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A comment on Makers of Crowdfunded “Gravity Blanket” Withdraw Unsupported Medical Claims.

Re:Makers of Crowdfunded “Gravity Blanket” Withdraw Unsuppor... by danso on Sunday May 14, 2017 @07:21PM (#14338065)
Misleading medical claims aside, this looks like another Coolest Cooler, in which the creator is in over his head. His original goal was $21,500, and since going viral, he keeps adding more spots to the "Early Bird" backers. The creator has listed no other team members and has no production experience himself. If you read his bio carefully [0], he alludes to having production experience, but lists no names or links whatsoever except to his media company, which is literally a Youtube channel with ~50 subscribers. [1]. That his campaign had misleading medical claims seems to be a hint that he doesn't have medical experts or designers who have experience in this area.

[0] https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/1620645203/about

[1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwIXCnpTwZQaRtzyNOyzkfA

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Re:Makers of Crowdfunded “Gravity Blanket” Withdraw Unsuppor... by toexitthedonut on Sunday May 14, 2017 @09:47PM (#14338584)
This can actually require less overhead than Coolest Cooler, due to its particular usage of materials. The only big logistical issues will be shipping super heavy blankets and sourcing those materials. That said, adding more early bird backers is another sort of over-promising, and where you're gonna end up biting off more than you can chew.
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