On 1 Apr 2006 22:37:12 -0800, "Mark" wrote:

I've been to 5 inflation demonstrations; one didn't
work so well. It was a design that is plastic vacuum sealed in a
"baggie" in the valise with a breakaway shoestring type closure on the
valise; some "shoestrings" didn't break and the rep had to jump in
there with a knife before the raft tore itself up.

My raft is packed that way. Do you know what kind it was?