ABSOLUTE OUTDOOR Onyx M-24 Manual Inflatable Vest

Okay, I'm more mad at myself than this product but here's my experience. I attempted to read the 14 pages of instructions while familiarizing myself with the vest. Most of the instructions were safety disclaimers and other stuff repeated over and over that has two purposes, one, to provide safety information and two, too provide escape clauses for lawsuits. Technical details were somewhat obscured in all the other escape clause language. In my exploration I exposed the mechanism that the CO2 cartridge attaches to and pulled the lever before even installing the cartridge. NOT GOOD!!! It breaks the green plastic pin that couldn't have cost more than 1/4 cent to manufacture and thus necessitates buying a rearm kit IF YOU CAN FIND IT!!!! ....FOR OVER $15. There is a tag on it that has a picture of the mechanism and a red x on it but it falls way short of saying, "DON'T TEST OPERATE THIS LEVER UNLESS YOU WANT TO BUY A REARM KIT!!!" So, now being royally p.o'ed at my mistake made easier by this company's failure to adequately warn me, I look for a rearm kit as shown on the label on the vest that states EXACTLY "Use only ONYX/KENT rearm kit #1350." So before YOU buy this, copy and paste the rearm kit in the search box. THEY DON'T HAVE THEM!! I bought a replacement by visual looks. NOT VERY SMART FOR A DEVICE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. So then, in anger, I think, "This is just not right, my mistake but if you can't even find a rearm kit then I'm going to return it." WRONG!! THEY WON'T TAKE IT BACK! SOMETHING ABOUT RESHIPPING A CO2 CARTRIDGE OR SOME OTHER CARP. I'm sure other manufacturers have similar design features that make it equally as easy to reach in my wallet again but to not be able to find the exact kit, that's just not right. Bad juju on them. $100 PLUS BUCKS ON A VEST THAT I AM SUBSTITUTING A REARM KIT ON. KILL ME.