Old4New Lifejacket Exchange Hitting the Regions
Submitted by Jackfrost80 on Fri, 2017-07-07 16:01
I picked up a couple last year and they're pretty decent auto inflating jackets
www.royallifesavingwa.com.au/programs/old4new/exchange-events
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kknlk
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Whitworths have manual
Whitworths have manual inflating ones for $50 at the moment
Faulkner Family
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yeah bit if your in the
yeah bit if your in the water cold and pannicking you would struggle to blow 1 up not to mention if you knocked out cold. better to pay the extra and get an auto inflate one
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Billcollector
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Manual inflation mean you
Manual inflation mean you pull a cord to activate the jacket .
kknlk
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Auto not necessarily the
Auto not necessarily the answer. If you are thrown into the water and underneath the hull, how are you going to get out with a fully inflated vest? If you are unconsicous and face down you'll drown anyway although properly designed pfds should right you. Another thing is that an auto one may inflate in the rain or from spray.
Jackfrost80
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Infinite more chance of being
Infinite more chance of being thrown into the water unconcious than being trapped in a hull.
Won't happen with a type 1 PFD.
They don't.
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Lavs
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I had the opportunity to
I had the opportunity to attend an info night last week about flares, life jackets and epirbs... I have to admit there was a lot of stuff which I "assumed" I knew, and didn't.
To answer some of this stuff... They take more than a bit of spray to set off, but on the off chance it happened you can deflate them and recharge them for about $20 when you get home.
They inflate around your neck and over your chest (not your back) and so it's impossible to float face down.
If you happen to be stuck under an upturned hull, you could manually deflate it, then manually reinflate once you're out.
I used to think that wearing one of these inflating PFDs was over the top, but gotta admit the I'm coming around.