The PFD discussion always brings out a lot of hot debate. This past year I have been carrying an inflatable PFD and am impressed with them for a number of reasons. 1. Mine seems amazingly comfortable and cause absolutely no binding in the armpit area. 2. They provide lots of ventilation in hot weather. 3. Putting them on in an emergency if you haven't been wearing it seems easy for most people. 4. They will float you with your head up. I could not get my head to stay under with mine inflated no matter how hard I tried. 5. They provide more flotation that typical kayaking PFD. 6. They need not be inflated and that can make self re-entry easier than with normal PFD that I find bulkier. 7. The CO2 inflation is quick and apparently reasonably fool proof. The oral back-up is there if all else fails. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 07 1998 - 04:38:04 PDT
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