Stupid question.......thoughts?

[Tuesday]

I was fly fishing the other day and thought........

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...-box.jsp.form23&Go.x=0&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1

I wonder if this would be better then nothing for those that cant afford an abs bag? It would displace some air.

 

[T-BO]

Your link is no good, just brings me to the cabelas home page. But I assume your talking about one of those inflatable lifejackets, I'm not so sure on that one lol.

 

[Tuesday]

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...-box.jsp.form23&Go.x=0&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1

see if that worked. Yes the inflatable life jackets.

 

[adrenaline junkey]

I'm thinking it wouldn't have enough volume to make much of a difference

 

[donbrown]

A common brand for inflatable life preservers are ... SOSPENDERS

Thgese displace 35 lbs of water ... enough to make you bouyant in water.

What is the dispacement of an AVY pack? How are they measured?

 

[adrenaline junkey]

A common brand for inflatable life preservers are ... SOSPENDERS

Thgese displace 35 lbs of water ... enough to make you bouyant in water.

What is the dispacement of an AVY pack? How are they measured?

150 liters = 5.29720001 cubic feet



A person at 100 kg therefore has a volume of 103 litres. However, 100 kilograms of mid winter avalanche snow have a volume of 250 litres. In order to swim on top of this avalanche snow the person needs 100 kilograms of weight and a volume of 250 litre.
The Avalanche Airbag can handle such extreme situations. It has a volume of 150 litres and is therefore able to make up for the missing volume of a person weighing 100 kilograms.

 

[Bodey]

BCA is coming out with an Airbag type system for about half the cost of an ABS pack. Hopefully it gets out before avy season hits. Maybe then we will start seeing more people with these life saving devices on. For those of you who want to stick with the ABS which is time tested and proven, call the guys at SnowBigDeal @ 1-877-SNOW-BIG and they can hook you up. As soon as the BCA airbags are available they will have them also.

 

[MT Powder Guide]

Everything i have learned in avalanche classes i have to take to be a guide suggests that anything that makes you bigger, even if it adds weight, increases your ability to "float" on the snow. Try calling the Gallatin Avalanche center in Bozeman (406-587-6984). The guys that work there are awesome and will have more knowledge on this subject than anyone else...