It's all coming together - at last!
Components continued to arrive for our first SleepBreeze personal cooler last week – in spite of the Royal Mail postal strike. Our ever-cheery postman popped two tantalising packages through the front door. It’s fair to say that we don’t get that excited about the post most days. But when it’s something that you’ve put you heart and soul into for a couple of years, then maybe there’s good reason to be a little interested to see how they turned out.
So, what was in the packages? Well, the first package was from CorinTech and contained examples of our CE approved battery pack and mains power supply. This companct little battery pack has a lead and jack plug which slots straight into the cooler. Likewise, the mains power supply – this one destined for European customers – is similar to most mobile phone chargers. These power options allow the user to either use the cooler when out and about, for example in a tent. The mains unit is more for domestic use and can be used wherever there's a handy power socket and you want some air movement.
The second package was from our plastics experts, BEC Group, in New Milton. This contained two more components for the fan housing. As before, these were “first offs” from the new tool. More work needed to bring the surface finish up to scratch – forgive the pun – and to do final fit adjustments.
At last we could lay out the product to look something like it will be when, hopefully, you buy one.
Well done to all at Corintech and BEC. Nice work.
We’re still waiting for 2 more components to arrive – and to be honest one of these has proved more than a little awkward to make! However, the coming week will see more electronics assemblies arrive. And hopefully next week, fingers crossed, the last and most awkward component will appear in the post.
If it was easy, everyone would do it!