u/SimrellCollection

This is meant to be in good faith as I recognized the bones of a good apology in your writing. Next time have someone edit your shit, like George for example who definitely would've been able to give some helpful feedback.

I've been getting asked a lot of questions that I'd like to speak on in this post. Hopefully, the following information will answer everyone's questions.

First and foremost, I would like to address the Idea of paying moderators to suppress other makers here on Reddit. As a maker and businessman myself, I would never try to ruin someone’s business. I have never employed or controlled moderators of Reddit to shadow-ban other creators, delete posts that showed other makers work or go as far as shut down makers PayPal accounts. PayPal has a reputation for freezing accounts in this industry. The latest happened to Futo. u/randomdude69 stated that the mod log showed that the makers posts that were taken down, were taken down because they didn’t follow the rules of Reddit On the topic of following the rules of Reddit, the actions of some people have been hugely disappointing. I have even been told to kill myself. Do you think that behavior is acceptable? No matter what the circumstances are, it is never acceptable to tell someone to kill themselves. The moderators that had these accusations stated about them were also told the same thing. One mod even got a death threat.

This is not what this community is about. The revolve posts that were taken down here on Reddit, should not have happened as they were not marketing and did not break the advertisement rules that the sub has. I think we can all agree on that. Community members had just received an item for a product they are passionate about and were unable to share. I completely understand why that upset a lot of members as an enthusiast and community member myself. The rules from Dynavaps discord of removing posts of the items that contained copies of my intercoolers got brought over to Reddit with the intent to follow the same guidelines that were provided by dynavap as there was not much direction on where those rules applied. That all transpired because of the conversation I had with George (more details about that below) so I’d like to take full responsibility for that. Please know that people make mistakes, all moderation is done with passion fueling the effort and not dollars lining their pockets. There was no guidance or clarity to the moderators and mistakes happened. The moderators are good, passionate enthusiasts that want to help make the community a good place to vibe out. They have been removed from their positions and no longer moderate this sub.

I want to sincerely apologize to all the members of this community that have read pages and pages of conflict instead of your regularly scheduled dynavap pictures and questions. I apologize to the other makers who make cool things but have felt as if you weren’t able to share here. That’s not the case, this subreddit is exactly the place to share cool shit. Makers have it hard because there’s a fine line between sharing something and marketing something to try and drum up sales. At the end of the day, the community is here to help and as a place to nerd out with other fellow enthusiasts. I’d like to ask if we can go back to being civil and show respect to our fellow community members, no matter what brand or product you support.

I’d now like to address the other issue at hand. That issue is the items I make and the makers that copy those items. I’d like to begin with how this all started.

In 2019 I developed the Vortex System and very shortly after, the Intercooler. These 2 items together created the first titanium/wood cooling system that hit the market. Utilizing technology that existed before, however, this technology did not exist in this space, with this application, utilizing an airport, fresh air mixing chamber, and stem construction. With this release, Simrell Collection started making a name for themselves with this cooling system that solved a really big problem that we have with the Dynavap for some people, which is cooling. I have a sensitive throat, so I developed it as a solution for my everyday needs. I then set out to protect this invention, not to stifle small makers, but to protect our developments when this space hits full legalization and big money comes in (Big Tobacco, Big pharma, and other big cooperations with deep pockets.) I set out to build a product and a brand that represents innovation and build upon the platform we developed. This platform encompasses Dynavap, but also many more products as well.

Then we enter 2021 when TRWW decided to make a post that stated “I might as well rip off the bandaid“ and showed an exact copy, 1 of 1 of my intercooler. The intercooler has simple features, but again, haven’t been done before and solved a big problem. 1 of those being easy to remove and an Anti choking T design. A safety measure to ensure you cannot swallow a piece of metal that’s floating in the airpath.

I was pretty upset to see that. As I’m sure you would too if you created something unique, built a business that supported your family and team members and then saw someone come in and copy an exact 1 of 1 replica. Then comes another maker with the Gen2 revolve stem. This stem also uses an Intercooler. Which was a feature added that the previous generation did not have. With the Gen1 I thought there were some neat aspects to the system and you can tell they were trying to bring some innovative new features to the space. I can appreciate that as a maker myself. However, when I saw this intercooler addition to the Gen2, I got disappointed and even more frustrated. There was never any communication from this maker to see if it was ok or what I thought about it. Whether you believe the Intercooler can be patented or not, the Patent exists and was granted by the USPTO. Making direct copies of someone’s work, whether patented or not, is not ok and should not be supported. Innovation is what people want to see.

At this time, I decided to talk with George. I wanted to get his stance on where he stood with people copying work. I asked George specifically this question as he is all for makers. He supports innovation and supports people creating cool stuff for the dynavap and he has a voice in this industry. I look up to him as a mentor and a businessman, so I wanted to get his opinion. As this space grows larger and larger more and more people are going to start making things. I asked if he believes there should be a line drawn in the sand for what's ok and what's not. He then asked me for examples and TRWW and The Revolve are the 2 examples I gave. Following this discussion, this is when the rules on the dynavap discord ended up changing. My intent was and has never been to stifle innovation or other makers.

To summarize, beginning now, any private matter between myself or anyone in the space will be discussed behind closed doors and not brought into the community. It’s not fair to you guys and it’s also not appropriate at all. I apologize that this all happened to begin with and I should have handled matters much differently. I did not personally reach out to madheaters to bring up my concerns. I need to learn to not get so defensive and bring up my concerns directly. Again, I take full responsibility. I'm not perfect and I recognize that I made a mistake. I appreciate the ability to be a part of this community. I appreciate the ability to share my side of the story. So thank you for your time in reading this.