**IMPORTED FROM AS400**

KEY POINTS & INTENDED USE

Bear proof canister for protection of foodstuffs from hungry bears and prote-ct

ion of bears from careless humans. Can be used as a stand-alone cache orpacked/

kayaked from place to place for bear proof protection. For bestprotection, smel

ly foods should be plastic bagged before being placed in thecontainer.

CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN

Moulded ABS Plastic, smooth surfaces and rounded edges(difficult to claw open-

extensively tested with the MEC Virtual Reality Robo-Bear 2.1). Lid is lat-ched

using two coin operated disks making for a flush seal that is hard foranimals(i

ncluding some humans) to open easily.Weight is: 1.27kgDimensions are: 30.5cm h

igh by 20.3cm(circle diameter)Volume is approximately 10 litres.

MATERIALS

ABS Plastic, stainless steel latches.Beware of the flashing from the glue on th

e inside of the container! Youmight want to remove this(it will rub off by hand

) before using the unit withplastic bags.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Some comments have been made about the size of this unit - alas all commercialb

ear canisters on the market are around 10-11 litres and this is the mostreasonab

ly priced one.When I first saw the device, I wondered how on earth you were supp

osed to fita grown bear inside the container to keep it out of the way around ca

mp.Someone then explained that....

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