OK, so I'll be the one to step in here and make some sense of everything that's going on. For the record, I am not employed by Meguiar's, or get any compensation for doing what I do with them. Nothing at all! It's no secret that I am a Meguiar's "Fanboy", but I'm also a Menzerna "Fanboy", Lake Country "fanboy", and quite a few other manufactures "Fanboy". But in the end, I use what works best
for me.
#1, seems to be one of the most discussed topics, you do not NEED compressed air to clean these pads out. This is just the
preferred method. You can use a towel, or a brush, or even a combination of techniques to clean out these pads on the fly. I personally have completed an entire vehicle without once using compressed air to clean the pads, just to see if the average Joe 6 pack could provide the same results. And my determination is yes, it works well. Not as good as compressed air, but they do work well enough to complete a vehicle, and provide exceptional results! So you will not need 8 pads to complete a car. That is complete nonsense!
#2, this system
does not replace the rotary! Yes on some paints, it will provide rotary like results, but it will not work on every single car you work on. There is no such thing as a magical tool or product that is the answer for every single vehicle. If that was the case, there would be only one tool/product to ever buy, and 90% of the detailing companies would be out of business. Not once have I seen any tester, or anyone from Meguiar's themselves state that this is some magical product that replaces the need for a rotary. That just never happened, so please let it go for God's sake! LOL! I know he's probably tired of hearing the same thing over and over also LMAO!
j/k!
#3, as for the delay in production, I can't really comment on that too much. I know that I've been a member of the testing team for these pads for about 4 years now, and yes there were some failures throughout the years. There is with almost any product out there. But I know for a fact that the people responsible were out to provide the best product possible, and have(in my eyes) succeeded with that in every way! I remember one piece of the puzzle for the original pad was outstanding at paint correction, but there was just no way to make it work without a pad failure. They(Meguiar's) did everything in their power to try every combination, manufacture, and element to make that piece of the puzzle work, but it just wouldn't without having pad failures, so they had to make some changes. This in itself took quite a bit of time. But they followed up with that for so long because it worked incredible, till it failed. The new pads(production pads), are right on par with those original pads that failed. But it took some time to find a suitable replacement. This is just one of the delays that I'm aware of. Things happen guys. It's just the nature of the beast in business. Maybe Meguiar's had some failures in the past, and are doing everything possible not to have that happen again? Maybe they wanted to make sure that this new product was as perfect as they could possibly produce, before introducing it to the masses? None of us know what their thinking was, and it's foolish to guess and post publicly about what you know or would have done, because you don't know. Simple as that!
And finally, for Flash, Man you do not know me. I've never met you and aside from online discussions, I don't know you from Adam. So why is it that you have to talk down about me on an open public forum like that? There is probably a logical reason why I don't or can't be on every single forum out there, and it's probably a pretty good reason also! Maybe like I work a full time job, plus my detailing business. Maybe I work a minimum of 12-14 hour days, and just flat out don't have time to surf every single site. I shouldn't have to have my name dragged through the mud by someone like you just because I don't post here. I think that's childish on your part, and completely uncalled for. I'm almost 40 years old, don't have time for stuff like this. No where in anything I posted does it say this replaces the rotary! No where!
But I do think it's pretty funny that in your first response to this thread, you state that "
I sincerely hope this thread stays on a mature enough level " and "
Everyone just try to refrain from calling another posters "Yo Momma So Fat" jokes and I am confident we can get through this thing and it will prove to be a very insightfull thread", yet you are the first person to start throwing stones(at me). I don't follow your posts recently, but in years past, I've often seen that you are a very defensive person without being provoked. This being one of those times. Chill out man! We're all on the same team here, and there's absolutely no reason to be like this. We all have the same goals, and needs with our businesses, quality products that provide us with an option to give our customers(or our own vehicles) the best possible finish.
I'm not a bad guy Flash, and if you'd get to know me you'd probably figure that out. I'll do anything in the world to help someone else out. Maybe I'm taking your comments all wrong, and if I am, I apologize.
So in closing, for all you guys commenting negatively about this system, and haven't tried it yet, why don't you give it a shot and see how it works
for you first, then if it doesn't work, bash away. But, you have zero evidence that this product can't or doesn't work, so give it a shot and go from there. If you don't want to give it a shot, then don't. But I have yet to meet or talk to anyone that has tried this system and not fell in love with it! It simply works, and works very well! Not on every vehicle, but it does work.
Guess that's my $0.02 worth :xyxthumbs:
Nick Chapman
c7424: . You can wool til the cows fly but you're not duplicating a sanded finish. 
