Julien Nérée
April 15, 2024
We know you’ve been eagerly awaiting a shipping announcement. Here’s our March Backer Update, which details the updated shipping timeline, reasons for it, Ryder’s manufacturing process, our upcoming beta tester program which you can be a part of, and your requests for additional recovery tags!
As announced in our previous updates, our team decided to spend extra time for a few more adjustments to the internals of the product before ordering the production tooling. We improved the wireless charging feature, the heat management, and the internals for an easier assembly process. This extra time spent on these last refinements was decided with one goal in mind: to deliver a product that meets our high quality standards. Unfortunately, the extra time spent also means that we will be delaying the shipment by 3 months from the initial delivery schedule. We will start production in July and start shipping on the first week of August.
A few weeks ago we told you that we finalised the last discussions with our mold fabrication vendor. Today, we reached a critical milestone: we ordered them! These are the production toolings for mass production which include our plastic injection molds, production jigs and fixtures. This is a critical milestone for any hardware company, as it is the biggest manufacturing expense and it is challenging to adjust later. We couldn’t have done it without you - thank you all again!
We're looking for additional members to our private group for early access to our developer devices. This initiative is designed to closely involve our community in the final stages of Ryder One's development, specifically in refining the user experience. Your feedback will be invaluable to ensure our product meets our usability standards.
If you want to be part of this testing program, please sign up through this link: https://ryd.is/4ua
We've heard your feedback: you want to buy more Recovery Tags for extra backup convenience. To respond to this request, we are working on an add-on offer that will be available shortly before the shipment. Your perspectives on how this offer should be structured are important to us. We invite you to share your preferences by filling out this brief form: https://ryd.is/ubo
Thank you all for your patience through this journey! We are committed to keeping you updated and involved every step of the way as we work towards the delivery of your Ryder One.
