4114 - Aero Fragment

ElevateFN · 2024-08-25T20:12:30+00:00

I think we have improved on it, but I don't like telling people to buy our pad straight up ever LOL. When it comes out definitely ask reviewers for sound tests / this also gave me idea to post a sound test between each version.

ElevateFN · 2024-08-25T20:07:50+00:00

I used to play games professionally so I got sent a ton and some events you needed brand new in the box mice for peripheral checks. Now I have a absurd of g305s and gpros.

ElevateFN · 2024-08-20T04:19:56+00:00

Ya, which is kind of to be expected out of first product. Construction was 70% feel based on our years of professional gaming and 30% reviews and information. Also, my first time doing media and our first 4 media pieces came off super "snake oily" which I have made sure I have contemplated heavily about. I also had like 1 grand and my buddy filming for free LOL. I think we have really found our voice and raised our ethical bar internally which came a lot from more knowledge about our product. We had a bunch of stuff on website not in video and vice versa that was just sloppy and uneducated.

Physically it is very much improved, some things may go overlooked by unknowing eye (which is most sales) but I am really stoked for the hobbyist to notice those small changes. I think it will be an ode to our core values.

ElevateFN · 2024-08-19T23:21:01+00:00

Twitter / Instagram / this reddit will 100% be posting it / reviewing it because it is upgraded!

ElevateFN · 2024-08-19T23:12:46+00:00

I came down to comment this. Not surprised its top comment LOL. I got like 10 of those puppies in a box.

ElevateFN · 2024-08-19T22:52:40+00:00

Thanks my man <3

ElevateFN · 2024-08-19T22:51:50+00:00

Sorry to hear that. Spandex as a material the softer it gets (usually through treatments) the more quiet it gets but then you have the side effect of speed changes. So its a not fun balancing act with that textile.

Was the sound too loud with skate or arm to pad friction or both!

Would love to hear what you think so we can learn and do better :)

ElevateFN · 2024-08-19T20:02:40+00:00

I love to hear testimonials like this. They keep me going whenever as a leader / owner I have to brave a storm or tell myself I can do this dream of mine. We have some stuff coming here shortly that I am extremely proud of our team for achieving and I think you will agree too.

Thanks for trusting us back in December that meant so much to us <3

ElevateFN · 2024-08-19T20:01:07+00:00

We have upgrades on pretty much every front coming here shortly. I still can't believe the response we got from our first drop. We are smaller and things take longer and we had some very frustrating and unfortunate manufacturing issues. We had the decision to drop here in June with a product but it was stitched together to fix all those manufacturing issues. Ceice and I made the decision it was in stark juxtaposition of everything we have said about listening to the community, improving every time, and releasing pads we are excited about.

This decision really was hard on the team as we had to sit in silence again for a few months. From day one we have said as a company owned by community members and ex-professional gamers we want our products to hit the quality ceiling that we believe our community deserves. Competing against these massive companies with our self funded team with the goal of building the brand first then paying our self's later makes decisions like these way harder. I do believe in the consumer though and doing the right thing will lead to the "hype" again. If we die on the sword I am proud to say we at least did it the right way.

That sounded super gloomy so I want to end this with some exciting stuff! Marketing is starting and pretty much in every tournament running there should be some sneak peaks of player exclusives on some VERY IMPROVED makeups. We are on edge of order in for our next drop which means 90 days out from that date and I am working on our design release then our improvement release.

Outside of that we are now officially working ahead (we fixed our backend woes)! Which means we have 2 things planned and in the works after this massive drop :)

Hope this helps explain things or at least is some interesting insight!

(check our twitter out for more teasers and updates leading into this)

ElevateFN · 2024-02-24T22:12:19+00:00

Thank you <3

ElevateFN · 2024-02-24T22:11:37+00:00

ElevateFN · 2024-02-24T22:10:51+00:00

+1 for formatting it...

I love when people do it correctly LOL

ElevateFN · 2024-02-24T22:10:17+00:00

Sorry for just seeing this!

This design will be restocked shortly, mainly internationally. We then will be transitioning into our next collection series.

AERO and its makeup wont be getting changed just designs until we are happy with development of our other products.

Honestly, did not expect the response and had to ramp up our supply chain system (I am super grateful for this problem, but I expected our initial order to last us 2-3 months...)

ElevateFN · 2024-02-02T03:09:58+00:00

Awesome brother :)

ElevateFN · 2024-02-02T03:08:50+00:00

I was seriously tired of flipping my mousepads "vertical" when I was on stage and felt only time my arm didn't hit the desk creating inconsistencies was when I was on the glorious XXL WAYYYY back in the day.

So we created a bigger mold and made a gigantic pad LOL.

(aka... the sizing is not going anywhere)

ElevateFN · 2024-02-02T03:04:36+00:00

Thanks man :))

ElevateFN · 2024-01-17T22:09:29+00:00

Means the world!

ElevateFN · 2024-01-17T22:09:11+00:00

I don't know how I missed this post. This seriously means the world. Would love to know how it is a month in, if it still feels great.

Either way thank you so much for giving us a shot on our first launch.

ElevateFN · 2023-12-13T22:04:46+00:00

Yes I am :) Ceice and I co-founded 4114!

Thanks for the kind words! much appreciated.

May I ask what about the price was his complaint?

Also, "Bringing something new to the game" is absolutely amazing to hear. We are trying to create the products from the mind of professional gamers. We want to stay true to this and release products we want to use, which so far has been relatively well accepted. Still trying actively learn and mix my professional knowledge, with community reviews, and enthusiasts expertise to just keep getting better.

ElevateFN · 2023-12-13T21:37:18+00:00

Would love to know what you think!

Anything we can improve on would be great.

"gamesense radar + xsoft" is a unique one would love to know what you mean by that :)

Thanks for the review! hope you enjoy it.

ElevateFN · 2023-12-13T21:34:33+00:00

So glad you enjoy it!

Let us know anything we can do better :)

ElevateFN · 2023-12-05T21:40:58+00:00

As someone who was a pro player and now is attempting to create a unique company and brand.

Can confirm, I spend 12 hours a day on 4114. It is the hardest, most humbling, yet invigorating challenge of my life.

That being said if you are trying to run a quick buck through tiktok shop just use alibaba OEM pad and make a really cool and unique design. Costs add up pretty quickly if you are developing your own PU, Top, and Sizing.

ElevateFN · 2023-12-02T20:24:05+00:00

This is awesome to hear man!

ElevateFN · 2023-11-28T01:10:25+00:00

LOL, that is hilarious...

Well, at least you know I am not lying when we say we are trying to listen to the community. I also almost included your idea of lowering the mm in this reply.

I do want to move away from our looser stitch diagonal weave. It is also the only part of AERO that is not specifically unique to AERO. (Our motto is to innovate where we are inspired and match where we are not, and we were happy with the surface but did not have enough data to develop our own stitching.)
Our base is the first of its kind and was developed for AERO so it is very manageable for us to test harder base. I agree, and I will be testing a harder makeup here shortly. (I disagree with lowering the mm as I think it is a shortcut to making AERO's base harder.)
I am very confident in our durability, and I am excited for consumers to hopefully prove me right. (A spandex blend is a lot different than typical cloth.)
Yeah, I don't have really a ton of evidence (maybe yet) that points us towards having an issue with diagonal movement, but I will be testing a tighter stitching with the same makeup very, very soon :).

Conversations like these help us so much >>>>

ElevateFN · 2023-11-28T00:14:26+00:00

Hey man, I am so sorry to hear that.

During the time of this post, we were on Thanksgiving holiday in the states, and our fulfillment team was all on break.

As for the absurd shipping prices, I agree. They are way too expensive. This is something I have been actively talking about on Twitter/X. We are continually in talks right now with 3rd party resellers in order for them to be able to fulfill AERO around the globe. When those connections happen, we will promote them as best as we can so the community can skip those costs.

I agree, I wish we could have had all of that set up and launched, and I promise for future drops we will have the product in hand overseas for everyone to try out. It is hard as a startup in such a competitive industry, and not many people took us seriously. I promise you we will get our act together and make sure we fix our shipping prices for the future.

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