Hello,
Has anybody had any experience with, or knows anybody which had, owning a Bris Inflatable ?
The prices are low, the brand has plenty of good reviews, a few Youtube videos, and sells on Amazon and eBay.
Their website indicates an address in USA, but prices in UK Pounds. Stock seems to be in Australia, but no contact details, except via eBay or Amazon.
Cannot make up my mind, so I would appreciate any feedback you can give me.
Thank you
Richard
Hello,
Has anybody had any experience with, or knows anybody which had, owning a Bris Inflatable ?
The prices are low, the brand has plenty of good reviews, a few Youtube videos, and sells on Amazon and eBay.
Their website indicates an address in USA, but prices in UK Pounds. Stock seems to be in Australia, but no contact details, except via eBay or Amazon.
Cannot make up my mind, so I would appreciate any feedback you can give me.
Thank you
Richard
have been sold for longer in USA, look on the forums there. I had the same debate and ended up buying the Whitworth's one for $699. At least if it goes bad in the next 2 years I know where you take it back. Buying the Bris without having an official dealer is abit of dodgy. Good luck returning an eBay item even within the 1 year guarantee period. And yu can trust me on that.
Positive on the Whitworths one: larger tubes than average (42 cm vs 35 cm), lighter than I thought (and if you swap out the wood seats for an aluminium one you can literally save another 5- 6 kg), takes a load of 440 kg
Negatives: so far so good, but time will tell how the grey PVC stands up to UV compared to a white one.
On the other hand Bris seems to be good as any other brand nowdays.... just remember, you're buying a Bris and not a Brig at that price!
I had a Bris, and for the price, no complaints. It lasted 2 years before the PVC started going goey. That's without a cover, in all weathers. It's a very beamy boat, and consequently is a bit slow under power. Excellent load carrying, though. It's better than W's Aqua in that it has a hard floor with an inflatable keel.
I've actually had two of these. The first one (10ft) went after 12mths of trouble free use when I sold my 41 footer, so I went out and promptly bought a second one! I've had this one (9ft) for over 2 years and I've got to say it's been great. It gets rolled up and put in the back of the car at least twice a week after sailing, and has shown no real signs of wear thus far. Great value for the money.!
A mate has a 3.8 version and it happily catered for 3 x 100+ kg blokes and with an 18 on the back, had us charging along.
Only complaint was that it is quite heavy.