Alt pen— minimalist pen + precision tool

Created by Rotimi Solola

Alt pen is a pen with the secondary function of a precision tool

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Only 24 hours left to fill out your survey! + Updates
over 5 years ago – Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 02:26:59 PM

There are still some stragglers, If surveys aren't completed by tomorrow you will not have the option to select the Alt pen color that you want. 

Locking addresses

Don't worry you will have until the end of October to lock down your address (I will let you know if anything changes with the schedule). If your address is not provided in the survey, by the time I start processing and shipping you may not receive your Alt Pen. 

Updates

So far we are a bit ahead of schedule (but that could all change very quickly). My suppliers have begun prep for mass production and I will be receiving pre-production samples at the end of the month (or start of next month). Mass production will run for about 1 month and then all units will be shipped to a warehouse in Chicago! There will be multiple points of inspection between now and final product, and if there are any issues I will address them ASAP (in my experience issues always arise, but my number one priority is to ship a quality product to you no matter what).

Surveys are Live!!!
over 5 years ago – Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:43:55 PM

Do Not Delay. Please fill out your surveys as soon as possible! 

This is the moment you've all been waiting for! Now you can select Alt Pen in your favorite available colors and more! Check out the Backer kit survey that has been emailed to all the Backers of Alt Pen! 

Please don't delay. I need all responses in before the deadline listed on the survey page. The sooner I have responses the sooner I can kickoff manufacturing and get Alt Pens in your hands! 

Please continue to check back for updates!

Cheers,

Rotimi Solola

Packaging Design update + Clarification
over 5 years ago – Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 12:03:28 AM

First of all, I'd like to to Clarify, the surveys have not been sent out yet.

Kickstarter, and Backer-kit both advise that I wait until payment has cleared before proceeding. I have not yet received payment from kickstarter. By now you all would've been charged for your contribution to the project. If your payment info did not go through please make sure to resolve this or you will not receive an Alt Pen (if your payment didn't go through you would've been notified by kickstarter a couple times by now).

Second I'd like to address that you will have the ability to change you shipping info before I ship Alt Pen to you. I will keep you posted on important dates for you to lock in your various survey responses (once the survey is sent out of course). There will be a cut off for picking your Alt Pen colors and materials, but you will have the ability to update your shipping info as needed.

Packaging Prototypes

I received prototypes for the packaging and they work nicely! There are still many things that need to be fixed and refined, but it's definitely progressing in the right direction. 

In this image you may be able to see the stainless steel edition of Alt Pen. I'll be sharing more updates on this at a later time. 

More Updates

Life is currently hectic, I am currently working with suppliers to finalize the Aluminum, and Stainless steel Alt pen variants as well as the packaging, and will be kicking off color lockdown soon. The colors have been selected from a material swatch book provided by my manufacturing partner. My next step is to request anodized and PVD color samples for evaluation.

I will keep you all posted, please check your emails to receive these updates on time.

Cheers,

Rotimi Solola

Backerkit Surveys
over 5 years ago – Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 05:58:53 PM

Hi All,

I've been hard at working completing the backer surveys to send out to you all! Please allow some time before you receive the surveys, I am waiting on survey approval now, and I will notify you before the surveys are sent out.

Surveys will only be open for 2 weeks, and after that you will be sent default options (or whatever is left in inventory), and will not have the opportunity to update your shipping information or order details.

Here's your survey might look like
Here's your survey might look like

The Backerkit survey will be emailed directly to the email address you have associated with Kickstarter so please make sure to check this, and update it.

select your colors,, or upgrade with the survey
select your colors,, or upgrade with the survey

In the survey you will be able add additional colors, and upgrade your Aluminum Alt Pen to Stainless Steel. You can also update your shipping address. 

You will also be able to include add-ons. For example: you ordered Alt Pen, but you want to include the hardcopy process book along with your order.

The survey tool is powerful and instrumental in me fulfilling your orders correctly and timely.

Cheers,

Rotimi Solola

181% Funded!!!!
over 5 years ago – Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 01:02:23 PM

Not bad for my first Kickstarter... I'm just kidding! This is AMAZING!

Thank you all so much!!! Because of you Alt Pen is now a reality! I need a moment to let this sink it!

Next Steps:

Stay tuned, I will be sending backers a survey next week. In this survey you will be able to fill out your shipping address as well as select the Alt Pen of your choice whether it's "Light Gold" or "Rose Gold." There's so much more work to be done, but for now I'm going to eat some ice cream! 

Stay tuned! I will keep you posted every step of the way. Prototypes are rolling in every couple weeks and things are looking very promising!!!