Something I was thinking about today. The DIY blocks have gotten REALLY good of late, and it is the "one offs" that seem to be pushing the direction that waterblock design heads. Most of these blocks would be prohibitively expensive (100+) to produce in any quantity. At the same time, it seems that end users are finally moving towards the mfgrs with some actual R&D (Swiftech and the german companies). Anyway my point is that it seems like a hard market for the typical "I have a mill and a pretty standard design and I want to sell some $50 blocks" machinist to break into. And for the R&D dollars that some companies spend to pay off, they have to aggressively gain market share.
I heard Koolance ships 1000+ units a month. I don't know if that is steady, increasing, or decreasing though.
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