IONIC Explorer Sled

SKU: SAF38080

The IONIC Explorer Sled is purpose-built for high-risk rescues in fast-moving water, weirs, ice, and soft ground environments. Its extended sponsons at both ends provide exceptional stability and increased casualty capacity, ensuring rescuers can operate safely even in turbulent or unstable conditions.

Designed for versatility, the Explorer Sled allows teams to confidently reach casualties across ice or water. Rescuers can carry the sled to the edge, step into it, and move across ice while staying protected from fractures or sudden immersion. When needed, two rescue technicians can paddle it through open water or across broken ice, delivering flexibility across multiple rescue scenarios.

Durability is at the heart of the Explorer. Constructed from premium ORCA® Hypalon fabric, it outperforms traditional PVC in the harshest environments. Hypalon’s superior resistance to abrasion, extreme temperatures, and UV degradation ensures long service life and dependable performance, even in sub-zero conditions where PVC may become brittle and crack. Its structural integrity under pressure makes it the ideal choice for repeated deployment in the world’s most challenging rescue situations.

With its enhanced stability, rugged construction, and rescue-focused design, the IONIC Explorer Sled empowers teams to save lives safely, swiftly, and with confidence.

Load Capacity
• Maximum number of persons 4
• Maximum payload 400kg

Dimensions / Weight
• Overall Length 4.4m
• Overall Width 1.2m
• Deck Length 2.3m
• Internal Deck Width 0.7m

Inflation
• Number of chambers in Sponsons 2
• Inflatable high pressure Deck 1
• Total Airtight chambers 3
• Sponson working pressure 3 psi
• Deck working pressure 9 psi

Towing / Tethering Points
• Bow D-Ring Patches 2
• Stern D-Ring Patches 2

Sponsons & Deck
• 150mm (6”) High pressure Deck
• 250mm (15”) diameter Hypalon Sponsons
• Sponsons consist of 3 air tight chambers

Valves
• Rapid inflation points on Sponsons & Deck
• PRV’s fitted to Sponsons & Deck

Fabric
• Sponsons - ORCA Hypalon
• Deck - ORCA Hypalon double skin drop thread

Packed Dimensions / Weight
• 80(l) x 70(w) x 40(h) cms
• Packed Weight 25kg

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