My thanks go out to rokslide and all of you posting members who are willing to take the time to share your experience on hunting, gear, and all else. I have only been backcountry hunting a couple years and have limited experience in my times out and no success with the bow yet in the backcountry. I heard about rokslide after the last season and am checking in regularly for tips and information that would otherwise take me years to learn and likely many dollars lost on buying gear that may not be exactly what I was looking for.
The value of this site is that folks have an easy to use forum for sharing experience and information that will make for more positive, safer, and likely more successful future hunts and backcountry experience for all members. Being able to check in on this site a couple times daily to read posts from like minded folks has only served to increase my interest and passion for getting into the woods and out on the range. Thanks to all of you and the hard work by rokslide administration for facilitating this for all.
The value would be greatly diminished if gear reviews had to be approved by a company prior to being posted. Frankly if I heard this was happening I would be less likely to put faith in future reviews, use the site, or buy the product. Thanks for making the announcement and keeping reviews on an equal standard.
As for a conflict if interest by Aron working for kifaru and kryptek, I haven't perceived any direct bias. I've read several posts where he supports other durable and quality products with unbiased and fair information. If the alternative was that rokslide wasn't created because he or others work for gear companies then I'm glad he kept his day job and went out on a limb to start up rokslide at the same time. Thanks to all.