It's AALIVVE!!! Well, almost. Tornado grenade video posted on my site!

[The Saint]

Originally Posted by MadMax

My total customer base is pretty US centric though. I've built a decent name here on ASC which gives my company a good reputation with Canadian players. My profile in the US isn't as developed. The web based discussion of airsoft in the US is significantly more fragmented than here in Canada. There isn't a national forum which really pulls together the whole country and I'm a bit of a nobody in the US. I have to work a lot harder marketing in the rest of the world because I have to compete for attention against a lot of retailers and an abundance of new products.

Did you ever overcome the bullshit 21st Century Airsoft used to spew to US police training community about how using propane in GBBs is bad?

[MadMax]

Go easy. I'm not a very public figure outside of the Canadian airsoft community. It's a pretty easy assumption that there aren't any big Canadian airsoft manufacturers because at first blush, Canada is a bit of a dumb place to situate an airsoft company. The game is rather restricted which puts a real damper on market growth. Heck, there aren't even many North American manufacturers altogether.

[WingZER0]

Just wondering, is anyone else having slight issues with thier grenades?

yeah, mine has weird delays, averageing 10 secs

[Styrak]

You need to wait a while after filling it I believe, and you have to wait a bit or warm it up after detonations to use it again. Or the timing will be off cause it's cold.

Maybe Carl can confirm this.

[max.power]

I'm having weird delays as well using propane, even after letting it warm up. After about 15 secs, I went and picked it up, THEN it went off. Nice.

[Brian McIlmoyle]

Originally Posted by max.power

I'm having weird delays as well using propane, even after letting it warm up. After about 15 secs, I went and picked it up, THEN it went off. Nice.

That is a lubrication issue... you need to oil the grenade as in the instructions.
if you are having a long delay.. lub it up good and shuttle it open and closed a few times..

[Duckman]

hey carl...have you done any testing for potential over lubing? not that i've done it but i'm just curious if say triple the dose of lube for newer units might help with the early on timer consistancy issues that people seem to be mentioning.

[MadMax]

I haven't had any serious problems with overlubing. It just gets a little gross after awhile. It seems that there is a bit of a break in period with this product. I'm trying to figure a way to deal with this. I'm hoping I can improve my manufacturing process to handle this issue.

[max.power]

EDIT: Figured it out. Thanks.

[WingZER0]

Originally Posted by MadMax

I haven't had any serious problems with overlubing. It just gets a little gross after awhile. It seems that there is a bit of a break in period with this product. I'm trying to figure a way to deal with this. I'm hoping I can improve my manufacturing process to handle this issue.

Mmm, figures. Oh well, more of an excuse to keep hucking these suckers.

[Roughneck]

How long does it take to get these grenades shipped?

[WingZER0]

Originally Posted by Spencer

How long does it take to get these grenades shipped?

Mine arrived about a week after he shipped.

[COBRA-CC]

Originally Posted by Spencer

How long does it take to get these grenades shipped?

Mine where shipped on may 26 and i still waiting for them to come its been 9 working day from when they where shipped out I did get a notice saying that they've been shipped out May 26 but i did not get a tracking number for the package now Im starting to wonder if they have been shipped

[Roughneck]

Edit: got notice today that it was shipped.