McMurdo Epirb - The Hull Truth

astm216 · 04-17-2005, 04:55 PM

Saw then at a local boat show. The sales guy said the are the parent company if ACR.

He said ACR is the retail side of this company and McMurdo sells commerically but they are the same end product.

Does anyone know if this is true?

shortwave · 04-17-2005, 05:42 PM

Can only assume you are not joking. If the salesman told you that, he was not telling the truth - as they are two seperate companies like Ford and Chevrolet. FYI some of the McMurdo units failed the Coast Guards tests for reliability while the ACR unites all passed.

Shark1007 · 04-17-2005, 07:15 PM

McMurdo's are the Saturday Night Specials of the EPIRB world, may work fine, may not.

If you need it and it doesn't work and you survive, you could write a nasty letter to the company or your estate could make a claim.

Buy the ACR and physically attack the salesman who told you the big story!

waynesworld · 04-17-2005, 08:15 PM

there was an issue with some of the early units but that has since been rectified. i recently purchases a mcmurdo at a local show after doing reasearch on it and i am confident in my decision...

i don't think that the authorities would approve a life safety device that was questionable in the first place.

astm216 · 04-17-2005, 08:26 PM

I was not joking. And now I am mad. Being in sales myself I cant believe someone would tell a flat out lie about something so important.

This guy is the authorized Ray dealer for my area. Makes me feel real good if any of my other electronics needs service.

Thanks guys I am off to buy a REAL ACR 406 Global Cat II.

Mike

SWFLNavigation · 04-17-2005, 08:46 PM

I refuse to sell them...

Eduardo @ RMS · 04-18-2005, 01:41 AM

You probably confused what he said with McMurdo's parent company being Revere Supply and Pains-Wessex. Or maybe he was confused with what he told you.

Eduardo

astm216 · 04-18-2005, 08:34 AM

I wish I could chalk it off to confusion.

I had an ACR brochure in my hand, I stoped to ask him about a data cable for my Ray 435. He pointed at my ACR brochure and said "we sell the comerical version of that, not the boaters world version, McMurdo is the parent company of ACR is McMurdo, they market under ACR for retail purchases and McMurdo for commerical sales"

Eduardo @ RMS · 04-18-2005, 10:45 AM

astm,

I used to live in Jacksonville, im guessing you went to the boatshow up there? You know, contrary to popular belief, McMurdo/Revere rafts/epirbs are *NOT* bad. Infact, they are of very good quality, just do not have USGC approval. They are based out of Jacksonville, you might want to see if you can check out their showroom.

Eduardo.

astm216 · 04-19-2005, 05:22 PM

I am not questioning thier quality. I just dont like the idea of someome misrepresnting the facts.

fairgame · 04-21-2005, 02:55 PM

You may want to read this BEFORE you think of buying McMurdo. I do not like people that risk my life. They failed almost every test. Surely they tested it before they sold it to people as a life saving device. I will not be giving them the chance to use me as a test.

http://www.equipped.com/406_beacon_t...y.htm#Baseline

Major Woods · 04-22-2005, 08:36 AM

Here's the rest of the story on the Mcmurdo that some would like to leave out

http://www.mcmurdo.co.uk/?Menu=79&Pa...s.asp&ID=10047

You might have a long time in the water if you have a purchase an ACR.

"The ACR failed to acquire a GPS fix within 45 minutes. During the same retest, under the same conditions, the McMurdo Fastfind Plus acquired a GPS fix in 1 minute, 15 seconds."

http://www.mcmurdo.co.uk/?Menu=79&Pa...s.asp&ID=11965

Happy reading MW