New Odeo Flares

[BlueBottleFishing]

New Odeo Flares - no burn, no flame, no exposives

http://www.bluebottlefishing.com/produc ... laser.html

The Odeo Flare™ is the new alternative to the traditional red pyrotechnic hand-held distress flare. It is similar in size to traditional flares, but instead of using dangerous explosives to burn, it uses battery powered lasers.

• Safe Laser Technology; No pyrotechnics or flames
  Visible from all directions simultaneously
  Projects over the the full hemisphere
  Quin Laser Head; More power; visibility and redundancy
  Over 5 hours of continuous use from one set of batteries
  Indefinite shelf life with battery changes – 14 year shelf life with supplied batteries
  Search And Rescue aircraft safe
  Five thousand hours mean time between failure
  1 Odeo Flare = 600 hand held flares
  Safe to carry in your back-pack
  Electronic circuitry designed for optimum visibility
  Made from Salt-Water resistant materials.

[Bartnmax]

Great idea but I wonder how it will be received by fishos?
It is stated "The idea behind this flare is not to replace the pyrotechnic flares but to use them as a assitent to them."
At $269 in excess of standard flares I can't see these being big sellers, much as they might be a great idea.
Pity that price will in all probably get in the way of a good product, but I 'spose that's the reality of life.

[re-tyred]

It is about time the boating regulators updated to take into account modern technologies. A flare pack on a recreational boat is both dangerous and of marginal use. Once you use them if you didn't attract attention you are screwed. If these laser flares were allowed as a ligit replacement for a flare pack then it would only take a few years for you to get your money back and volume sales would probably reduce the price.

[Bartnmax]

If they could be used as a replacement for pyro flares then that would change matters altogether.
Makes the cost a lot more afordable, although still expensive.
I also think that if they could be used as replacements for pyros then sales volumes would see the rpice drop & the product become more affordable, eventually leading to increased sales.
If electronic epirbs can be seen as mandatory safety gear then there's no reason why these couldn't replace pyro flares.

[SIKKO_X2]

It also has indefinite shelf life with battery changes, possibly saving money in the long run