Team Geared Up

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (Team Geared Up) - The big thing stopping me from back country or off piece snowboarding is all the horror stories you hear about people getting in an avalanche and eventually suffocating if the force of colliding snow didn’t already kill them. True, methods of avalanche prevention and rescue have drastically improved but sometimes it still isn’t enough. The clever people at Snowpulse (from my country of residence) are coming out with The Life Bag, a snow sports airbag basically that will drastically improve your chances of survival in the event you are caught in an avalanche by keeping your head and neck stiff and helping you stay to the top of the snow flow. That and if you are stuck on 7 hour economy seat night flight, my guess is this thing would make for quite a comfy instant neck and head rest. It could scare your neighbor and possibly smack them in the side of the head on inflation, mind.

The « Life Bag » is an airbag for avalanche designed for all winter sport addicts, and professionals. The airbag is triggered manually by pulling a handle. Once the handle is pulled, the 150 Liters of the Snowpulse airbag inflate in only 3 seconds.

The « Life Bag » can easily be reused and refilled. Professionals and resellers have the possibility to refill the air cylinder themselves. Training is therefore possible since you simply have to refill the cylinder after trying your Snowpulse airbag.

* The « Head on Top® » technology maximizes the chances to get the head out of the snow
* Head and thorax Head and thorax shock protection
* Respiratory track protection
* Creation of an air pocket in case of burial

* Weight of the system is only 1.3Kg !
* Compact system : volume used within the backpack 3 Liters
* Release handle can be stored in a dedicated pocket to avoid unwanted inflations during backpack handling.
* Mountain professionals and Snowpulse resellers can refill gas cylinder themselves. No parts have to be changed after use, you can train yourself
* Snowpulse airbags are the lightest and most compact airbag solutions in the world

The « Life Bag » is designed to bring you the best protection, while still remaining light, compact and user friendly. Snowpulse airbags are a set of innovative solutions.

-Alx-

(Image credit: Snowpulse) Via MedGadget