I understand your concerns perfectly. I was disappointed to find out the charger doesn't switch to green when it's fully charged. We shouldn't have to 'guess', certainly not at this price. I bought the OPUS strictly on the reputation of the Darwin, which worked very well. But I don't like all the middle-man stuff. There's just seems to be too much 'secrecy' about it all. Why doesn't Brandon get on here and take the heat for his own products?
I think there's only a 3 month warranty because maybe that's all they trust it might work well? Why not a year? I got two for gifts and at the first complaint they're going back, because I'm just too weary for more disappointments.
I like my OPUS but I do wonder if the same quality of work went into it's innards as in the Darwin. Only time will tell, but if I find that it's not holding a good charge after 6 months or so, I will be terribly disappointed. And I will do something about it.
The two people these gifts are going to are getting the OPUS because they don't like using rechargeable battery devices. Frankly, I find rechargebles much more convenient. It's a lot easier to carry a couple of extra
batteries than having to make sure I plug in a
device at the right time and hope it lasts all day. My preferred
device is the Provari Mini for its dependability, form factor, and ease of use and if we have any trouble with these OPUS's, they'll go back and my friends will have to learn to deal with rechargeables. But I must say, for right now my favorite two devices are my OPUS and Provari.
Now about 'making the 'future' OPUS better....that's hogwash. If the ones we have are troubled, they should be fixed without charge. And we should have chargers that 'work'. Right at the moment, mine OPUS is working very well and I'm enjoying it a lot. I just hope that stays true.