Founder reservations

Reserve Essentia below MSRP before the first run is made.

Founder customers help fund premium tooling, manufacturing, electronics, and packaging up front. In return, the first units are priced at $169 before the planned $279 MSRP.

$169 Founder price for the first 1,100 units.

First-run meter

0% funded
0 of 1,100 founding units reserved
First-run quantity 1,100

The bar starts at zero and fills only as real founder units are purchased.

Founder price

$169 per cap in the founding batch, compared with planned $279 MSRP.

Estimated COGS

$112 landed unit cost for premium PCB assembly, color touch LCD, protected battery, sensors, internal actuator package, cap shell, gasket, assembly, packaging, and QA.

First-run quantity

1,100 founding units gives the run enough scale to order parts and packaging at workable pricing.

Launch reserve

The target includes a $5,000 profit reserve so the project has room to support early customers.

Where the threshold goes

The funding target is not a vague goal.

The founding meter is set to $185,900, which equals 1,100 founder units at $169 each.

Estimated unit COGS $123,200 for 1,100 units at $112 each.
Tooling and setup $45,700 for metal cap tooling, gasket tooling, premium PCB/test fixtures, package setup, and validation prep.
Freight and QA reserve $12,000 reserved for inbound freight, inspections, replacements, and launch buffer.
Profit reserve $5,000 planned profit reserve after estimated first-run obligations.