Paul,

Thanks. Let me address a few of the issues your comments raise.

1. A light would be a good addition. Don't think for a second we did not give it serious consideration.

2. I can assure you that the economics are such that just getting what's in this kit, in it for this price has been a huge struggle. This experience has been quite a lesson in how a penny in raw costs translates into a retail price many times that raw cost. While I have been involved in producing things such as cars and homes in previous lives, never have I been involved in something where it was so obvious and where evey single tenth of a cent really mattered. Doing this on the "budget" we had to maintain a competitive price that would hopefully produce the sales volume required, while still maintaining the level of quality was extraordinarily difficult, one reason it's take so long to bring to reality.

3. Space is at a premium and lights, even those such as these, are relatively bulky.

4. Switching on in the pouch has to be addressed. You cannot have any sort of pressure switch, period. We have looked at most all the lights on the market and only found one that is both very slim and compact and relatively affordable (as wholesale) which can be made to easily and economically operate only via a slide switch.

5. We decided relatively early on in the process that we wanted no life-limited components in the kit. That pretty much excluded any battery operated components.

Hope this explains our reasoning.