Out of stock woes

From time to time some of our products sell out much quicker than we had projected. This is because our method of selling direct has not been done in the outdoor industry before and we don’t have the sales history to predict how quickly we will sell a product. Because we develop our products and purchase direct from the factory, our lead times for new production are not always as quick as we would like. We also try and ship our products by sea whenever possible. This is obviously much slower than air but helps keep the cost of the products lower and does less damage to the planet.

Boats are slow, and a watched boat never docks.. so we sweat it out. We prefer not to take advanced orders, shipping schedules can change, last minute production runs get delayed.. in short there are many factors we cannot control and so we do not want to have your money stuffed down the back of our sofa.

What we do is make a note of any enquiries, it is as good as reserving the product, and we will let you know as soon as we have them back on our shelves. We also publish the expected delivery date on our site, however for the reasons explained above this is subject to change at anytime.

If you have your eye on one of our products, and you would rather not keep checking our website everyday just send us an email at . Remember to state which product you are interested in and if possible specify product options such as size or colour.

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