B.W.,
Just a few notes from the "peanut gallery":
Your advice regarding SMBs has been uniformly excellent, and I have benefitted from it more than once. Thank you!
However, according to a certain wildlife biologist whom I'm very close to (she sleeps next to me), the answer to your frog question is a resounding "no".
Being amphibians, a frog's entire body is semi-permeable to water, as these species lack a watertight skin. This is a defining characteristic of amphibians, and is what makes frogs and other similar critters so vulnerable to contaminants in their environment. Trace amounts of fertilizers, pesticides, you-name-it, EVERYTHING dissolved in the water around them soaks in, at least to some degree. Conversely, water leaks out, too (keeping their skin moist), which is why these species require an environment with frequent access to water.
In the end, a frog's grommet isn't any more watertight than the rest of its body.
(Sorry . . . I just couldn't resist the pun.)
And just in case the above information now has you thinking about substituting another humorous rhetorical question about the defecation habits of ursines - you might want to re-think that one too. Around these parts, the bears frequently seem to drop their loads in the middle of roads (both dirt and paved) - seemingly as some form of territorial marking (usually after raiding our neighbors' fruit trees).
But with regard to the existence of known defects in SMB pop-top power-lift systems, I believe that you are absolutely correct!
Please keep up your flow of good information!
Timerider
P.S. We're sticking with our properly-adjusted manual-lift-only pop-top for now . . .
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"Silver Kitten": 2002 E-350 7.3 RB-50 SMB Quigley 4x4, Agile RIP-kit
"My Metal Mistress": 1982 Cessna T182 - "Sleeps 0, but leaps tall mountains in a single bound."
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