{"id":1847,"date":"2022-08-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strategy.hunttalk.com\/2022\/08\/29\/episode-194-intensive-product-testing-and-dark-secrets\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T05:00:00","slug":"episode-194-intensive-product-testing-and-dark-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hunttalk.com\/strategy\/2022\/08\/29\/episode-194-intensive-product-testing-and-dark-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 194: Intensive Product Testing and Dark Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1847-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/ONYO8492177351.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/ONYO8492177351.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/ONYO8492177351.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>In this episode (194) of Leupold&#8217;s Hunt Talk Radio, Randy invites John Barklow, lead designer for Sitka Gear, and Tyler Johnerson, Randy&#8217;s former camera guy and amazing hunter, for a discussion about how product testing works for high performance products.\u00a0 We all benefit from these intensive testing processes, yet we seldom get to hear how it works, when it succeeds, and when it is time to go back to the drawing board. 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