Originally Posted By TomD

Now we just have to wait until their approval is revoked, again. It looks like BV's business model relies on selling you a new one every few months to replace the designs that fail.


In all fairness to Bear Vault, they replaced my old non-approved (in certain areas) canister with a brand new BV 350 at no charge. Not just a lid, a brand new canister. That was 2006. I have now been using that fully approved canister for 3 years.
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