be careful out there on the water. it happens every year too often.

[TN Hillbilly]

To the people with the inflatable vest in cold weather do you wear it under your coat or on the outside? I wear a 3XXX coat and don't know that they make one big enough to go over a 3XXX heavy coat.
Thanks

Get a float coat like duck hunters use.

[tacklebox2tn]

One important thing: Inflatables need to be on the outside of everything, never under any clothing.

I did some reading before I got my inflatable, if you have it under clothes and it inflates and the clothes don't rip open you could suffocate because of the pressure on your chest. Mine is always on the outside.

It also may not inflate if under clothes as the bobbin has to get wet to inflate in the automatic styles.

[rocket rich]

Does it inflate in rain???

[tacklebox2tn]

I have fished all day in a downpour where the bilge runs about every 30 min. and it did not inflate.

[Lowellhturner]

Used to be an aviator`s life support tech (parachute rigger) USN, Helped train pilots and aircrew; in the military, life preservers are MANDATORY equipment!!! There is a REASON why! They are called LIFE PRESERVERS for a reason! And to those whom feel having 1 "within reach is good enough" have SEEN photos of drowning victims recovered CLUTHING life preservers; if they had WORN them they probably would have SURVIVED! For those who LOVE you, be a REAL MAN AND WEAR THE THINGS!

[Lowellhturner]

And 1 other thing while on the safety lecture and probabily pissing all and sundry off, as said, helped train rescue swimmers whom jump into the sea to save others; the #1 RULE of rescue is CALL for HELP! Most everyone these days HAS a CELLPHONE! DON`T try to rescue someone else if you don`t KNOW you can pull it off, a paniced person in the water CAN be desperately DANGEROUS and PANICKED enough to drown YOU too; IDEALLY throw a line, a branch, a spare tire, cooler, ect. Rescue swimmers are TRAINED upon approaching a paniced person thrashing in the water to either get a choke hold from behind OR to knock them completely OUT, failing that they simply let them all but drown and once they are immobile THEN getting a choke hold on them from BEHIND; MANY trained and experienced rescue swimmers over the yrs were drowned by the persons they were trying to save....just the BRUTAL TRUTH...DON`T become victim #....

[MePreach]

We all need to let this be a eye opener to us! We all could slow down and double our safety measures! This post has got to me and I hope when I am on the water I don't forget it!

[Flyrod Man]

The new suspender type vests are very comfortable to wear and well worth the money - avg $100.00.