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been looking at the rearming canister, seems like they are expensive, like 72 dollars , and I can buy a new in the package vest for 199.00, looks like the best deal is to buy new, any of you ever had any experience with the rearming kit?..would like to hear your story.
if they are never activated, how long can you trust the canister. I've had mine for 2 yrs now.
Cartridges have a date printed on them. Good for 5 years. I activate mine and repack it when I change the cartridge. Always check the date on it when you buy one.
look online you can usually find them cheaper. Amazon has the for $27. it depends on your model vest though there are a few different versions. post up what model vest you have I'm sure it can be had for less than that!
sounds like my remington elec razor, $51 for a new one and just new blades $37, pretty easy to say which way I will go......
Seems like i remember a story about those type of vest,, something about auto deploy,rain and Mr. Baker
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Snickering :D
there is a story about that hissing sound from sippi,,,,,,,ah yes I remember it well,
this one however is one from Mo. and a fat man, a boat,a look over the front of a boat, a bump,a stump,a jump,a rump,,,,,,and then a hissssss................... ah.....to be young again.. and agile.
We use the Mustangs here at work. I have replaced the cartridges when we tested/used them, its not difficult. I certainly wouldn't pay $200 just to get a new one unless something is wrong with the old PFD. BTW the first cartridge replacement took about 30 minutes, however once I read the instructions it went pretty quickly.
Beagle I have the AIM vests from BP and have had to rearm before and if I can do it you can too. And yes I had one deploy after a rain when it was hanging in the sun to dry. Scared the begesuss ou of me. Like they said before Check the date on the kit when you buy it.
Good luck. dfar
I just rearmed my Onyx inflatable yesterday. Found the rearm kit at Academy Sports for $20.00. Same thing happened to mine as dfar. It was laying on the deck of my boat in the sun while I was cleaning out the boat. all of a sudden, WHOOSH!!! I turned around and the vest had inflated. About jumped out of the boat when it went off. At first I thought I had somehow accidently pulled the inflate cord, but the tab was still in place.
My Onyx is not automatic.....it is manual only
Mine is a manual/automatic "G"Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
It's the automatic part that decided to fire on its own. I don't know if the disk got water in it somehow or what happened.
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