07-07-2008, 11:30 AM
[cool][#0000ff]After I had made my post last night, about not knowing of other "quality control" problems, I remembered that I had one right after getting my H3. The seat was REALLY atrocious and uncomfortable...and REALLY dumped me forward if I released a bit of air to soften the ride. When I removed the air bladder on the bottom seat, I found that the ridges were nonexistent. The one I got just turned into a big balloon, with no rigid support. (see attached pic). [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The construction of that air chamber is not good...and they are actually too big for the space alloted in the seats. They can never fully expand, which means a loss of form and function. I also did not like the valves. They are the twist to open and close kind...unlike the pressure operated kind for Outcast inflatable seats. You have to be fast to twist the top closed after reaching ideal inflation, and they are prone to loosening and losing air while you are on the water. I had those same valves on a Kennebec float tube and the valves loosened and became "problematic" after less than a year of use.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The construction of that air chamber is not good...and they are actually too big for the space alloted in the seats. They can never fully expand, which means a loss of form and function. I also did not like the valves. They are the twist to open and close kind...unlike the pressure operated kind for Outcast inflatable seats. You have to be fast to twist the top closed after reaching ideal inflation, and they are prone to loosening and losing air while you are on the water. I had those same valves on a Kennebec float tube and the valves loosened and became "problematic" after less than a year of use.[/#0000ff]
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