How It Works
Three seconds.
One pull.
You float.
No buttons. No instructions. No user error.
Just a gross motor pull that even a panicked child can do.
Snap. Slide. Lock.
Snap a fresh Cartridge onto your Shell until it clicks. Slide the assembled Core down into your Band cradle. Insert the Trigger Plug into the retention slot. You're done. Every component is factory-sealed and vacuum-packed. Nothing to check. Nothing to repack.
The Snap-Lock clicks audibly. If you didn't hear it, it's not locked.
One pull. That's it.
Feel danger? Grab the DART and rip it vertically off your wrist. It takes more than 10 lbs of force — enough that a cannonball or high-five won't trigger it, but instinctive enough that a scared child can do it in under a second. No buttons. No fine motor skills. No thinking.
The Rip & Yank is a gross motor movement — the same instinct that makes you grab a railing. It works when everything else fails.
The torpedo deploys. You rise.
The moment the Trigger Plug pulls free, the 360° gill vents flood with water. The effervescent fuel tablet dissolves instantly — not slowly like a bath bomb, but violently like a pharmaceutical superdisintegrant. The 16-inch torpedo bladder inflates in 3–5 seconds. A 12-inch tether keeps it right in front of you. 7 lbs of lift. Tangle-proof. Too short to wrap around your neck.
The reaction is solid-state chemistry — no CO₂, no pressurized vessel. UN 3363 exempt. Safe for air travel.
After deployment: reload in 60 seconds.
You never repack a bladder. Ever.
Pry off the spent Cartridge.
Snap on a fresh factory-sealed Reload.
Insert the new Trigger Plug. Done.
What DART is. What DART isn't.
DART IS:
- ✓A Recreational Swim Assist
- ✓A panic-proof gross motor trigger
- ✓A factory-sealed, single-use engine
- ✓UN 3363 exempt — flies anywhere
- ✓A 7 lb lift device for treading water
DART IS NOT:
- ✕A Coast Guard certified PFD
- ✕A substitute for swimming lessons
- ✕A guarantee against drowning
- ✕Suitable for open ocean or whitewater
- ✕A replacement for adult supervision
DART is a Recreational Swim Assist device, not a Personal Flotation Device (PFD). Always supervise children in and around water.