I am looking at Cost. As it is need to buy the free eyetracking as it is now more reasonable for 2 headsets. $200us being much more affordable at this time vs the prices presented & trade offs to get a lower price.
Plus Xmas is coming. So for me best to stay on the boat.
Myself after Lighthouses are received while waiting for controllers will likely grab a Vive v2.0 tracking pucks to use as controllers. But also have a hand tracker inbound.
My understanding is you only get lighthouses shipping soon if you opt to pay for the valve base-station and controller upgrade package. They’re receiving those kits “soon” and then will re-ship them out to upgraders. If you stay waiting on the sword/sense controllers and pimax base stations, they will only ship them together in Mar & June (assuming that timeline is kept 
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Another piece of data for the theory of Pimax being cash poor and all company decision making being centered around that. 
Yes that seems to be the new back pedal.
However it was said in Pimax Day 1. Lighthouses 3 to 4 weeks for backers. Those who want to switch to Index Controllers a 4 to 6 week lead time.
So no I want the Lighthouses to backers as agreed upon in the 3 to 4 weeks. Not the now premise of wait til March/June for controllers.
I have not ordered controllers but because Pimax told us we could get 360 tracking with 1 base station, I (and others) added 1 or more to our pledges. We want them and they are not tied to a controller bundle, but are necessary for 6DOF. We should not have to wait for controllers that we aren’t getting to receive them. Not when they have "lots’ of them.
Yes, eye tracking costs an additional $99 for backer.
Lighthouse is expected to begin at the end of November.
Does the controller refer to Pimax or index?
MAS is expected to ship at the end of December.
Thank you very much.
For myself would be waiting for pimax controllers. I think they will be better. 
End of november for the lighthouses? WOW! PimaxUSA said 3-4 weeks after pimax day 1…(Pimax day 1 was 24 september)
What makes you believe they will be better?
Of course it’s a risk. But for one the grip button & pimax can see all the problems with Valve’s design & potentially create a better design.
This is often what you see with Consoles in the past. He who releases first gets a jump on initial sales where as usually the one released later has some better specs.
@Matthew.Xu Can the standard audio headstrap be upgraded to the deluxe version? I think a lot of backers would be interested in this, I suggest an option to upgrade on the Pimax store.
You guys always surprise us with delays.
Every single time.
To be honest id not be surprised if the LH shipped next year jan.
If it moves to Jan. 2020, might as well move it to March 2020 because Chinese New Year.
Yes, Pimax has already stated that it is modular and can be upgraded.
We have a very large number of LH coming and have already received the first deliveries.
This is true. You just snap the existing one off and attach the new one. I think most people will be very happy with the standard version (at least the prototypes I tried were really good).
Whether Pimax received them or not, It is delayed again anyway. Right?
IMHO the late November deal is a quite conservative figure considering we have significant numbers. Pimax day 1 was Sept 24, so 4 weeks from that would have been around Oct 24. We missed the prediction but not by much.
Hi Kevin
Could you please have a look at this i’ve posted in a new thread.
https://community.openmr.ai/t/one-more-upgrade-plan-needed-please/23315
If i summize what @Matthew.Xu has replied elsewhere in other threads we need clarification. Please take 2 minutes to read it and reply, as this will help alot of backers I think.
I for one will allmost instantly press the “buy” button if you can meet this simple task 