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[SerreChe]

1) one leg still attached is prolly not great either, may even increase the risk of your lower leg windmilling around your knee joint. The idea is to pull on both handles, but releasing one only could be trouble.
2) I am not sure tbh. That is why in general people would prefer one handle to release both bindings at the same time instead of 2 handles.
3) The airbag should keep you on top, even if your board/skis are still attached. It is supposed to be one of the most effective system to keep you alive in an avy.
4)That is a very good point. I always wondered the same. Hard choice. If you have time I would say board then avalung then airbag, if no time, I would prolly just do the airbag (90+% survival rate when deployed). The airbag deployment would probably make achieving any other task very difficult due to its bulk/volume.

There are now 2 types of airbags out there. I know the old one had the tendency to push people's face down into the snow even though they were at the surface which could also potentially suffocate them. In this case avalung + airbag would have been nice. I think the new type of airbag is now better designed (offers more protection for the neck, uses compressed air, etc…) but not sure.

If I had a choice between releaseable bindings, airbag & avalung, I would probably buy the airbag, but it is not available in Japan.

As for splitboards, Voile is currently the standard. If you go with another manufacturer’s standard, you will have less choices down the road.

[leegil]

Just got myself an Avalung II Sling. I cannot stomach the thought of being buried alive and suffocating. I think that if you can breath then you can at least keep calm. Like scuba diving, when water snorts up your nose, as long as you can still breath through your mouth, you can calm down and refocus....

Love to have an airbag but high cost and having to mess around with travelling with cannisters is a bit of a turn-off...at this point in time.

[Mamabear]

I was at the Freeride World Tour event in Chamonix this week. They had a great display of the newest airbags in backpacks both ready to roll and deployed. Looked like they would do the job, that is for sure. If I was riding the kind of incredible lines that those dudes manage I would want to be having one strapped to my back - that's for sure!

[Jynxx]

At the moment, the canisters are either refillable, or exchanged.
Gas content is either air, nitrogen or CO2.
Air is the way to go because you have extra air to breath in the event of being buried.
But Travel regulations are different from continent to continent For example, regulated gas pressure is different from USA, Canada, Europe.
Even the type of Gas (as above) allowed is differrent. This is the air travel thingy...