ScottZeagle
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Like Chad said, I have been a little busy this week - our son Luke was born on Nov. 3rd, so I am a bit out of the ScubaBoard loop...
Like Chad said, all Zeagle products with the exception of the Octo+ are made in Zephyrhills, Florida. Purchasing is one of the many hats I wear at the factory, and we get parts from all over the world - but the majority come from the USA.
Whether we can continue to sew products in the USA exclusively remains to be seen...we are definitely not the least expensive BC and Regs you can buy, and unfortunately there are many people who choose price as their main priority (witness the Triple L thread for proof). If we can not continue to be at least semi-competitive in the market, we will be forced to make decisions that may be a bit unpopular, but to survive as a company we make have to take a look at that...If the day comes that we outsource some of the sewn products, we will continue to make BCs and Regs in Florida as well...time will tell....
As for the American Flags, they are on the majority (at least 99.5%) of BCs we sell in America. Our Canadian distributor has Canadian flags put on theirs, our Japan distributor has Japanese flags on theirs, and some foriegn countries ask us to leave the flags off completely, due to the fact that the USA is not extremely popular where they sell the products.
Hope this helps clear a few things up.
Go Bucs!!
Scott
Like Chad said, all Zeagle products with the exception of the Octo+ are made in Zephyrhills, Florida. Purchasing is one of the many hats I wear at the factory, and we get parts from all over the world - but the majority come from the USA.
Whether we can continue to sew products in the USA exclusively remains to be seen...we are definitely not the least expensive BC and Regs you can buy, and unfortunately there are many people who choose price as their main priority (witness the Triple L thread for proof). If we can not continue to be at least semi-competitive in the market, we will be forced to make decisions that may be a bit unpopular, but to survive as a company we make have to take a look at that...If the day comes that we outsource some of the sewn products, we will continue to make BCs and Regs in Florida as well...time will tell....
As for the American Flags, they are on the majority (at least 99.5%) of BCs we sell in America. Our Canadian distributor has Canadian flags put on theirs, our Japan distributor has Japanese flags on theirs, and some foriegn countries ask us to leave the flags off completely, due to the fact that the USA is not extremely popular where they sell the products.
Hope this helps clear a few things up.
Go Bucs!!
Scott