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The Eliminator ? Automated No-Fog Fan Technology

Every now and then a product comes along that addresses a need that you didn?t know existed and slowly transforms not only your own thinking but an entire product category. Maybe it wasn?t just the technology but the manner in which it was applied. Such is the case with the Eliminator.

The Eliminator is a module designed to remove fog causing moisture from goggles by the use of a motorized fan activated by a humidity sensor. Certainly there is nothing new or revolutionary about fans, motors, humidity sensors or fan goggles in general for that matter. But when you step back and mate the components in a never before conceived package, the results leave everyone saying, ?why hasn?t this been done before?? I remember having the same feeling the first time I used ketchup from a plastic bottle. No more digging ketchup out of the glass bottle with a knife and no more beating on the bottom of the bottle trying to get the product to flow. You simply squeezed the bottle. Yet, the plastic ketchup bottle came decades after the plastic bottle.

Because the Eliminator is a module, it can be mounted in Haber goggles and a host of our competitors goggles. It can be transferred from one goggle to another and you can even loan it to your friend. The beauty of the product is it is fully automatic. You turn it on in the morning and turn it off when you?re finished. In the interim it does its thing only when needed. For us it has been incredibly successful.

MXT

In any company it?s really nice when a collection comes together and is ready for release. This is now the case with the MXT line for HaberVision that will debut later this month.

The MXT line is developed for motor sports and tactical applications. The motor sports collection will rollout first (motocross goggles) and the tactical and snowmobile lines will be released later this year.

MXT differs from our current goggles because they are designed for helmet usage and more specifically, motorcycle type helmets. They can be used with motorcycles, ATV?s and snowmobiles or snow machines. This represents a new market segment for HaberVision and is very exciting for me personally as motorcycles have been my preferred counter seasonal sport since I was a teenager.

The MXT line is the culmination of several years? worth of work and design revisions. Since we need it to work with our Eliminator fan module this had to be taken into consideration as well. The end result is a product we can be proud of and one we know you will enjoy using. There will be several accessory additions that we will incorporate into the line as the summer progresses so look for this collection to be in a state of continual development.

If you, or someone you know, might be interested in this line of products please go to the website and check it out because you can pre-order the goggles now.

Bill                    Posted: April 2, 2009

My start in snowmobiling began at a very early age, my parents like to tell stories of my earliest adventures. One in particular seems to come up a lot. Seems when I was in the two to three year old range, while visiting my Aunt and Uncles farm I managed to get my Uncle’s sled going. Which my parents thought was really cool until they realized the sled was pointed directly at their new (sorry don’t remember the year) Mercury car.   According to the story my Dad sprinted the 100 yards faster than Ben Johnson, to get the sled shutdown before it hit the car. I spent a lot of time in my youth aboard a 68 or so Sno-Prince which my parents still have sitting at their house.

Later in life I was to get back into sledding in a major way when I discovered you could sled in the Cypress Hills provincial park. To trailer I started out with u-build trailer from Canadian Tire and ratchet straps, which was modified within a month or two to carry two sleds. Then a four place trailer followed (ramp master ?) which had pins that locked through the ski hoops, and more modifications to accommodate long tracks and then a locking system for the pins. After that I migrated to a two place trailer enclosed aluminium with screw down style ski hold downs. The growing family then found us with another open four place trailer again with screw down style ski hold downs, when shortly there after a new product came on the market, the Superclamp 11. This system was incredible. Loading and unloading sleds went from a long ordeal to a couple of minutes step. 

I have noticed that the more hassle there is to doing any given activity, the less likely one is to do the activity for extended periods of time. Super-clamps is one of those items that helps keep the hassle down. The open trailer did not work out all that well for us, lack of storage space for gear, getting kids in and out of sled gear, sled covers, so on and so forth, so we migrated to a enclosed four place trailer. One the first additions to the new trailer was super-glides. I know a lot of people still use puck-board, but Superglides offer grip when standing on them something puck board does not. One sledding trip, one of the guys I was travelling with put his back out when he slipped on the puck board while trying to start a sled, not a good way to start and end a trip.  

The guys whom have brought us Super-clamps and Super-glides are still at it and have released the Super-Hang All system.  A wall bar offers flexibility in positioning, optional 5″ hooks, 7″ hooks and broom / mop holders. It’ll be a great addition to out trailer.

Marathon has broadened its offerings in the snowmobile and ATV hauling area with the lower price point Marathon Lite. All the quality of the standard Marathon deck with streamlined manufacturing processes for the headache rack, bobtail and rear legs.

Marathon Lite comes with an 11′ folding ramp (5′ 9″ when folded) as well as Marathon’s standard LED lighting package/OEM wiring harness, 8′6″ max-width extend-able sides, bent tube headache rack, and is available in 7′ or 8′ length. We’ve even provided cut-outs in the extend-able sides for the addition of Superclamp hooks. (Superclamps not included) and we’ve spaced the ramp rungs for future application of Superglides.

Marathon Lite is targeted at ATV users, but with the addition of one Superglide kit Marathon Lite will be able to accommodate snowmobiles as well! Marathon Lite MSRP is set at an extremely affordable $2575.00

Today we took a road trip to Lethbridge to pick up a couple of sleds that had been in for service. It would be the first time I have loaded onto the deck and was not quite sure what to expect.  The deck sits pretty close to 5′ in the air if not higher on the F350, which is a lot higher than the trailers I’m used to loading onto. Then off course the trailer also has walls so falling over the side is also not an issue. Anyway once we arrived at the dealership, we extended the sides and put the extension in place and got the sleds lined up. First up was the phaser and it walked right up the ramp like nothing. Even lifted the ski’s up a bit, had to put on a bit off a show. Next up was the M6 which was a picture perfect load according to my audience.  The truck did not even seem to notice the two sleds on the deck and we drove home. I was most impressed with the 11litres/100km mileage with the two sleds on board. Once home the sleds came off the deck no problem, the Super Glides are a great addition to the Marathon deck which we had placed in all three positions.

The picture above gives you a good idea of how much length adding a deck extension gives. With out the extension only about three lugs would be touching on a 7′ deck.

This picture gives a idea of how much is over hanging with a 7′ deck and extension. The M6 has a 153″ track length.

With this pic, one can see a little bit better how well the extension and end of the deck match up.

The last picture is of our son climbing the ramp to join Dad up on the deck.