[BULK] - RE: [pct-l] Bear Cannisters

[randy_forsland at hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

You mean they didn't just admonish their customers to "use it correctly"?? 
<gasp>

Redwood

Bottom line..if your product can be linked to the potential death of a bear, 
you need to do something about it and all of the faulty product floating 
around out there. Bearvault has yet to even post a notice on their website..

>From: "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob@comcast.net>
>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [BULK] - RE: [pct-l] Bear Cannisters Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 
>09:43:12 -0700
>
>That "No Cooking" notice was not meant to be humerous. Think of it as being 
>analogous to the Surgeon General's warnings mandated on cigarettes. At 
>least Congress exempted firearms manufacturers from liability if a 
>purchaser uses one of their creations to kill someone. God forbid people in 
>this country should return to taking responsibility for their own actions!
>
>If memory serves me correctly, that notice came about because of the 
>actions of a few Darwin Award contenders who actually tried to use their 
>rented Bearikades as a cooking pot or to boil water during 2002 in the 
>Sierras. This activity naturally exceeded the service temperature of the 
>adhesive (-60F +180F) and weakened the end cap joint which ultimately led 
>to the revocation of tentative approval from the SIBBG.
>
>That's not good for business.Wild Ideas quickly modified the cans, provided 
>instructions for owners on how to do the simple drop and leak tests, and 
>offered free retrofits to existing owners. SIBBG then granted approval to 
>the new design. The old model Bearikades are not approved.
>
>Bear cans have to be large in diameter so that a large Grizzly can not get 
>its jaws around one and crush it. Notice that all bear can manufacturers 
>have about the same 9 inch diameter. The height of the can can vary 
>depending on the capacity desired, but that too can not be less than the 
>diameter for the same reason. Therefore, there is a minium size to ANY bear 
>cannister. Because of this, bulk will ALWAYS be a factor in any bear can. 
>Yes, they take up a lot of space in your pack - or on it.
>
>And as mentioned by an earlier writer, the Bearikade does also make a great 
>camp seat or table. I've carried mine for several years. Love the 
>functionality; willing to tolerate the weight; hate the bulk.
>
>
>
>Wandering Bob
>
>
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