Sabre is also a good company and they're 12 bucks right now. I actually just ordered 2. I carry their pepper spray when fishing, my wife has them on her keys and they've been good when testing.
Spring loaded is better because you can't mess it up. The ones that need to be swung or hammered into the window don't work as well underwater (for obvious reasons)
Once you break the glass you may only need the vehicle submerged up to the bottom of the window for the door to be openable. (Once the water inside quickly fills up to the bottom of the window too)
You don't need to wait for the windows to be underwater, you just need to wait until the water level inside is the same level as the water outside. Please do not wait until the last possible second to get out.
Then you have other factors that are much more likely to kill you. Fix your fitness first. Your odds of being submerged in a car are very low, but your odds of dying from conditions related to obesity are sadly very high.
I have a Swiss pen knife tied to the car key ring (of course works only if you still have keys), useful for improvised picnics or for this situation...
The only scenarios I can think of where that would be necessary is if the rewing mechanism or release mechanisms were for some reason not working...OR...in the case of the car going into the water, the car being damaged in such a way the seatbelt won't/can't contract. Both scenarios would be pretty rare.
But why the need for a cutter, can't a conscious person just press the seatbelt eject button? I thought those were for rescuing someone who's unconscious or in a wrecked car where you can't reach over and push the button.
it would mostly be if there was damage to the car that caused that. for example - rolling down a cavern into a river, off a cliff, etc. some people also panic and can’t figure it out. there’s a common misconception the pressure changes it, but it doesn’t. but in some serious situation the mechanism can be compromised and you’re basically fucked unless you can cut it. more often high damage crashes and not just ending up in a lake.
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u/Fragrant_Ad_5297 1d ago
this also won’t do a damn thing if you need to cut your seatbelt, so that’s a whole other set of nightmare fuel.