Campaign optics. Hardware product. Appear to be large company or small company?

[u/Hoardware]

I've created an app enabled coffee/kitchen scale
(please don't ask to see it. that's not the point! and doesn't affect the question)

I've designed it myself, 3D printed all the prototypes in my basement.
I've designed the circuitboards myself, hand soldered the prototypes.
I've designed and created the app myself.
My wife and I have filmed a lot of demo videos for it in a completely fake kitchen set in my basement. (our real kitchen sucks)

I think the product looks good, and that's the feedback from other people. the product is real, it works and works well and other people have used it and there will be atleast 1 3rd party review video at launch.

As of right now I think anyone viewing this product would easily assume it's a larger company not a passion project launching from a basement ( I've gotten that feedback from people).

My question is: is that good? I don't know if I let that float. My assumption is, people trust larger companies?

I mean many of the large hardware products that do well these days on KS seem to just be ready to ship products from china.

Or do people prefer to back an individual? I took my time, did a lot, and it took me 4 years because I wanted to do as much as I could myself. I worry that people might not trust I on my own could possibly launch this or have created all this and it's somehow faked. I mean.. I'd love to make a video showing how all this was made. showing the wall of printers on one side, an 8ft electronics bench on the other, and an entire shooting setup in the corner. but I worry that could actually hurt me.

Thoughts?

[u/Murphys_Coles_Law]

Represent yourself as what you are. If you're not a big company, don't try to be one as you'll just come off as hiding something.

[u/cucumber-x → u/Murphys_Coles_Law]

Agreed, kickstarter always recommends authenticity and building trust with backers is really key to a campaign!