rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Joan Spinner wrote: > > I hear Lotus makes > > women style PFDs but I can't even verify that. > > Oh yes, Lotus indeed makes women sizes cut for women in a way that the > PFD puts minimum pressure on the bosum. Oh, they tend to run larger > than the stated size. I have never been comfortable in any PFD except > size Large and up. I fit just fine in the Medium. My wife has the > Lotus woman's PFD...she normally prefers a Medium PFD but does happily > in the Lotus Small. > > ralph > There was a review article in a recent article in recent Sea Kayaker magazine on pfd manufactured for women, 4 in fact. I was certain that I had their site on my bookmarks, think I had seen the review on the net, but can't find it now. Got the Stohlquist based on this as a gift, it was for for it's tendency to float you face up. I had gathered they liked all of the models for different reasons however including the Lotus...my mistake was getting a LOtus in black, would've gotten one in a more visible color as yellow if I wasn't in such a hurry. -- gabriel l romeu http://studiofurniture.com furniture, designed and constructed http://members.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photos, prints, etc. http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR a daily photo journal *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Mar 08 1999 - 08:02:48 PST
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