FurryBird MightStop

ANOTHER DAY, another safety report.

Here at Pie, we think it's great to see the manufacturers putting safety first and issuing warnings about their duff kit, thus protecting pilots from themselves and maybe from the crap gear they've inadvertently bought. No matter how iffy a manufacturer might be, how shoddy their products might turn out or how flaky their marketing service might seem, it's good to see them standing up and saying, "We've naffed it up", or as it's officially known, "Issuing a safety report".

So it would seem the "Innovation of the Year" down at FireBrand is in fact not the "Lift Off System" or the "Catchy Air Pockets" of their top selling Turbo MightStop reserves, it rather seems that their latest innovation is in fact the new improved reserve container that now comes out when you pull it.

It would seem that some pilots who've been trusting their lives to a MightStop reserve may be somewhat surprised when pulling the handle during any desperate last chance at the rest of their lives. It seems that, when in dire straits, pilots could be faced with less MightStop than they would have expected. In fact, looking at the design changes, it seems pretty clear that some would have been faced with no MightStop at all and most likely be faced with a handle, 10cm of tape and some rather straggly looking threads. Not what one might hope for when spiraling in at 15m/s and looking for a last chance to kiss the wife goodbye.

Luckily, FieryBird have stepped up and offered replacement internal containers to owners who might be worried they paid their hard earned cash for some under-seat ballast, a cool logo and a poorly stitched bracelet for the missus.

Well done FieryBride, keep up the good work, and here's hoping all those punters get in touch for a free replacement container with "reinforcements all round". Obviously we're hoping extra attention has been given to the reinforcements around the bits that were crap.

This innovation of the year [Safety Notice - Ed] comes from FurryBird - No Bushwa.

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