Wild Country Revo now available for preorder

I was told September 8th shipping but I won't believe anything til I see it in my hands.  

Kevin DeWeese 1 wrote:

Ordered mine. If it works similar to a silent partner for lead roped soloing, that price is cheap. 

Have you heard something that suggests it does, or are you hoping based on the design? I'm interested in one for that purpose as well.

Well, less encouraging news just now from REI. In my order history, I'm seeing both a shipping date and "this item is on backorder" messaging, so I called REI to get more information. I relayed everything to the CSR and she put me on hold while she talked with the product team.

She said, "I'm not sure why it's on backorder, as we're not showing that there are any more coming in. We don't have any purchase orders scheduled from the manufacturer. I don't even know how you got this order placed, and it's definitely going to cancel out. We don't have any information on when it'll be available, but I'd check back in a few weeks, and keep checking with the manufacturer.'

Seems like the fact that some of us got orders through might've been a glitch. Bummer. 

What an emotional roller coaster.

Momoface wrote:

What an emotional roller coaster.

Looks like the roller coaster ride has come to and end:

REI Wrote:

Hi William, due to an issue with your order # A128106128,

we’ve made a cancellation. You haven’t been charged for any cancelled item.

 

We’re sorry for the inconvenience! 

Same for me - order cancelled. Not a very auspicious new product intro.

Same here, REI order cancelled.  Guess I'll just have to drink $160 worth of beer instead.

I ordered two of them, so that's $320 in beer I now get to drink

Had a chat with REI online support: re: my preorder being canceled:

Daniel: Thank you for contacting REI, my name is Daniel.

Daniel: Hi Kevin.

Kevin DeWeese: Hello

Daniel: Yes, it looks like this was canceled. I am looking to see the reason.

Daniel: So apologies for this. This item is actually not expected to come in for several months. We are not expecting this anytime soon. It was not supposed to be available for backorder quite yet.

Kevin DeWeese: So I'm assuming everyone that preordered it will have theirs canceled as well?

Daniel: Yes, that is correct.

Kevin DeWeese: Do we have an expected date for the preorder to become available again?

Daniel: I don't think so but one moment while I double check.

Daniel: The best I can give you is that we are expecting this to come in sometime in December. It is subject to change if the manufacturer has any hickups. So I would check online starting November to see if it has opened up for backorder.

Kevin DeWeese: So it is not possible to keep this preordered/backordered until that time?

Daniel: That is correct.

Kevin DeWeese: OK. Thank you very much

Daniel: You are welcome. Have a great day.

Heheheheheh 'hickups'.

What will come out first - the Revo or a Vergo that isn't recalled? :) It's a real horse race. Could be a nail-biter!

Not sure what's worse, vaporware or recallware

Brian Abram wrote:

I ordered two of them, so that's $320 in beer I now get to drink

Ok, so I understand the addictive feeling of getting shiny new gear from the guy/gal driving a brown truck, but throwing $300 at something that no one (outside of Wild Country) has actually touched and used yet? What if it's a total POS?!

You all need a support group.

aikibujin wrote:

Ok, so I understand the addictive feeling of getting shiny new gear from the guy/gal driving a brown truck, but throwing $300 at something that no one (outside of Wild Country) has actually touched and used yet? What if it's a total POS?!

You all need a support group.

they have done trial runs in various European gyms so to say no one would be false, throwing $300 at something that to what many see as the holy grail of devices isn't really unreasonable, it's a pulley, a belay device, a rope soloing device and who else knows what other uses it might have, if I had $300 to throw at this i sure as hell would.

that guy named seb wrote:

they have done trial runs in various European gyms so to say no one would be false, throwing $300 at something that to what many see as the holy grail of devices isn't really unreasonable, it's a pulley, a belay device, a rope soloing device and who else knows what other uses it might have, 

I'm interested in the Revo too, I just wanted to see some real world reviews before I go throw money at it. So what do the good people in the various European gyms think of it? Is it really the holy grail of belay devices that can also make excellent coffee? I do love a good coffee.

aikibujin wrote:

I'm interested in the Revo too, I just wanted to see some real world reviews before I go throw money at it. So what do the good people in the various European gyms think of it? Is it really the holy grail of belay devices that can also make excellent coffee? I do love a good coffee.

Well clearly they thought the V slots needed some work ;), I think people aren't super psyched about it as a belay device but for everything else it can do.

I'm a gear whore, and I'm tunashamed of it. I try stuff all the time that has little to no reviews. I like testing stuff, have a decently paying 3-day-a-week job, few other interests, no kids, and I live so cheaply otherwise that I can afford it. Besides, someone has to be first. In the past year, I've used all sorts of gear before it was available in the US

Right now I have 8 Grivel Carryabiners on the way from the UK: 4 for my harness and 4 for my wife:

I don't like the plastic Petzl Caritools, and the DMM Vault is overpriced.

Next on the list is the Scarpa Ribelle Tech

Email from Wild Country just now:

The REVO is due to be released on the market in December this year.

 We have several roadshows arranged around the country.  Please keep an eye on our website wildcountry.com for your nearest roadshow.

 You can sign up to our newsletter here:  http://www.wildcountry.com/en/newsletter-signup

 Kindest regards,

 Cheryl

Brian Abram wrote:

I'm a gear whore, and I'm tunashamed of it. I try stuff all the time that has little to no reviews. I like testing stuff, have a decently paying 3-day-a-week job, few other interests, no kids, and I live so cheaply otherwise that I can afford it. Besides, someone has to be first. In the past year, I've used all sorts of gear before it was available in the US

Right now I have 8 Grivel Carryabiners on the way from the UK: 4 for my harness and 4 for my wife:

I don't like the plastic Petzl Caritools, and the DMM Vault is overpriced.

Next on the list is the Scarpa Ribelle Tech

Post up reviews when you use both. That ribelle tech looks like a good replacement for the rebel pros I wore holes through the sole on. 

I'm interested to see if that grivel biner stays oriented on the harness well or tries to rotate. It doesn't seem to have a wider flat section on the back of the spine. I tried using camp photons with my dead bird harness and rubber bands last year, the biner just spun to the side when I tried to re-rack screws. 

Mark L wrote:

Same here, REI order cancelled.  Guess I'll just have to drink $160 worth of beer instead.

Status Update:  I just contacted REI customer service to find out why my order was cancelled.  The guy told me it wasn't clear why my order was cancelled, but that next week they will be available for purchase online again.  They are on backorder, but he told me the first shipments will go out on the 24th of September if I remember correctly.  He also gave me a 20% off coupon code to use when I do place the order.  I didn't even complain really, but he told me he was giving it to me for my troubles.  I don't know how accurate the information that he gave me is; for all I know it may not ship until Christmas.  The first time I placed the order I was told I would receive it by September 12th, so take this information with a grain of salt.  He said the best thing I could do was to just check online everyday starting Monday to see if it is available for order.  I contacted them through online chat, and he promptly emailed me the coupon code at the end of our chat session.  If receiving it 3 weeks later ends up saving me $30 off of the retail price, I'll be pretty content.  I'll follow up with and update in the future.