Inflatable Life Jackets

I love these things I've used them in the past so much more comfortable, in the heat and takes up less space what are y'all's thoughts? Price? Brand?

My wife got me one a few years a go and I love it.

I would like to have an inflatable vest but ill wait until they get cheaper!

If you're unconscious will thy inflate? The boats I use arent cushioned.

You can buy the type that will auto inflate when they get wet.

Personally, I plan to buy one this summer.

Me and the wife have one each auto inflate and love them. We fish a lot out of a 10' bass raider and have them on at all time. Very comfortable

Carol and I wear them. I just recharged them last year. This is year 3 or 4 on them. They are Mustangs and are pretty comfortable. Both, auto or manual inflate and one of them has a blow up tube as well as the cartridge inflate. It sure makes it easier to put it on and forget about it, if you're comfortable. I often will forget and leave it on while backing up the truck when pulling out. During cold weather, I will break out the old vest and wear it to help stay warm.

My dad and I both have one they are really nice easy to charge which I have to recharge mine now because I left the live well open and fish got to splashing and I heard something airing up looked back it was my auto inflatable so make sure you close the live well are water it all the time .i have heard that some of them will not inflate during real cold weather has anyone else heard that?

I thing there great but I don't have one. I'm it the old ones

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I use this style from BPS. It cost $150 and you can inflate it manually or it has a small disc that will dissolve in water and it auto inflates. They are super comfortable to wear. If I had it to do again I would save up for the hydrostatic mustang. Water pressure is what causes them to inflate and you dont have to worry about them going off in a storage compartment. I have had the 2 or mine 18 months and they have both went off once each while stored in boat. If u take them out of the boat and carry them in the truck this solves that problem though.

Price seems a little high. On the auto inflate models will rain trip them ? I hate wearing full size life vests.

The ones we have the sensor is under the top cover so rain should not trip them.

A word of causion about the type of auto inflateable lifejacket that has the disc that dissolves to trigger the inflation. This disk will go bad after some time. Some times it will auto inflate when you don't want it to and sometimes (even worse) it will not auto inflate when you do want it to. We used to use this style of life vest for many years at work, until we started having problems with the discs. We now use the traditional type of PFD or some folks have the hydrostatic type. I recommend if you do have an auto inflate that is triggered by a dissolving disk and you have had it for over 4 or 5 years, you should probably get a recharge kit that comes with a new dissolving disk and replace it. I dont think the recharge kits cost too much but it is DEFINITELY worth the money if it saves your life. It would be a bad deal for someone to get thrown from a boat unable to mannually inflate the vest and the auto inflate disc has gone bad. Just some thoughts.

I have two of them. They are great in terms of comfort. Especially during hot weather.