At any price they will seem expensive to a guy with a $500 boat. You don't get something bigger or faster for the price. You just replace a piece with a more expensive part, but what you do get is a safety item that could save a life. That is the major push of the whole program.

CompTips are sold as replacement parts, so the cost to a retail buyer is $490.00 To enable the less expensive retrofit cost we pass them through at dealer price. They used to be free when Coleman paid for them, but that stopped years ago. I suppose you could contact Coleman and see if you can push them to cover it.