The Battle Tested Gear

[Christoffer Glans]

I bought the battle tested 7" screen for my Epic MX and it's still a great bargin and working great on my Weapon MG. But I checked out the battle tested gear in the Red store again and there's not much happening there. It's the same gear as always. I'm wondering, shouldn't there be more battle tested stuff at Red? I have no problem buying used gear from the store itself (used is essentially rebranded to "battle tested" after a checkup), cause it's a great way of knowing that things work and doesn't have any manufacture issues as well as keeping prices lower for us who constantly drain our bank in order to complete our Red gear package

So isn't there more stuff that might be sold through that region of the store?

 

[M.Halsell]

There may be more inventory available. But considering the big push is get as many on board with the new releases. No need to erode sales with expectation of a huge glut of competing gear at heavily discounted prices.

 

[Brandon Shafto]

Yes, exactly.
You don't want to be selling discounted RED Epic Dragon's for the same price as your new line. We won't see Battle Tested anything for a year, I'd say.

 

[DJ Meyer]

I just bought the BT Nikon mount, love it.

I'd also totally send in DSMC1 accessories for store credit if Red wants to resell them as BT. Even at a discounted trade-in value to not have to screw around selling stuff. hint hint

 

[David Peterson]

If I was RED I'd just be holding onto in a warehouse the traded in gear, until ***all*** the backlog orders for the new camera models are fulfilled. As RED doesn't want people to get impatient waiting for a new camera and to buy a BT one instead?!

However that is exactly what Kinefinity did, selling BT KineMini 4K when not even the first Terra orders are anywhere near shipping yet.