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[pct-l] garcia vs. lexan bear cannisters



thanks, jamie and cindy!
A+ for potential customer service/attentiveness!
-alec

--- sales@bearvault.com wrote:

> A small number of people had difficulty opening the
> lid on the BV200; that is
> one of the features we changed for the BV250/BV300. 
> The lid is made of a lower
> friction plastic so lubrication should not be
> necessary and the locking
> mechanism has changed.  
> 
> There is an insert inside the package that shows how
> to open the BearVault; you
> should read this because if you do not apply
> pressure at the right point, the
> lid will not open. If you apply pressure as
> indicated in the insert, the lid is
> easier to open that the prior models; we had a 70
> year old female hiker open
> the lid very easily once she was shown the correct
> place to apply pressure on
> the lid.
> 
> The new models are also Grizzly approved. So they
> are easier to open and
> withstand a more aggressive bear attack (i.e.
> Grizzly) than last year's model.
> 
> Hope this answers your questions.
> 
> Jamie and Cindy
> 
> 
> Quoting alec <amr10009@yahoo.com>:
> 
> > thanks for the humor, wayne!  although i wonder if
> there is some truth behind
> > your remarks.  i quickly tested out a bear vault
> last year and i found it
> > VERY difficult to open.   
> >  
> > jamie and cindy??
> > 
> > waynekraft@verizon.net wrote:
> > >From: alec 
> > >Date: Wed Jun 15 15:55:55 CDT 2005
> > >To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> > >Subject: [pct-l] garcia vs. lexan bear cannisters
> > 
> > >friends,
> > > 
> > >i've heard some first hand accounts of of our
> favorite furry friends opening
> > the twist off lexan bear cannisters. can anyone
> corroberate? is the garcia
> > the only impenetrable cannister left?
> > >
> > 
> > Alec, I'm pretty furry, but I found a Bearvault in
> REI the other day and I
> > couldn't get it open no matter how hard I tried.
> > 
> > Wayne Kraft
> >
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