Let's talk life vest I was looking at the manual /self inflation style, just finding the standard one i have is clobersome how it feels wearing it.Any recommendation
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Let's talk life vest I was looking at the manual /self inflation style, just finding the standard one i have is clobersome how it feels wearing it.Any recommendation
No recommendations for you but I always wear one on the water. Mine is just an ordinary one. It does the job but can get hot and sweaty during those dog days of summer.
On a side, both my brothers have the inflatable ones, but I never see them wear them, :(
I always try to wear mine since I can swim like a boulder but I found i was taking it off while fishing it felt like a bear hug
If the inflatables aren't worn they aren't legal, hope they have at least PFDs on the boat to be legal.Quote:
Originally Posted by fratri
Was gonna say this too !
I got thrown from a boat doing 40 with no life jacket on, the impact temporarily stunned me, I started swimming to the surface when I checked the air bubbles to confirm direction only to realize I was swimming down not up, I estimate I was 15ft under water. I would recommend wearing a life jacket.
I m not apposed to life vest at all I just find mine bulky and thinking of the inflatable style so I constantly where it even when we are anchored and just casting
There are the half mesh style vests-good compromise between cost and comfort.
Inflatable are nice if you’re going to wear them. I wear life jackets a lot depending on conditions but don’t wear them all the time and can make that choice as I see fit. I wear a full body survival suit lots of times in cold weather. Inflatable at times and in some boats and nothing other times but always have standard ones onboard
I keep 4 standard PFD's on board my boat but also have a couple of manual inflatables that I use most of the time because they are comfortable. I am thinking of upgrading to the auto-inflate seeing as I'm getting on in age. As it's been stated already inflatables are only legal if you are wearing it hence keep regular types onboard.
I have the Mustang Auto Inflate. My son and I wear them all the time when we are on the water Fishing. We never leave the dock without putting them on. We use them in all 4 seasons since we are on the water constantly. We live in the Niagara Region which allows us to fish all year round on the boat.
They are not bulky at all and never get in the way. Its like we don't have anything on. We change the bobbins every three years and manually inflate them once a year to make sure their are no pin holes. We have had ours for the last 11 years.
I don't understand why more people don't convert to this style of life jackets while fishing. If you fall off your boat while fishing and bang your head and knocked out. How are you going to get your life jacket.
I hope this helps you out.
I fish a lot of bass tournaments and due to the rules must wear one while the "big" motor is on. I personally use a manual inflating Mustang simply because I don't get the option on what days I'm fishing and have had the auto inflate function go off at 70mph in the rain.
Agreed. I wear mine full time too - nobody that I fish with is going to be able to haul me out of the water. Especially not my son.Quote:
Originally Posted by Its About Time