4a. Do you have time for our lord and savior Dr. Pryor?

Let's keep it short and sweet, I have an Idea with a capital I and I talked with others about what they might like or dislike about the general concept.

1. What is the idea

from my bug list, I believe there is a combination of market and technology that can be harnessed. In the case of bug list item 3: water losing its heat, I believe that there is a chance of including technology that does not require expensive installment (heated tubs) but provides the ability to keep that water heated.

2. What doe the people want?

The unmet is the lack of heated tubs that keep water warm during baths. That need is primarily found within both genders, but could be specifically targeted to females ages 16-35, usually Millennial or Gen-Z, who are of middle to upper middle class who may frequent specialty shops like Lush or Bed Bath and Bodyworks. The need has not been new one and has been tackled with things like heated tubs but the expense to use ratio isn't in their favor. To meet this need, most people stick to adding more hot water into the tub should it go cold. 

3. Who is the consumer?

To fully hash it out, the prototypical consumer would generally be a Millennial or Gen-Z, middle class female or male who has the funds to buy what would be a piece of equipment that would be attachable to their bathtub to maintain the heat in the tub.

4 Some feedback from prototypical consumers

Amongst a collective of dorm floor neighbors and an RA, I have compiled a few interesting features that stuck out both in similarities and differences.

I. Similarity- Timing

the one thing that seemed the most consistent is how frequent of a bather someone is. the most inconsistent bathers were around once every two weeks to 1 month, but the most consistent bathers were a minimum of once a week usually as a form of stress relief. 

II. Difference- Length and purpose

there was a lot of diversity in this topic, most girls ranging from no more than 30 minutes to some going past an hour depending on how much time. that is also impacted by why they bathe, the longer times having mild correlation to those who use it as a time for stress relief and those who bathe shorter periods of time strictly as a means of cleaning. 

III. Similarity- Products

one thing that came up among most if not all was the use of bath products, ranging from gels to bath bombs and regular soap and shampoo. All these products come with different viscosities and materials, so I will have to revise the construction to be careful of materials that can jam the product from circulating water.

IV. Difference- Price

Price is one of the most subjective items that people tend to focus on. When talking to multiple floor mates, frugal spenders versus lavish self-care enthusiasts had different opinions of price ranges for what they would be willing to spend on, so figuring out the costs of the item would tailor the market audience even further to know who to better attend to.

5. What to take away

The opportunity seems to have legs, my biggest hurdles to tackle seem to be prices and purposes, price due to the market and who is both willing and able to buy and the purposes for what proper advertising or demographic fit the product can take form for.

6. So in the end...

I do still think the opportunity is viable, with my original projection still being around 70 percent possible. the feedback has helped narrow what the opportunity should encapsulate and the focus of function.