Halycon wing cover failure question

[formernuke]

My 12 year old halycon wing cover has ripped. The actual bladder seems fine.

Question is if I have to pay for a new cover would I be better off just replacing the entire thing?

 

[Marie13]

How bad is it? Could you sew it up yourself?

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Can you aquaseal it?

 

[chris kippax]

does it say "DIR" on the outer shell logo tag

 

[formernuke]

How bad is it? Could you sew it up yourself?

Not a chance the bladder doesn't even stay in the cover.

Can you aquaseal it?

Not enough material for the aqua seal to stick to.

does it say "DIR" on the outer shell logo tag

No

 

[flymolo]

Just send it to them and see what they say. There’s a chance they replace it under warranty. Halcyon are really good about that sort of thing.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Get a piece of similar material to make a patch and aquaseal it on.

 

[tmassey]

Just send it to them and see what they say. There’s a chance they replace it under warranty. Halcyon are really good about that sort of thing.

Call Extreme Exposure. They handle the retail part for Halcion. There was a now-known inadequate nylon material that just unravels itself. They have replaced a couple of them for me, no questions asked.

Now it can take a while: I think one of them took eight weeks, because it is a design they no longer make. So they had to make it as a-one off for me. But other than the slight delay, I’ve had zero problems. And in that case, I was actually local, so they gave me one of the rental wings in the interim. There’s really nothing to complain about even if you tried!

There is no doubt you pay a premium price for Halcyon, but you also get premium service and support.