Hi to you,
independently from the delay on the final delivery, April 17, as a backer of the project I supposed we could benefit from "earlier investing" in your project.
But as I can see, today, December 19th, I would be able to buy from your shop directly, the California Roll with a discount with the coupon of 20% off (5W20).
So, if I would order now 2 California Roll, included shipping, it sums up 427$ !!!
Whereas my contribution as a backer for 2 California Roll has already been of 478$ already 4 months ago (August 2016)!!!!!.
Can you explain to me the benefits and special conditions for investing and helping to you for raising up your project?
@Charseb. We are currently fine tuning the last details on our California Roll so that it can truly be awesome and worth waiting for. Shipping is definitely expected in March 2017 as mass production will start in January. We apologies again for the delay but we really think you will like it. Best regards
On Sept 5th, you wrote: "We are working on the CES for Las Vegas 2017 and dealing with distributors who contact us to start BtoB". But are you working on shipping your (expected awesome) speaker to the backers that had your back ? Should we be waiting for CES 2017 to be over to see any significant progress ? Any update on that ? Thxs
@Antonio
We started tooling... Nothing very exciting yet. We will send you update very soon. We are working on the CES for Las Vegas 2017 and dealing with distributors who contact us to start BtoB.
Best,
@Daniel as I explained the other end is where the buttons are which means they would be covered. It's physically possible but definitely a design flaw as the buttons should be easily accessible whenever in use. It's a major problem the creator is trying to downplay
That is truly too bad as it takes away from the 3-1 functionality to make it 2-1 with either charging or solar charging having to be given up in order to listen to music. Moving a USB port is usually not really a big deal for a manufacurer, but I understand if you feel you can't make changes, although I thought you were dedicated to providing the best product possible.
For the voice control I meant a way for us to trigger the voice function remotely, like a remote. As it is right now I have to walk over to the device and press a button for it to listen to me but not nearly as convenient as being able to trigger it from halfway across the room (Amazon answered this via having the device always listen which I don't like, there may be other innovative ways of accomplishing this and even a remote is better than nothing).
Sorry about all the notes but I got on board late-ish in the project and didn't notice the USB design flaw until now. I think for the remote there would still be plenty of time to integrate such a system.
Hi Martin,
Thank you for your comments.
Unfortunately it is a bit late to change the design.
Don’t worry, the speaker only listen to you when you press the mic button.
Any way you can place the USB port to charge other devices along the side of the body? If one was to make it stand to use the solar panel and play music one cannot also charge a device as the USB port is covered by the fact that this is the contact surface to make it stand up...unless you expect us to make it stand on the button face in which case it defeats the point of having a physical panel.
Also how about designing a way to trigger the voice functionality remotely without having it always listen to your voice...something that improves on Amazon echo's key security flaw. That would truly be something astounding!
Excited to hear about it and the progress of the California Roll and I read up on you and the company on your website. From a Swiss from Lausanne who spent 16 years in the U.S. I understand your career path perhaps better than most. I'm wishing you and your company success and am genuinely excited about a speaker that integrates this many features but still focuses on sound quality!
@ Martin Monnard: Thank you for your comments. Yes all accessories will be available. And probably we will give a very Nice surprise soon... Very Nice and free...
Also since it looks like we might not reach the 150k stretch goal (though too early to be sure) could you perhaps make a travel charger available to purchase...especially if my cellphone's Quick Charge is not supported!
Will the USB be Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 compatible? It would be nice if I could use my phone charger to charge it and if it charged quickly. I love the solar panel feature but there should be a fast way of charging it. Integrating Quick Charge 2.0 would be a great way to do this!
@ Charseb The solar panel is a 2,5 W. So the efficiency to charge a 3.7 V and 5000 mAh battery is exactly 7.4 hours. You can find those explanation in our Kickstarter.
Is there any functional or practical difference between the models with metal and the ones with cloth grilles?
Is the metal prone to scratches?
Does the cloth get wet easily?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two variants?
@ Dakembay Hoyte
You may have received the update yesterday when we announced that we reached our goal where it was explained that we set up a stretch goal:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU !!!
The production was launched last week to reach our target to deliver you in December before Christmas !
We can make much better. Meanwhile, there’s still 11 days to reach our $ 150'000 stretch goal to include a wall adaptor with 3 international plugs.
Please spread the word, like & share on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ! We still need your help.
THANK YOU!
Use this space to cheer the creator along, ask questions, and talk to your fellow backers. Please remember to be respectful and considerate. Thanks!
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Show older commentsCristian Verdaguer 6 days ago
Hi to you,
independently from the delay on the final delivery, April 17, as a backer of the project I supposed we could benefit from "earlier investing" in your project.
But as I can see, today, December 19th, I would be able to buy from your shop directly, the California Roll with a discount with the coupon of 20% off (5W20).
So, if I would order now 2 California Roll, included shipping, it sums up 427$ !!!
Whereas my contribution as a backer for 2 California Roll has already been of 478$ already 4 months ago (August 2016)!!!!!.
Can you explain to me the benefits and special conditions for investing and helping to you for raising up your project?
Thank you very much,
Regards,
Cristian
Nick Majkowski on January 5
Since shipping got delayed, is it too late to change the color I selected?
Tobias St. on January 2
Hi Creator,
you promised to send updates more often .... but no update since November?
What about CES launch?
LEMON Creator on December 16
@Charseb. We are currently fine tuning the last details on our California Roll so that it can truly be awesome and worth waiting for. Shipping is definitely expected in March 2017 as mass production will start in January. We apologies again for the delay but we really think you will like it. Best regards
Charseb on December 15
On Sept 5th, you wrote: "We are working on the CES for Las Vegas 2017 and dealing with distributors who contact us to start BtoB". But are you working on shipping your (expected awesome) speaker to the backers that had your back ? Should we be waiting for CES 2017 to be over to see any significant progress ? Any update on that ? Thxs
Antonio Fanna on December 13
update?
Daniël De Roock on December 9
Yes how is the shipment to Belgium ? m waiting for mine it should come in december , many thx
Wong Ho Lam
Superbacker
on December 1
hows the shipment now?
LEMON Creator on November 9
@Aurelien, Yes it is still NASA solar grade.
Aurélien on November 8
Hello,
Is the new solar panel still be a "NASA solar grade" with the same performance ?
Daniel on November 3
Thanks for the update. This speaker is going to be awesome!
LEMON Creator on November 3
Hello,
We have sent only one update so far. Sorry for that. You will receive an updatein a few hours.
Thks
Darwin Almonte on October 20
Any updates so far?
Antonio Fanna on October 6
update?
Akil Simon
Superbacker
on October 3
Update please
Anoosh
Superbacker
on September 16
Is IPX8 possible?
Daniel on September 5
will we be able to select our colour at some point?
LEMON Creator on September 5
@Antonio
We started tooling... Nothing very exciting yet. We will send you update very soon. We are working on the CES for Las Vegas 2017 and dealing with distributors who contact us to start BtoB.
Best,
LEMON Creator on September 5
@Martin, Thank you for the compliment
Antonio Fanna on September 3
Update?
Martin Monnard
Superbacker
on August 30
@creator that is true since it does rely on your phone for voice control anyways. Good stuff!
Martin Monnard
Superbacker
on August 30
@Daniel as I explained the other end is where the buttons are which means they would be covered. It's physically possible but definitely a design flaw as the buttons should be easily accessible whenever in use. It's a major problem the creator is trying to downplay
LEMON Creator on August 30
@Martin
About the voice control. You can use your smarthone as a remote if you don't want to walk over to the speaker.
Daniel on August 30
@Martin can you not stand it up and solar charge, charge your device and listen to music? just have the plug on the top.
Martin Monnard
Superbacker
on August 30
That is truly too bad as it takes away from the 3-1 functionality to make it 2-1 with either charging or solar charging having to be given up in order to listen to music. Moving a USB port is usually not really a big deal for a manufacurer, but I understand if you feel you can't make changes, although I thought you were dedicated to providing the best product possible.
For the voice control I meant a way for us to trigger the voice function remotely, like a remote. As it is right now I have to walk over to the device and press a button for it to listen to me but not nearly as convenient as being able to trigger it from halfway across the room (Amazon answered this via having the device always listen which I don't like, there may be other innovative ways of accomplishing this and even a remote is better than nothing).
Sorry about all the notes but I got on board late-ish in the project and didn't notice the USB design flaw until now. I think for the remote there would still be plenty of time to integrate such a system.
LEMON Creator on August 29
Hi Martin,
Thank you for your comments.
Unfortunately it is a bit late to change the design.
Don’t worry, the speaker only listen to you when you press the mic button.
Martin Monnard
Superbacker
on August 26
Any way you can place the USB port to charge other devices along the side of the body? If one was to make it stand to use the solar panel and play music one cannot also charge a device as the USB port is covered by the fact that this is the contact surface to make it stand up...unless you expect us to make it stand on the button face in which case it defeats the point of having a physical panel.
Also how about designing a way to trigger the voice functionality remotely without having it always listen to your voice...something that improves on Amazon echo's key security flaw. That would truly be something astounding!
Daniel on August 25
good job! can't wait!
LEMON Creator on August 25
@ Kinnay: Ye We know :(
It's almost a 1kg box..!
Kinnay on August 25
New backer from Germany here; glad to be on board! :)
Question: why is shipping so expensive? Isn't there a way to reduce shipping costs?
Looking very much forward to receiving the product, otherwise.
Martin Monnard
Superbacker
on August 25
Excited to hear about it and the progress of the California Roll and I read up on you and the company on your website. From a Swiss from Lausanne who spent 16 years in the U.S. I understand your career path perhaps better than most. I'm wishing you and your company success and am genuinely excited about a speaker that integrates this many features but still focuses on sound quality!
LEMON Creator on August 25
@ Martin Monnard: Thank you for your comments. Yes all accessories will be available. And probably we will give a very Nice surprise soon... Very Nice and free...
Martin Monnard
Superbacker
on August 25
Also since it looks like we might not reach the 150k stretch goal (though too early to be sure) could you perhaps make a travel charger available to purchase...especially if my cellphone's Quick Charge is not supported!
Martin Monnard
Superbacker
on August 25
Will the USB be Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 compatible? It would be nice if I could use my phone charger to charge it and if it charged quickly. I love the solar panel feature but there should be a fast way of charging it. Integrating Quick Charge 2.0 would be a great way to do this!
LEMON Creator on August 24
@ Charseb The solar panel is a 2,5 W. So the efficiency to charge a 3.7 V and 5000 mAh battery is exactly 7.4 hours. You can find those explanation in our Kickstarter.
Charseb on August 24
Do you have any figures regarding the solar panels power (watts) ? As well as their efficiency (converting sunlight into electricity ?)
LEMON Creator on August 23
@ Tilman Rauh: the cloth grill dry very fast. If you put your speaker in the sea. It is preferable to rince it after use.
LEMON Creator on August 23
@ Tilman Rauh:
The best is the cloth grill.
It give sa better sound.
I think we will cancel the metal grill. Too fragile and could rust...
Tilman Rauh on August 23
Is there any functional or practical difference between the models with metal and the ones with cloth grilles?
Is the metal prone to scratches?
Does the cloth get wet easily?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two variants?
LEMON Creator on August 22
@ Daniel: Thank you for your support
Daniel on August 22
Home stretch! so glad this campaign is going to happen.
LEMON Creator on August 21
@ christian: yes
christian on August 21
Can this device tolerate overcharging?
LEMON Creator on August 16
@Daniel
We are planning to make it following the results of the campaign. At the moment not sure to add on. Thank you for your support !
Daniel on August 15
will the travel pouch be available for purchase post campaign? Or maybe as an add on?
LEMON Creator on August 14
@ Anoosh: Unfortunately not for the time being.
Anoosh
Superbacker
on August 14
Could we get the travel pouch first at 150k instead?
LEMON Creator on August 14
@ Dakembay Hoyte
You may have received the update yesterday when we announced that we reached our goal where it was explained that we set up a stretch goal:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU !!!
The production was launched last week to reach our target to deliver you in December before Christmas !
We can make much better. Meanwhile, there’s still 11 days to reach our $ 150'000 stretch goal to include a wall adaptor with 3 international plugs.
Please spread the word, like & share on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ! We still need your help.
THANK YOU!
Best,
Vincent
LEMON Creator on August 14
@ Francois Maritz
I already answered you by email but just to make sure: Yes the speaker can also charge via the micro-usb input.
Dakembay Hoyte
Superbacker
on August 14
Now that you've reached your goal are there any stretch goals in mind? Maybe a case or something.