It might be great- only thing that sounded alarm bells is that they finally sent 2 out for wet weather testing, after the design was finalised. Bit overconfident that…
On the one hand, Thomson have a good rep and they’ll not want to risk it. On the other, Rockshox have demonstrated that if you’ve already got a good rep, you can get away with using your first buyers as paying beta testers and nobody will bat an eyelid.
The ks i950/drop zone has shown us that an under seat lever doesnt work in UK conditions, mine is always gunked up and requires maintenance.
i950’s cable entry is in the wrong place but that’s a specific problem for that model, not for the “top cable” design in general. FWIW the post seems perfectly happy turned back to front, so the cable is out of the spray.