08-12-2010, 11:04 PM
I bought two of the inflatable vests from Cabelas. What a nightmare. While I imagine they work great, I didn't have them for a month when I was heading out on the Clearwater river and went to get them out from under the bow of my boat, BOTH of them had inflated. Don't know how as they were both stored inside the plastic container they came in and couldn't have gotten wet. I went back to Cabelas to buy some more c02 cartridges at about $25 a pop and the fellow there sold me the wrong ones. Had to go back to get the right ones, which they didn't have in stock. I tried to order some but the guy told me they were already back ordered and would be there in a day or two. Went back a few days later then a week alter then a couple weeks later and they still hadn't come in so I went to the front desk and ordered 4 of them. (Around $100) Two out of the four I ordered were the wrong ones again. The instructions on how to install them are so ridiculous and convoluted that I ended up discharging one of them trying to screw it on. I was so disgusted at that point I took the whole kit and kaboodle back and got a refund for everything. Now I just use a regular vest PFD, and I'm happy as a clam.
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