After reading this, I'm kind of discouraged:
http://www.kayaktrips.net/sea-kayak/000981.html
I currently use an MTI PFD that fits OK and is somewhat comfortable. I'd
like to get another PFD that has no floatation in the lower back for
paddling comfort in my Pungo 140. I'm considering the Stohlquist aSea.
http://www.stohlquist.com/dyn_prod.php?p=STO5205&k=29467
Any big guys out there have any experience with this one?
Good paddling,
desmobob
I don't' think a pfd has to support all your weight because you float some
without a pfd anyway.
I've only falling in a couple times in the eight years I've been going and
the pfd has worked great. I'd fall in more if I did more white water, which
I did for awhile, but that's not the kind of water in my immediate area,
most of the time.
--
Bob Noble
http://www.sonic.net/bnoble
"Robert Scott" <desm...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I don't' think a pfd has to support all your weight because you float
> some without a pfd anyway.
Right. That's why the US Coast Guard requires adult an PFD to have a
minimum of only 15.5 pounds of floatation. If you wore 200 pounds of
flotation, you'd look like the Michelin Man. (c:
Anyway, the safest pfd is the one you actually wear, so getting a
comfortable pfd will enhance safety since you'll wear it more. I can't
say what's going to be more comfortable for a particular person, all I
can say is try them on to see what you like.
My current PFD is a Stohlquist, and the one before that was an MTI.
Both were pretty good in the comfort arena.
//Walt