Life Barrel - Personal Life Raft/Immersion Suit

[jkindredpdx]

And it's better than a survival suit because ???

I wonder:
- is it gonna stay upright?
- any float fisherman will tell you your legs are gonna get cold.
- it would be nice to have your arms inside the barrel part of the time...

But...
- maybe you could mount fins on the pants
- install a mast and sail on top
- give it a canoe shape.
- install a feeding tube with beans and a jet propulsion exhaust tube.

[Snowpetrel]

I would worry about it filling with water and drowning. The concept is interesting but I'd want to see a bunch of tests in severve weather, and ideally some sort of folding system to make it more compact. Prehaps a selfdraining mode for big waves.

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[Panope]

Even with a bilge pump down at the feet, it is going to get pretty rotten down there after a day or two of bodily fluids and solids collection.

I suppose you could let a bunch of sea water in for a rinse followed by a pump out. Warm water only.

I wonder if being curled up inside an actual barrel would be better?

Steve

[Steadman Uhlich]

Life Barrel?

Not for me. That design looks like shark bait. And for all the other reasons mentioned it looks like a hoax. Goofy, wacky, ill conceived.
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BUT, if you want some kind of "survival barrel" to use, I think I would prefer the TURTLE submarine design as shown below. It comes with a method of propulsion and more room inside.

[crabcake]

If it will also fry chicken like Popeye's, I would be interested.

[Brob2]

If that became the new uniform of the NFL and NHL I think the concussion problem is over. Right product, wrong market.

[capngeo]

Originally Posted by Delancey

Opps, I crapped my pants. Now what?

^^^^^My first thought!^^^^^

The second being I live in the Tropics, I wonder just how hot it would get in there during the day

[mickt243]

its a portable "confined space"

its ventilation is well above the users head, carbon dioxide is heavier than oxygen.

after a short time, the user will be dead from asphyxiation.