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Originally Posted by AngryAlpaca
Thermochill.
Heater core style radiators (radiators in general, I think) cost a LOT to make small quantities, as one must set up solder machine or what not. The tooling is usually a one time, very high cost thing, so that's the main cost for small quantities of these radiators. If you're making 100,000, let's say, like a car company, the tooling cost is relatively small per item, and the raw materials and actual work probably doesn't take long. I think. This is all inferred from what I've seen and heard and sounds about right.
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I forgot about Thermochill, they don't seem to be near as widespread as HWlabs products, they're more expensive too.
When I mentioned new competition putting out much cheaper radiators I wasn't thinking of small quantities. I doubt HWlabs has made or ordered a small ammount, probably many thousands.
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Originally Posted by pHaestus
the market is limited(on THIS forum anyway) for $60-100 radiators when the Fedco heatercores are so cheap. I talked briefly with HWLabs about making a single pass Black Ice 2 Pro but honestly no one here would buy one and so it's hard to justify...
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But if we could get something like a BIX2 for only twice the price of a heatercore, say around $40, the market here would expand.