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02-17-2011, 12:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melrose MA
Posts: 587
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Life Jackets
I am looking for a life jacket recommendation for use while fishing/boating. I want one which I actually will wear, so it needs to be comfortable. Anyone out there have a brand /style they recemmend? Any particlauar place to buy them? I assume online will be cheaper.
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02-17-2011, 01:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 1,748
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I don't own one but if your looking for something to wear all the time while fishing I think the auto/manual inflatable vest/collar type are the way to go.
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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02-17-2011, 03:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melrose MA
Posts: 587
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Thats what I was thinking - those SOS ones. Made a promise to my wife that if I buy a boat I had to wear a PFD. Probably makes sense anyways....
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02-17-2011, 04:19 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesJet
Thats what I was thinking - those SOS ones. Made a promise to my wife that if I buy a boat I had to wear a PFD. Probably makes sense anyways....
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Even if you get one, you are still required to have a C.G.approved vest on board for each person. |
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02-17-2011, 05:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MakoMike
Even if you get one, you are still required to have a C.G.approved vest on board for each person.
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Some models are CG approved type 5. This counts as a PFD as long as it is being WORN. |
Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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02-17-2011, 07:36 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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SOSpenders, I have the inflatable on the waist pouch. wouldn't go out alone without it anymore. Thinking about the auto inflate sospender's as if I do exit the boat it will be doing something unusual like a rogue wave slappin the boat at night or something that would stun the crap outta me.
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02-19-2011, 09:13 PM
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Captain Pete
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CT
Posts: 936
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The best jacket is one that you will wear. Inflatables are a good idea. I have two. My personal feeling is that manual inflatables are not worth anything. Stories from survivors falling overboard, most have hit there heads leaving them unconscious. Pay the extra money and get an auto inflatable if you go that route.
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02-21-2011, 11:09 AM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 3,296
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pmueller
The best jacket is one that you will wear. Inflatables are a good idea. I have two. My personal feeling is that manual inflatables are not worth anything. Stories from survivors falling overboard, most have hit there heads leaving them unconscious. Pay the extra money and get an auto inflatable if you go that route.
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i agree. i have never really understood the allure of the manual ones, especially the belt. |
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