Cabelas Auto Inflate 3500 PFD...
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:33 pm
I like them enough to have 3 of them. I tested the autodeploy twice now - once on purpose, another time not. For reference I'm 6'3 - 220# [a mountain of molten lust] and it kept my head above water no issues on the autodeploy.
On sale from $170 for $99 now here.
The manual version is $85.
You can make the auto one manual by removing what I call - the alka seltzer tablet. I do that in the kayak - in the powerboat I leave the tablet in.
I didn't pay $25 for the rearming kit. I bought three 33 gram cartridges online somewhere else. I want to say I paid $10. Some kitchen place - bottom line it was the same product for much less. You can buy the rearming tablets cheaper than Cabelas too. Don't recall where.
Don't leave them in your car in the summer - it'll autodeploy when the car gets crazy hot.
Anyway a PFD is not much good if you don't wear it.
On sale from $170 for $99 now here.
The manual version is $85.
You can make the auto one manual by removing what I call - the alka seltzer tablet. I do that in the kayak - in the powerboat I leave the tablet in.
I didn't pay $25 for the rearming kit. I bought three 33 gram cartridges online somewhere else. I want to say I paid $10. Some kitchen place - bottom line it was the same product for much less. You can buy the rearming tablets cheaper than Cabelas too. Don't recall where.
Don't leave them in your car in the summer - it'll autodeploy when the car gets crazy hot.
Anyway a PFD is not much good if you don't wear it.