Thanks to all for your input - do you have any suggustions for a particular brand? I've decided to get an off shore type with greater buoyancy but the price ranges in the West catalog are pretty extreme - from $70 to over $150 - any other sources? I noticed that some of them have harnesses, which apparantly means a few sewn in metal rings to be attached to safety lines. Are those just for sailors or what. Someone esle mentioned a shorty to not interfere with the skirt. - Any brand in particular? TIA Alice *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Alice J Bennett wrote: > > Thanks to all for your input - do you have any suggustions for a particular > brand? ... Every brand that I have seen (West Marine, Cabellas, etc.) is manufactured by Stearns, with a Halkey-Roberts inflation device. (Is there any exception to this?) I don't think that the brand matters, so long as the manufacturer is reputable. I agree with the advice regarding the shorty--it makes it possible to wear it with a small fanny pack (worn as a belly pack). These inflatables are great--they make it possible to wear warmer immersion gear without overheating. (As others have mentioned, however, I still use a foam PFD in whitewater.) Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
What do they call a single-handed sailor way offshore wearing a pfd? An optimist! -----Original Message----- From: Alice J Bennett [mailto:ajbjd_at_email.msn.com] Sent: Sunday, February 28, 1999 1:55 PM To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subject: [Paddlewise] recommendations for inflatable pfds Thanks to all for your input - do you have any suggustions for a particular brand? I've decided to get an off shore type with greater buoyancy but the price ranges in the West catalog are pretty extreme - from $70 to over $150 - any other sources? I noticed that some of them have harnesses, which apparantly means a few sewn in metal rings to be attached to safety lines. Are those just for sailors or what. Someone esle mentioned a shorty to not interfere with the skirt. - Any brand in particular? TIA Alice *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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