11-26-2005, 02:35 PM
Regarding the seat collapse problem vs. the rigid foam seat...
I read somewhere (maybe here, I don't remember) about a guy who used velcro to mount one of those soft self-inflating seat cushions on his rigid foam seat and made it more comfortable. A step toward the best of both worlds?
Your observation about using a craft only a couple of years is probably a good one. If a guy pays $150 bucks for a unit and gets two or three years of good service with it he has a bargain indeed. That's the way I see it, too. Besides, maybe someone will invent some super new design during that time that we decide we cannot live without. In that case you kinda hope what you have will wear out.
That's too bad about the pinhole leak problem. I can see how it could happen if you have to keep it aired up so tightly all the time. I suspect the seat wasn't sufficiently aired sitting in the fly shop on display. I didn't ask the salesman about it. It is a loss to the folks at Outcast that they are not more interactively responsive to their potential customer base. Something like that can really cut into the sale of their premier model - especially in an environment so competitive when your product is priced at the top of the curve.
All in all, our conversation on this subject has proven very helpful to me. I finally got rid of my Super Fat Cat lust and am looking at things more realistically. You do a great service here.
z~
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I read somewhere (maybe here, I don't remember) about a guy who used velcro to mount one of those soft self-inflating seat cushions on his rigid foam seat and made it more comfortable. A step toward the best of both worlds?
Your observation about using a craft only a couple of years is probably a good one. If a guy pays $150 bucks for a unit and gets two or three years of good service with it he has a bargain indeed. That's the way I see it, too. Besides, maybe someone will invent some super new design during that time that we decide we cannot live without. In that case you kinda hope what you have will wear out.
That's too bad about the pinhole leak problem. I can see how it could happen if you have to keep it aired up so tightly all the time. I suspect the seat wasn't sufficiently aired sitting in the fly shop on display. I didn't ask the salesman about it. It is a loss to the folks at Outcast that they are not more interactively responsive to their potential customer base. Something like that can really cut into the sale of their premier model - especially in an environment so competitive when your product is priced at the top of the curve.
All in all, our conversation on this subject has proven very helpful to me. I finally got rid of my Super Fat Cat lust and am looking at things more realistically. You do a great service here.
z~
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