Hi Neal…
I’ll try and fill ya in the best I can.
I work closely with Willy-J in a few departments, one of these is R&D. I regularly use a HYDRO prototype and am pleased with the results thus far. The HYDRO series is currently undergoing a few tweaks to the design and I am excited to see a final product, hopefully soon. As you know, the HYDO series has been in a “testing phase” for a while now. A few small hiccups occurred, one specifically was with the manufacturer and unfortunately caused the current delay.
Willy-J has a 100% guarantee so offering a solid product for retail sale is of the highest of priorities. During production a few unforeseen kinks created a choice… either…push a sub-quality product because they’ve already “sold” to retail stores and paid for advertising, cost etc,… or refund the money, bite the bullet ,work out all the kinks, then let it go when its ready…final choice was to wait.
FWIW – A new Website will be launching shortly.
Hope this helps
Bryan