Claim 1: “But in China costs €2…”

Since, the beginning of the project the big challenge has been to combine quality with affordability. The design brief from Kamworks stated a cost price in the range of €10-20. We raised the stake and aimed at €10. If we will win this bet, we’ll see at the end…

However, I am writing this post to respond to some claims that we have been acquainted with, so far. Please, no offense to the ones that did these claims…we understand them, we take them into consideration, but also they make us obstinate to prove with our project how quality and affordability can really be combined.

Claim 1: “But in China costs €2…”

It’s true that man can find a lot of Chinese LED products that cost no more than €2. Affordability has been achieved, but what about quality? In Cambodia people do not trust Chinese products, because of the quality. Are they crazy? For instance, Kamunasal had ordered several cheap products from China for testing, which almost none of them qualified the standards. In a talk with a NGO company, in Phnom Pehn, they told us that often the Chinese hand-cranking lights are slapstick. The cranking function is just an effect, which makes you feel that you charge the product, while in fact the product runs on primary batteries that cannot be recharged…

Hence, in the first claim I would answer that “Cambodians are not that rich, to buy so cheap”. In the long run, Chinese products accumulate several “2€uros” that surpass by far the price of an affordable and qualitative product.