I put a whistle on my kids PFD zipper. I noticed over the summer that their PFD would unzip a few inches over the course of the day. I removed the whistles and put them on a different part of the PFD. No more unzipping. I removed mine from the zipper of my PFD (Lola LOcean) after it caught for a few seconds during rescue practice. Now it is tied into a pocket. Jim et al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Baker" <shawnkayak_at_yahoo.com> > KiAyker_at_aol.com wrote: > >I have often seen the zipper on front zip pfd's come undone while > >the wearer was performing a rescue... > > I've heard of whistles being attached to the zipper pull on a PFD > causing the zipper to unzip in the surf zone. Having a whistle, or any > sort of "grabber" on your pull would probably be a problem in rescues > as well. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 18 2003 - 09:39:06 PST
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