radar impact vest deal

[foxriverat]

Just scored a new 2012 Radar decibel reversible impact vest off ebay for $39.99 free shipping. They only have small and medium left. Just passing on a good deal.

[ToddL]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RADAR-DECIBEL-REVERSIBLE-FRONT-ZIP-IMPACT-JACKET-WATERSKI-VEST-SIZE-SMALL-OR-MED-/151171718339?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item2332895cc3

[foxriverat]

Thanks ToddL I wasn't sure if posting the link was allowed

[Wish]

Just ordered mine (backup vest for when mine dies) . Hoping for a good fit. If not, there will be a brand new vest on SIA for cheap....

[foxriverat]

They have some good deals in their ebay store. Some weekends they will have 30% off everything. In september I picked up a new 2013 67 Radar senate with double highwrap featherlite bindings for $375 shipped

[Wish]

@foxriverat I forgot to say thank you for the post. Much appreciated. Shows how we middle classers can afford the sport by helping each other out like this. Seen it happen many time here on BOS. Another reason for BOS being the best.

[AggieSkier]

$28 Radar Ski Rope at Liquidation Sports http://www.liquidationsports.com/index/page/product/product_id/21663/category_id/41/product_name/Radar+Strada+Switch+Knotless+11+Section+Mainline%2C+60+Feet

[eurosport]

Ordered a medium last night thinking that was what I had tried on at Miami ski nautique the other day. I checked this morning again since I was in the store and realized I needed a small since they stretch out. Came back home and quickly messaged the seller (Havasuwaterski) and within minutes they responded saying not to worry they were sending a small instead of medium. About 10 minutes after that I received a tracking number and the jacket is already in transit. Amazing service! Thanks @foxriverat for sharing a great deal with fellow ballers.

[foxriverat]

Thanks guys. Glad I could help out.

[Wish]

Well, just ordered the rope too. That's $150 in savings..vest and rope. Or basically a vest and get the rope free. NICE!!

[xrated]

Wow. I am kicking myself right now over why I insist on wearing a CGA vest.

[oldjeep]

@xrated - if you want a CGA vest then take a look at the Radar x-vest for impact protection. I love mine.

 

1/2 price if you can use a small ;)

http://www.wakehouse.com/products/radar-x-vest-life-jacket-small.html?gclid=CIWvpfTj2rsCFdEWMgod-z4AFg

 

Or $89 for a medium

http://www.waterskis.com/Closeout-Radar-X-CGA-Life-Vest-p/radar_xcga_closeout_vest.htm?gclid=CO3u4pTk2rsCFeYWMgodzxoA-w&gdftrk=gdfV22552_a_7c873_a_7c5126_a_7c

 

 

 

[oldjeep]

@JayG80 good call on the rope, just ordered one up

[Stickman]

Probably a dumb question, but for those of us not using a Perfect Pass Switch, where are you placing the "switch" section of rope? At the pylon, after 43', or at the handle? Thanks.

[oldjeep]

It says: Additional non-switch section included

 

So I'd assume that you just swap it completely off the rope

[xrated]

thanks @oldjeep I actually was looking at the x-vest.

 

Stupid question but with a 11 section rope what is the longest line?

 

[oldjeep]

It says it is a 60ft rope in the ad - so 15 off

[AggieSkier]

$239 Jobe Hybrid Drysuit. Ordered the last Small. They only have size XL left. Wonder if they are discontinuing? http://www.jobestoreusa.com/product_p/300812006.htm

[Fine409]

Thanks for the tip on the rope!

[Fine409]

Another question regarding rope length...so this rope is 60 ft long (15 off). But when you add the handle section to it that is 5' long it becomes 65 ft long. So aren't you really technically skiing 10 ft off??

[Fine409]

This kind of describes what I mean better. If you're just buying the rope by itself w/out the handle, shouldn't it be 54' 10.5" long instead of 59' 10.5" since you would be adding a 5' section with the rope to make it a true 15' off of a 75' rope?

 

Or am I missing something here?

[AggieSkier]

The Radar Strada rope has nylon identification sleeves for rope sections from 15' off thru 41' off. The entire rope is the same color so the ID sleeves are useful.

 

@Stickman The switch section is attached between the 41' off section and the main tow line.

 

@dtm8119 I did not measure but it should have a nominal length of 55' not 60'.

 

I believe the new Radar rope is now called Vapor, hence the closeout on Strada rope.

[RichardDoane]

@stickman - add the switch segment at the handle end, but pay attention that it stays there when you change handles, a zip tie is a good idea for insurance, wouldn't be the first time a segment got removed and no one noticed

[Dusty]

As long as you're careful, it can go any of several places. i prefer it at the pylon end of the running line so that it doesn't get removed and lost or confuse the rope monkey when swapping handles... :-)

[foxriverat]

Thanks JayG80 I just ordered the rope. Chicago boat show is in 2 weeks. I can check out some handles to go with it.

[Wish]

Warning:.

 

After some unfortunate FedX issues, I finally got my Radar Vest. It is really nice. Way better then I expected. Nice job Radar!! That's the good news. The bad news is it doesn't fit. Not even close. I questioned a M when I was ordering so I had my wife measure my chest with a sawing tape measure. Right at 40". The add says 37-40" for a Medium. I likem snug so ordered it. It's not even close to fitting. Like 4" to get the zipper sides to touch...no over weight jokes please ;) So I thought I would post my findings. I have 1 day to get it returned for money back according to Ebay Policy (thank you FedX Grrrr!). Hopefully the gentleman on sales end will honor that. But if not, there will be an unused, brand spankn new M size vest on SIA.

[Wish]

Just spoke with the gentleman selling the vest. Very nice and very accommodating. I think I threw him off. I didn't purchase it with my Ebay account and did the purchase as an Ebay guest further complicating things. But he was very understanding and as said, accommodating. No problem with returning it. He was suppressed that there was a size chart on the Ebay page so that tells me it may be wrong and for me it was. I wouldn't hesitate to buy from him again. But I will go with my gut on sizing with any item off any add unless I see a manufacturers size chart link.

[GroovyGrant]

@wish just tried mine on a few minutes ago (after FedEx delays here too). Fits about the same as yours. Glad to know the dude is nice cause I'm about to ask him to take mine back, too. It is a really cool vest though so I hope the large fits me.

[Wish]

@GroovyGrant. He did not have any larges even when he ran the add. It seems it was old stock of only S and M sizes (all new and NICE!!) . Thinkn the size chart was a mistake. His phone number should be on the box it was shipped in as part of the shipping label. I am going to respect his business and not post that here. But, it should be on the box.

[foxriverat]

Luckily I was able to squeeze into my med 5.7 165 38 inch chest. Tight fit though. I read somewhere they stretch out some. But I guess you have to be able to get it on to stretch it out.

[WBLskier]

I just fit in mine but it is really tight. Hoping that won't make it more likely to unzip in a crash as some have commented. Any thoughts?

[oldjeep]

With the X-vest I have, you do have to pull it together to get it to zip. A tight fit is the whole idea of something designed to protect you from impact. As for unzipping, does your vest have the little Velcro tab at the top of the zipper that keeps it from going down?

[WBLskier]

There is a little loop at the top but not Velcro. I'm not sure what it is for though.

[foxriverat]

@WBLskier just saw that on mine. Handle of zipper fits in elastic hoop. I would imagine thats what its there for.

[rfa]

Let me add a good word about the gentleman selling the vests. I purchase two vests size M (thank you @foxriverat for the heads up). good fit for me and my son (both in the 145-150 range). younger son might fit in a Small. Called gentleman and he was very pleasant, is sending me a Small and allowing me to return it or one of the Medium if i so choose...lastly the vests are very nice and brand new.

[GroovyGrant]

@wish - and anyone else on the fence for sizing of the Impact vest. See the below that I copied in from getagripwatersports.com. I guess I'm going to keep my medium and wait till warm weather to try it out. Worst case: I'm out $30 ($40 purchase less the $10 I'd have spent shipping the return back) and someone I know gets a very nice slightly used vest. With any other comparable option costing $140+/- I reckon I might as well give it a shot. This is a really cool vest at a steal of a price so if it just does work out that leaves me $100 to otherwise support the habit! By the way, as far as I know, the blog post below would have been made well before anyone's stock got low, meaning they had plenty of larges and bigger to pick from so they probably weren't just trying to unload a bunch of smaller sizes.

 

"One of the owners of Get A Grip Water Sports is 5' 10", 170 lbs, and typically wears a 40-42 Regular suit jacket. He also fits comfortably into 2010 and 2011 medium Radar Strada vests. When the 2012 inventory arrived, he first tried on the medium 2012 Decibel, it was too tight...on to the Large...too tight...and then on to the X-Large. The X-Large felt good on land but, once in the water, he realized the X-Large was too big. He tried a Large in the water but, still to big. The large was a marginal fit but, potentially, medium would be better.

 

So, back to the medium, this time an effort was made to actually zip it up. After a little work, the vest was on and felt OK; very tight, but OK. Once in the water and after a couple sets, medium is what he settled on.

 

Please keep this in mind: When new and dry, the Radar Decibel vest MUST be tight; otherwise, you will not be happy with it in the water."

[foxriverat]

@GroovyGrant Great find and info. Thank you. Here is a link to the blog. http://www.getagripwatersports.com/blogs/updates/5949613-important-sizing-considerations-for-the-2012-radar-decibel-ski-vest

[Wish]

@GroovyGrant Very hard to believe that a Medium, according to the size chart by foxriverat, coming in at 33-35 chest would come even close to fitting my 40" chest size, stretchy or not. According to that chart, I would have to jump straight to an XL at 39-42 chest. If I had the choice, it would have been large all the way. I know the owner of Get A Grip and have skied with him in tournaments just about every yr for yrs. He is an easy 170. I'm 185. I don't really believe that suit jacket sizing can directly relate to vest sizing as suggested in the blog. But, this also confirms, if that's Radars sizing, that the size chart on the ebay web site above is WAY off on their posted size chart. By 5" in chest circumference.

[foxriverat]

The same place selling the vests is running 20% sale off waterskis for 2 days. Nothing high end. But if you need something for wife or kid pretty good deals. http://stores.ebay.com/Havasu-Waterski/WATERSKIS-/_i.html?_fsub=5891508013&_sid=664349953&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

[exit9az]

Thanks for the push to my ebay store. I really appreciate it. I did figure out what the deal with Wish's vest. It must have been marked wrong at the factory because it was smaller than the size smalls I have left. I also have the the 2013 decibel for $45. Size small again only.

[eurosport]

Finally came back down to sunny florida from the great white north. Tried the new vest on and was worried about the fit when dry but like others said try it in the lake first. Vest fits and feels amazing and has great buoyancy for a non cga. BTW just checked the ebay store and the 2013 decibels (size small only) are on sale for $36!

[xrated]

Bump

 

I ordered the Radar rope awhile ago. Great deal. Being a bit of a "wally" type I am still confused by the extra switch section of rope. I've just hooked the rope to the pylon at the length indicators, should I be moving it down to handle end?

 

Missed the boat on the X-vest the first go round but stumbled across the deal again at www.wakehouse.com 50 bucks and it is sitting at home right now waiting for me to get off work.

[wtrskior]

@xrated‌

 

the rope should be standard length, you remove the switch section if using the switch. Best bet is to put the switch section between your handle and the mainline. Hope that helps!

 

@exit9az‌ I picked up a new RS1 binding last year and couldn't be happier. Great deals on old stock!

[xrated]

@wtrskior currently I have the extra attached at the 15 off sleeve but just hanging from the pylon. I read correct I should move it to the handle end and add it in.

[wtrskior]

@xrated‌

 

yes sir, you are running short rope if not using that switch piece. The PP switch would replace it.

 

Doesn't matter where you add it, but it makes the most sense at the other end of the rope where you won't be shortening, unless of course you wanted to work on 1/2 loops, say between 22 and 28. It should be 3-4' or a little shorter than the orange section between 22 and 28 off loops. If you were nailing 22, but not getting far at 28, it could help between those 2.