WTB or rent EPIRB

[Klysons]

I fish 2 weeks a year in Prince Rupert, on a really good year might go twice. Does anyone have a EPIRB I could rent, or know of a place to rent one? If I drown my wife will pay the full amount of the unit.

 

[pescador]

This is what I now strap on my pfd. Cheap but effective. It’s tiny

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

Yes, look at an MOB unit AIS with 406mhz on your self inflating lifejacket.
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[Klysons]

After talking to a very good buddy who is a northern waters charter owner, I think my higher priority are immersion suits or a liferaft. I will continue to look for an EPIRB or MOB as well, but again 15 minutes in arctic water unconscious, 45 minutes dead without staying dry. If I spend $1000+ on an epirb it just makes it easier to find the body.

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

After talking to a very good buddy who is a northern waters charter owner, I think my higher priority are immersion suits or a liferaft. I will continue to look for an EPIRB or MOB as well, but again 15 minutes in arctic water unconscious, 45 minutes dead without staying dry. If I spend $1000+ on an epirb it just makes it easier to find the body.

That's what gets the insurance paid out, no body and your family waits 7 years for cash

 

[Corey_lax]

buy the PLB (cheapish) and an immersion suit. You’ll feel stupid floating there if you tried to save a few bucks. If you skip the PLB, get the waterproof inreach device because you’ll probably get use out of that device in backcountry hunting/hiking/etc.

Back in my snowmobiling days, I couldn’t afford a airbag backpack but still paid the $1500 or whatever it was because I didn’t want to be at the bottom of the snow pile with a $100 backpack

 

[Klysons]

buy the PLB (cheapish) and an immersion suit. You’ll feel stupid floating there if you tried to save a few bucks. If you skip the PLB, get the waterproof inreach device because you’ll probably get use out of that device in backcountry hunting/hiking/etc.

Back in my snowmobiling days, I couldn’t afford a airbag backpack but still paid the $1500 or whatever it was because I didn’t want to be at the bottom of the snow pile with a $100 backpack

I did the same, being buried terrified me so had all the gear. I am really leaning towards a suit and a raft

 

[Klysons]

That's what gets the insurance paid out, no body and your family waits 7 years for cash

that's why I am hoping to rent one, everyone says 'ah its just another $1500 for an EPIRB that I might carry in the boat once. But yes, I get it. I'm looking at the MOB units right now

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

I did the same, being buried terrified me so had all the gear. I am really leaning towards a suit and a raft

Just buy a Boston Whaler then u don't need a raft, and if you think it's ****** on the stricken craft wait till you're in the liferaft!

 

[Flashman]

One of the keys to staying alive in cold water is staying dry. I've read reports on the impact of water in immersion suits, something like 500ml of water in a suit cut survival times down by 2/3.

I ended up going with a Musto offshore sailing dry suit. I've done kayak recovery training in it, in and out of the water, scrambling around trying to get back into a kayak etc and barely got enough water in one sleave to get a wet cuff on my sweater. I was impressed how well it worked.