Greetings,
Had my inflatable vest in my car in driveway. Surprised to find it had inflated when I opened car this AM. Car interior was very warm but not that hot. Outdoor temp was 80s. Do the vests get triggered by heat? Do I need to keep in in a cooler environment?
Inflatable vest inflated in hot car
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Walter Hobbs
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Inflatable vest inflated in hot car
Walter R Hobbs
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Re: Inflatable vest inflated in hot car
WOW!!! Just be glad it wasn't a life raft! 
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2012 FLSTC Heritage Classic
Niceville FL
+30° 30' 24.60", -86° 26' 32.10"
"Just because it worked, doesn't mean it works." -me
No shirt + No shorts = No problem!
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Carl Thunberg
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Re: Inflatable vest inflated in hot car
I could make up a BS story involving the ideal gas law like Tom Brady did, but . . .
My best guess, and it's only a guess, is that the salt tablet had been compromised by humidity and the heat was the triggering event that caused the salt tablet to disintegrate.
My best guess, and it's only a guess, is that the salt tablet had been compromised by humidity and the heat was the triggering event that caused the salt tablet to disintegrate.
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Re: Inflatable vest inflated in hot car
Hey Walter. No idea why yours inflated, but at least you didn’t have it around your neck.
I had a Mustang brand vest/harness go off one morning just as I cleared the breakwater at RIYC motoring along blissfully one flat early morning. I flinched so hard that I had a sore back for a week. This particular vest just goes POW!! quite violently when it trips inflating more like an airbag. Turns out that the trip mechanism was in part a cheesy plastic pin prone the breaking just from flexing during normal wear. I called Mustang and they would not acknowledge the problem. Been using l’cheapo West Marine vests ever since.
I had a Mustang brand vest/harness go off one morning just as I cleared the breakwater at RIYC motoring along blissfully one flat early morning. I flinched so hard that I had a sore back for a week. This particular vest just goes POW!! quite violently when it trips inflating more like an airbag. Turns out that the trip mechanism was in part a cheesy plastic pin prone the breaking just from flexing during normal wear. I called Mustang and they would not acknowledge the problem. Been using l’cheapo West Marine vests ever since.
Fred Mueller
Jerezana
CD 27 Narragansett Bay
Jerezana
CD 27 Narragansett Bay