New Air Vents

greygoose

I don't know if anyone else on here received the OBVIOUS Innovations advertisement for their new Cherokee air vents. The are pricey, but with the 20% discount and free shipping I decided to give them a try since a couple of mine were getting ragged. Installed today. I have a couple of my old ones that are not broken and are free to anyone who needs them, just pay shipping.

Ben

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Scott Sherer

Hi Ben,

I just received four from them and I'm installing now. I will be doing a product review on them shortly. :)

Waltla

Ben, I would like to get your old vents how can I pay for the shipping?

Walter

greygoose

Walter, I sent you a message. Check your inbox.

Ben

jacobsja

Am not sure I like the OBVIOUS design. Do agree that nylon is the better way to go versus OE plastic.

Have grown accustomed to the OE design with a relief hole as it does a great job at mixing air in the entire location and not simply blasting it in one direction.

Am sure that drilling a relief hole in the OBVIOUS deflector will get it back to OE functionality, but the question then turns into: is it still FAA-PMA after the modification? 🤐

Scott Sherer

I have a set on my desk and will be installing them and publishing a review shortly! Stay tuned.

BrianM

The new ones like this k very nice but $$. May be worth it with a 20% discount and free shipping though. Where did you find or what is the discount code?

greygoose

Brian,

Discount code is 9BXGNA7. You can find it on the first photo I posted, below the QR code on the right of the postcard.

Ben

djspathis

Not overly pricey with the discount but many places don't charge anywhere near that much for the 8130.

DJ

Scott Sherer

I'm hoping to have the new airvents installed today. Stay tuned.

Scott Sherer

Hi everyone,

They just arrived and here is a pic of the new and old. Also, I've negotiated a 15% discount for all Piper Owners Society members. Here's the code to use: 3584IRA . Their URL is www.obvious-innovations.com. If you have questions, contact Bodhe Scheerer and they are located in Minneapolis, MN. I installed them today and they are very good.

kempra

Scott, can you give us a PIREP once you've flown with them a bit? I'm curious as to whether there's a change in noise level (i.e. air going through a smaller gap) and whether you notice a difference with the single exhaust vs having a relief hole as was noted earlier.

Thanks!

Richard

Unit74

I’d like to know what is so special about them over the OE or K2U replacement options. I’m all about upgrades, but not unless there is a gain in function.

Scott Sherer

1. I'll be flying with them tomorrow so I'll report on them.
2. They are a patent-pending blend of nylon in addition to being FAA-PMA approved. They are flexible and won't crack as the years go by. They are also smaller and less likely to be kicked and broken.

griff390

The large knurling is a great idea! Nice upgrade!

Arrowhead1965

So, I just installed these vents and have flown them for a few hours now. The company gave me a military discount (20%) and free shipping, so I thought what the heck. My OEM vents were fine, but I DID keep hitting my leg on the pilot's vent, so I thought I'd give these a shot.

Super easy install, mostly because the screw holes are slotted and not pinpoint, so that was nice.

The nylon was a plus. Much more flexible to the slight curves in the side sills and they seem to seal up nicer to the actual vent.

The finger indents are in fact nice, and because the seal is tighter, these actually make adjustment easier and are practical.

The hole is smaller than OEM, so the air feels like it's really steaming out. Very noticeable, but again, the hole is smaller, so it's kind of a wash.

I noticed no noise difference due to the smaller port, and no degradation due to the absence of the relief hole at the bottom of the OEM vents.

These are definitely low profile, and I immediately noticed no more banging the vent with my leg, so if that's important to you, these definitely answer the mail.

My assessment, for what it's worth: If you have broken or cracked vents, these are a nice replacement and I do like the nylon over OEM plastic. If you're vents are in good shape and you're not hitting your leg or your passengers aren't constantly kicking them, there's other things I'd spend $214.00 on. The mil discount is the same as the coupon that many people received, so that helps, but IMHO still not worth the change unless any of the above situations affect you. Hope that helps.

vr

Dante

Scott Sherer

vr: I installed mine and I like them, too, for the same reasons. We have a 15% Piper Owners Society discount, too!

PiperArcherDriver

Wow - these are great. The originals were busted or non-existent in our plane. We had no idea what we were missing. They made a big difference in the summer directing the air just right. Now curious to see if they deflect some cold in the winter. Thanks for sharing the discount codes!

jacobsja

Competition in the market place is making this an interesting decision.

New invention with nylon housing (vent and base) for 1 AMU. Discount when purchasing 4 sets will run 3 AMU (B3GO).

Known discount codes brings down the cost by another 0.15 - 0.2 AMU. This helps, but...

Another plastic vent (only) will run ~0.12 AMU:

https://planeparts.com/cgi-bin/Web_store/web_store.cgi?product=Cups32&cart_id=8958797_19591

Or, scroll down a bit for a complete set of 4 (vent plus base) for ~1.2 AMU.

This really is a tough one as the economics are notably tilted to OE plastic design.