Re: [Paddlewise] Inflatable PFDs

From: Rainer Schroeter <kayaker_at_gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 13:18:09 +0100
Hi Ferdinand,

I am just going to by those inflatable vests for our trip to Thailand in
February.

> In Germany you can only get the automatic type with salt tablet triggers. So to 

Thats not quite right, you get the ones without the automatic trigger
f.e. from secumar (German brand) and they offer some especially for
paddlers (very short version).

> prevent inflation on entry and exit in deept water we disabled the automatic 
> trigger, which was also the only fiddly part of the mechanism (inserting a salt 

There are different systems on the market. Some are very easy to disable
(f.e. bfa-vests).There can screw off the automatic trigger completely
without disabling the hand-trigger


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Rainer Schroeter, Marburg, Germany
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