Live vests

[AquaFish]

Looking for a new set of live vests.
Any recommendations?

Are those jacket+life vest good?
How about SOSPENDERs, those self-inflate ones?

Do you wear yours on every fishing trip?

Thks mates

[seasicknes]

I have 4 kinds of life jackets.

1. Mustang survival jacket (I wear this on my whaler). Keeps you warm. Looks like a regular bomber jacket except they come in bright colours.
http://www.landfallnavigation.com/smj6214.html

2. SOSpenders (I use that when the seas are flat). Automatic inflation type. Uses CO2 cartridge to inflate. Backup is manuel inflation.
http://www.landfallnavigation.com/sospenders.html

3. Type 2 & 3 vest always carry along in the boat.

4. Type 4 throwable devices that will float (always carry one or two of those).

I wear my life jacket/vest in every fishing trip while boating.
My favorite life vest/jacket is the Mustang survival jacket and the regular type 2 or 3 vest. When I am on my whaler, I wear my mustang jacket. When I am on a larger boat, I wear my type 2 or 3.

*701 people died in recreational U.S. boating accidents in 2000.

*Drowning was the cause of three-quarters (519) of these deaths; 90 percent of those drowned were not wearing life jackets.

*Capsizing and falling overboard accounted for two-thirds of all boating fatalities.

[littlebird13]

I don't have any of the self inflating suspenders, my buddy had a pair the only problem was he forgot it in the back of his truck in a downpour. It inflated itself.

[ian.jason]

You better strap 'em on , if you wanna live

ian jason

[krinkle]

I have a SOSpender manual inflation PFD. I use it for float tubing. The automatic ones won't work for me because my tube sits low in the water, it's an old Buck's Bags Buckaroo. I used to have a Patagonia Fishing PFD, but they recalled them. The SOSpender is MUCH more comfortable sitting and casting from the tube. I will hopefully be upgrading to the pontoon boat in 2007. Then I might switch to an auto inflater SOSpender.

[feecega]

I have a SOSpender manual inflation PFD. I use it for float tubing. The automatic ones won't work for me because my tube sits low in the water, it's an old Buck's Bags Buckaroo. I used to have a Patagonia Fishing PFD, but they recalled them. The SOSpender is MUCH more comfortable sitting and casting from the tube. I will hopefully be upgrading to the pontoon boat in 2007. Then I might switch to an auto inflater SOSpender.

Well i searched and didnt find much.. so here it goes..

[JTinKC]

Big fan of the SOSpenders here.