product. When this approach is taken, almost everyone comes out a winner.

Pete