General Info

• Each pack needs a cartridge to function! Every pack is shipped with 2 canisters, one for test and one for use.
  If you replace your test cartridge all you have to add is the refill fee and you have 2 full release units on hand!
• You HAVE TO test your pack once before you use it in a real environment - see downloads for test form!
• If you do not test you pack within 1 month after purchase AND before the first use, you will lose product liability.

You have to test your pack in a real environment before you use it !
You will realize that as soon as you have an ABS-Airbag System you will not want to be without one!

Click here to view a demo film - 11.5 MB in Windows Media Format

To stay on top is everything

Only a lot of luck will save some of the victim’s lives...
An avalanche consists of different particles of snow. Those particles move underneath each body and push it to the surface by rotating until the avalanche slows down. This fact and the change of direction of the avalanche are the reason why approximately half of all avalanche victims end up on top of the avalanche.

... others die in the avalanche.
A completely different scenario exists for those who do not end up on the surface of the avalanche. Once the avalanche slows down, rotation and lifting abilities also slow down. The victim cannot reach the surface anymore due to the higher density and lesser volume. In most cases this burial is deadly.

With the ABS you have 150 liters more volume ...
Once activated, the ABS equalizes the volume and density of the victim relative to the surrounding snow by working on the principle of "inverse particles".

...and you are ontop within 2 seconds.
As with a life vest in the water, the victims swims on the surface of the avalanche. The added volume of 150 liters has been calculated to be needed for cold, dry and loose snow. If the snow is denser, wetter and heavier less volume is needed. Statistics show that all victims carried down by a moving avalanche stayed on top and survived the incident.

Quick Facts

Approximately 95% of all avalanches involving skiers and snowboarders are triggered by themselves. Usually they are slab or flow avalanches. 50% of all avalanche victims survive the avalanche release not buried, or with at least the head showing allowing them to breath. Only about 5% suffer from deadly injuries due to falling. 95 % survive.

The remaining 50% are completely buried once the avalanche comes to a halt, or at least the head and chest are submerged in the snow. Approximately 20 % suffer from fatal injuries due to the fall. Out of the 80% which are still alive three quarters (75%) have blocked airways due to snow in their mouth and / or experience such strong snow pressure on their chest that their breathing is severely restricted.

Experience shows that these avalanche victims only stay alive for a few minutes. The assumed bench mark of 15 minutes is extremely optimistic.
One quarter of the completely buried victims have clear airways, some can even breathe through an opening to the outside. Only these victims have a good chance to survive.