… Airbag systems are not allowed on airplanes

My information is that airbag systems are allowed on airplanes.
In 2003 i traveled with my personal airbag system from Germany to Canada without any problems.

… Airbag system are expensive ?

ok, 700 EURO (850 USD) for a brand new sytem or 400 for a used but proofed system are expensive. Think: what ist your life worth ?

I think Naxo bindings offer a leap forward in AT binding safety based on my own testing. Fritchi changed their AFD design last year to a design that is less effective (from moving AFD to essentially nonmoving teflon AFD).

Shovels: Too bad avalanche rescue isn’t keeping up with the rapid innovation of garden shovels (rolling eyes). Shovels are one of mans oldest tools I don’t think there is much room for technological leaps other than making them ever so slightly lighter, stronger, and more compact for triple the price.

With beacons, the only true innovation out there *might* be the Ortovox S1 (time will tell the truth in the hype). Maybe it’s glitter, maybe not. The stupidity of DSP for multiple signals is that the 457 pulse rate was slowed to allow audio determination of multiple burials. If 457 pulse rate was fast like the old 2.2s and if they put a decent processing chips in the beacons, then digital would have a definate leg up on analog for multiple burials. A true digital beacon should utilize not just a single antenna array featuring 2 or 3 antennas on multiple axis, it should have two of these arrays, then the user rotates, like a real radio direction finder. That would give the engineers some real work. Maybe that is how the S1 works… maybe it simulates multiple arrays…