How It Works | Savur Outdoors

The Thought Behind Savur Float Design

Seamless Integration With Your Gear

The first priority when designing a Savur Float has always been ensuring that it attaches to your gear—like a fishing rod or bow—without affecting its form or function. We understand it's rare to lose such expensive equipment, so our goal is for Savur Floats to blend in naturally and become a seamless part of your gear setup.

Fortunately, we got lucky when designing two different body styles:

  • Split grip rod floats: Ideal for split grip fishing rods and bowfishing floats.
  • Full handle rod floats: Used for full handle fishing rods, Savur camera, and gear floats.

These two designs make our floats adaptable to a variety of products.

How Savur Floats Work

Simple, Like a Mousetrap

Mechanically, Savur Floats are incredibly simple—think mousetrap simple. Here's how they work:

  1. Water enters the float.
  2. A salt bobbin (white ring of salt) dissolves in water.
  3. The ring of salt in the bobbin holds the body and float assembly together.
  4. Once dissolved, 30 pounds of spring pressure blasts the float assembly from the body of the Savur—spooled with 60 feet of 20lb braided fishing line—the float assembly clears a path to the surface.

EVA foam is used for buoyancy to bring the float assembly to the surface for retrieval.

Common Misconception: “It Makes Your Gear Float”

One of the biggest misconceptions is that Savur Floats make your gear float to the surface. That’s not true. Savur Floats are recovery systems. But since there’s no Google category for "fishing rod retrieval devices," we call them fishing rod floats for clarity.

The Real Challenge: Controlled Deployment

If all we needed was a float that pops off whenever it gets wet, that would be easy. The real engineering challenge is controlling when the float deploys—in other words, managing how and when water reaches the salt bobbin.

In Savur Bowfishing, Camera, and Gear Floats:

The water inlet is simple. We use a top EVA foam disc with four 1/8” holes around the perimeter.

This allows:

  • Water to enter quickly.
  • Air to exit quickly.

This results in fast deployment once submerged.

Savur Rod Floats: Smart Pressure-Based Design

More Controlled Deployment

Key differences:

  • The top plug has one 1/4” hole and a white porous disc underneath.
  • The disc acts as a barrier to slow down water entry.
  • Water passes through the porous disc only under pressure—the deeper the float sinks, the more pressure is applied.

Why This Matters

This matters because we want Savur Rod Floats to work only when you need them. If you get caught in a rainstorm or take a wave over the bow, we want your floats to be able to handle that.

This water inlet design is used exclusively in our fishing rod floats because they need to be water-resistant on the surface and only deploy once submerged—perfect because fishing rods:

  • Sink slowly
  • Are exposed to water constantly
  • Need resistance to rain, shallow dips, or waves over the bow

And yes—this system is patented!

Adjustable Set-Off Speed

The set-off speed is adjustable by simply adjusting the center screw (located beneath the porous disc):

  • More airflow (easy to blow through) = faster deployment. Best for shallower depths (2–5 feet). Tradeoff: less resistant to rain.
  • Less airflow (harder to blow through) = slower deployment. Best for deeper water.
  • Medium airflow = best all-around setting (default setting when shipped).
  • No airflow = your float needs adjustment and could fail when needed.

(See video on the Installation and Maintenance page.)