Hi spruce.
Thankyou for your compliments,
There also is a lot of pain involved, trust is a big thing.
Ive even had leading companies employ a mole to buy my pole from me, to check it out!
Not going to say who it is mind, but it is very sad when companies go this low.
With this like the aqua-dapter, we have made sure of patent applications, which is'nt fair that you have to do this when its your product design anyway.
Products like A/D and Tubeless poles are not an overnight project, it takes time, so i wish that other companies would keep there noses out so to speak.
Steven.