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I purchased this PFD from Cabela’s a few years back. Do PFDs have an expiration date? Also, there is a side pocket with the zipper. Inside the pocket there is a bungee cord. What in the world is that for. This PFD Attachment 415471has a CO2 gauge. As long as it is green you are good to go.
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Green means good but most have an expiration date sometimes expressed by the month and year. Once pass that date is not considered legal by those who check those things. Is what you're calling a bungee cord actually the rip cord to manually trigger the inflation in case the auto doesn't work. Mine also have a tube inside that allows you to inflate it by blowing in the tube.
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Open it up and check the Green pill, if it's expired, REPLACE! I just had to do that with a couple of mine, got the new pills on Amazon!
PawPaw, it does have a manual jerk cord. I can’t find an expiration date anywhere on the PFD. Attachment 415476Attachment 415477
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I think that little clip is for a whistle or other sound device to be attached.
Look on the co2 cartridge to see if there is an expiration date on it.
If it’s this model, I don’t see a ring to attach the kill switch lanyard. Maybe?Attachment 415605
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I always thought it was to attach the kill switch
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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
I thought the same thing.
The more I look at Donny's picture of his PFD, the more I think he added a metal shower curtain ring to it. :yikes :Rofl :Rofl
Don, if the PFD is several years old I would install a re-arming kit in it. Better safe than sorry.
Look at my 2nd set of pictures. Second picture down. Inside the zipper pocket on the left is a bungie cord with a clip on it. Maybe this is how you connect to the kill switch cord. If that is what it is for, it is not a good design..
I like the adjustment on both sides.https://basspro.scene7.com/is/image/...8_100180327_is
Thanks for the reminder.Quote:
Originally Posted by jigflinger
I always blow ours up manually once a year with a air mattress inflater and leave them over set night.The ones that are scheduled to be rearmed I dip the in water to see if they fire,or pull the manual cord.So far they always worked.