Ralph wrote: >1. They have such little hang time (the amount of time they are in > the >air and possibly visible) that they likely only alert someone in > the rare >chance that they are looking your way at the precise few seconds of >flaring. >2. There have been too many cases of failure, even for flares that > have >been carefully wrapped or left in the original packaging. If you are >carrying 3 flares, you can pretty much count on 1 or 2 failing. Nick Gill wrote >don't know about accidental ignition possiblities >re waterproofing - I actually don't know. However, >- One is in a manufacturer's sealed bag. >- at the suggestion of wayne langmaid of ocean planet I placed the > > >other in a condom and knotted it closed. both go into a plastic zip > lock >sample bag Thanks Ralph and Nick, The units I carry have an option of being used for smoke or flares depending which end is struck - I'm not sure if this means that you get both a flare and a smoke signal or whether if one is used you can't use the other? From what Ralph says I suspect that smoke is more useful than flares. I've noticed that keeping the flares in a plastic wrapper can actually exacerbate the moisture problem. If the plastic becomes punctured then moisture tends to get trapped inside the flare bag instead of drying out - this has ruined at least one of my flares. Will try the condom idea and zip lock bag. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 22 2000 - 00:25:37 PST
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