MEGA UPDATE: 2015-10-13 As of a few hours ago, this Kickstarter has been SUSPENDED.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skarp/the-skarp-laser-razor-21st-century-shaving

I hate posting these kind of things to reddit but I've been watching this Kickstarter for a few days now and have been shocked by the number of people backing it, and the amount of money raised for what seems (to me) like an obvious scam.

First of all I think we can all agree that the "technology" behind this seems far-fetched. They claim that a certain wavelength of light will cut your hair. Even if we were to dismiss the fact that the light from the sun contains all the wavelengths (so our hair should fall out if we expose it to the sun), it sounds pseudoscientific to say the least.

Secondly, the caption on the "prototype" image says: "Two of the aluminum prototypes with the laser turned on". What strikes me about this image is that it simply looks like a plastic razor with a red LED installed. Also, the "face" of the razor (where the red LED light is) doesn't look anything like the face of the razor in the Demo Video (more on that later). They look like two completely different units.

Next, please watch the "Demo Video" . You can see in this video that there is no red laser, instead there is a very thin, grey wire suspended between the razor head. This wire then proceeds to "cut" 3 arm hairs in 45 seconds. It's a terrible demo, and does not by any means show a working prototype.

When asked about a working prototype user/skarprazor simply dismisses it by saying: "Once we're in production we will have alphas & betas, which we will keep all our backers updated on. But the fibers are created at once, in mass. So there's no point in extra expense & time to run a prototype batch."

This means that they don't even have a single working prototype, and that they are either hoping that it will magically improve with mass production, or they are knowingly scamming millions of dollars out of people. I'd bet on the latter.

Anyways, I felt the need to post this because I cannot stand scams. I do hope Kickstarter will shut this one down, but if not, please don't back it!

UPDATE 2015-10-08: They've posted a new "demo" video and it is terrible. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skarp/the-skarp-laser-razor-21st-century-shaving/posts/1376323

Notice that during the demonstration, they apply pressure from the store bought razor across all the strands, whereas they use the Skarp "razor" to cut down the middle.

Secondly, they're very careful to keep the Skarp "razor" far away from the camera and never show the head up close. There's no way to tell what they're using to slice those hairs. It could be a standard blade, a heated wire, or any number of things, there's no way for the viewer to tell.

UPDATE 2015-10-09:

There's been some discussion regarding completely different prototypes shown in the KS campaign images, vs the prototypes shown in the demo. I'll provide a breakdown.

This image from the animation clearly shows a non indented razor head, with no optical fiber, and a laser light eliminating the hairs.

This image from the KS page, shows the same thing. A non-indented razor head with no optical fiber. Instead there is a laser light being emitted from the laser head itself.

This still image from their demo video however, is completely different. Here they have a crudely cut prototype with a wire strung across the face. I say "cut" because it's obvious they have simply cut one of their prototypes to create an indent to string the wire across.

Why would they have two completely different prototypes with two completely different methods of "cutting" the hair? I have an idea:

My thinking is that they were hoping to work the scam using the first approach. That being the laser "razor" contained a laser light similar to an IPL device, and that by "shaving" it would zap the hairs as it went along.

They then realized that in order to comply with KS policy they had to create some sort of prototype that would actually cut hair.

This is where they took one of their razors and cut an indentation in it to string the wire across which cut the hairs.

Total scam. KS needs to kill this project now.

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I would really appreciate it if you guys took some time out to give this a look. All feedback and support is welcome. Thank you guys!

I created ODLights out of desperation.I had camera-capture tv lights but some of our foster cats thought about the camera as a toy. To save the TV, I designed these lights..it has no camera/bulky attachment. I was not planning to sell it, but few of my friends and Internet strangers convinced me to try selling it. I don't have a lot of experience with this - my girlfriend has a small Etsy shop for her crochet so she gave me some initial suggestions which I worked on.

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Long time KS creator (10+ years). Recently helping out a close friend who runs a campaign once a year or so to crowdfund some tech gadget. His creator account has good reputation and usually delivers on time.

With the stuff produced and shipped out from China, most big couriers have simply raised the white flag for anything going to the states. Instead of Fedex Ground or USPS, this year we have to use small couriers which are slow, unreliable and have terrible customer services in the US. Around 95% rewards still get delivered so not too bad. It is a $49-69 item, we can't charge more than $20 for shipping anyway.

But we have received the worst complaint emails from GIGA KARENS last week. Literally 1000 words complaining about how they have to wait for 20 precious minutes to get in touch with the CS, or they no longer even bother to contact, and in fact just DEMAND us to ship with UPS, Fedex or DHL or refund. The shipping cost for those alone costs more than their pledge and they will get hit with full tariff.

I really miss the days when backers were backers and communication wasn't like Best Buy customer service.