Are they reliable?I have heard about a few malfunctions , like when the Cessna 162 was being tested went into an irrecoverable spin and the test pilot pulled the BRS didnt work and had to jump off the plane with a regular parachute.

Im thinking of buying a BRS, is a last chance card in case everything goes wrong, many people specially in GA planes are against them.

But I read the 4 times were used in the Cirrus it worked.

My instructor for example who flies both GA and ultralights is totally in favor

Wanted to hear the opinions here.