[Closed] good hardtail for 10 year old - islabikes creig alternatives

we have an islabikes beinn 26 small. I have put 2.1 conti explorers on it (they are what would fit, anything fatter doesn't fit the frame), and the LBS have changed the front to a triple short-arm crank, which means he can get up the evil hills (which he couldn't with the 32 chainring it came with) he is using it as an MTB to ride XC with me in our local woods (woburn, beds).

I am thinking about the next bike, the next isla is the beinn 26L (target age 10 - he is 9.5 currently) however this is not an MTB just a bigger kids bike, by the time I've bought that, changed the crank and tyres and put a suspension front fork on it I might as well have bought something else. Isla used to do the creig 26 MTB but its not currently for sale (I pinged them an email, its being redesigned apparently) and I always disliked one part of it which was the single chainring on the front (would very much prefer a double, this bike has to have the range from 1 in 6 hills to flat/downhill canal path fast riding, I have Nplus1 bikes but not doing that yet for the boy...).

so I am researching the alternatives. Giant my usual haunt (LBS) have gone all 27.5. I don't want to put a 10yo on a 27.5 it will be way oversized, so I am looking around at who is still doing 26"HT in the smaller frame sizes. there seem to be very few that have a good spec XC hardtail (hydraulic disks, x9 or x10, nice fork, light) . so far I have come up with

Kona fire mountain XS 26, orbea mx 26 (current in 2016 models)
specialised hardrock 26 disk, (2015 models, 2016 seems to be 27.5)

anyone got any other suggestions? I seem to have run out .

am I missing something? the mass manufacturers all seem to go from 24 kids bikes to 27.5, missing out 26..come back 26 we miss you.
(and I as a 6ft 15st male still riding my 2009 26er trance and love the manoeverability no need for 29 in my book)

ta
Ian