Ouch, getting a bit like the wild west out there...
People are definitely going to have to be more discerning as they look at crowd-funding projects. It's funny, the upside to these sorts of things is anyone can put forth an idea and ask for funding and the downside is anyone can put forth an idea and ask for funding. I try to look at these things as investments but all to often people look at them as online shopping with a really large shipping time. On a side note, the comments for the project in question is odd. Maybe it's just because I'm not logged in or something but I can only see one of the (currently) 6 comments which seems to be referencing a now invisible comment.
I saw the comments section too and thought it was weird that its only showing 1 out of 6 comments. The one comments even says "we have enhanced features in the quality that the knock off people in China do not have." If the Boom Bx has "enhanced features" over the Touch Speaker, why not make that a unique selling point and say it upfront in the project page instead of just commenting about it. Also, "the knock off people in China", isn't the Boom Bx suppose to be manufactured in Shenzhen?
Wow, they're not even trying to hide the similarities, are they?! I just read your review of the Touch Speaker and it sounds like a really great product. Lately some buddies and I have been playing tennis at night and having a few beers. We mentioned that having some music would be great and tried to use an iPhone. It was just too quiet. We don't need anything fancy, I think the Touch Speaker will do just fine. I'm going to pick one up. Had Boom bx not ripped them off, I'd have never learned about them. Maybe this is an elaborate marketing scheme by Touch Speaker! -If so, my hats off to them as it's a stroke of evil genius. Thanks for the introduction Nigel.
Amazing isn't it? Anyway hold up on your purchase, because we've just posted a similar product which looks to have a bigger speaker, which may deliver a better sound outdoors for you. Take a look at the Touch Speaker Boom Box - http://www.redferret.net/?p=40762 . Cheers.