Inflatable PFDs

I've got some Bass Pro points to spend, and I'd like to get an
inflating PFD.

I could use some guidance.

I'd like to use the vest for wading and for boating. Question: Does
anybody use PFDs while wading? Sometimes, I canoe to a spot to wade,
too, so it'd be nice to have one for both.

Usually, though, I fish from a bass boat.

I'd like to get one that fits all those situations, but I wonder
whether people have problems with auto-inflation while wading.

I'm thinking I want an autoinflating one (one that inflates when wet)
in case I bonk my head and fall in, or vice-versa. Don't know how often
that sort of thing happens, though, so I wonder if it's worth the extra
trouble of having the sensor, vs. just the rip-cord.

Thanks,
Jamie

On 10 Mar 2006 15:50:51 -0800, "Jamie Jackson"
sent into the ether:

I've got some Bass Pro points to spend, and I'd like to get an
inflating PFD.

I could use some guidance.

I'd like to use the vest for wading and for boating. Question: Does
anybody use PFDs while wading? Sometimes, I canoe to a spot to wade,
too, so it'd be nice to have one for both.

Usually, though, I fish from a bass boat.

I'd like to get one that fits all those situations, but I wonder
whether people have problems with auto-inflation while wading.

I'm thinking I want an autoinflating one (one that inflates when wet)
in case I bonk my head and fall in, or vice-versa. Don't know how often
that sort of thing happens, though, so I wonder if it's worth the extra
trouble of having the sensor, vs. just the rip-cord.

Thanks,
Jamie

Jamie,
I have had my SOSpenders for a few years now. I have had only one
unexpected inflation and that was due to throwing it into the bed of a
pickup truck that unbenownst to me was full of water :{ I have been
in hard rain and never had it inflate. I would think twice about
wading with it because I usually end up deeper than I thought I would
be.

I would not be without it for fishing from a boat. In warm weather I
sometimes forget I have it on.



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On 10 Mar 2006 15:50:51 -0800, "Jamie Jackson"
sent into the ether:

I've got some Bass Pro points to spend, and I'd like to get an
inflating PFD.

I could use some guidance.

I'd like to use the vest for wading and for boating. Question: Does
anybody use PFDs while wading? Sometimes, I canoe to a spot to wade,
too, so it'd be nice to have one for both.

Usually, though, I fish from a bass boat.

I'd like to get one that fits all those situations, but I wonder
whether people have problems with auto-inflation while wading.

I'm thinking I want an autoinflating one (one that inflates when wet)
in case I bonk my head and fall in, or vice-versa. Don't know how often
that sort of thing happens, though, so I wonder if it's worth the extra
trouble of having the sensor, vs. just the rip-cord.

Thanks,
Jamie

Jamie,
I have had my SOSpenders for a few years now. I have had only one
unexpected inflation and that was due to throwing it into the bed of a
pickup truck that unbenownst to me was full of water :{ I have been
in hard rain and never had it inflate. I would think twice about
wading with it because I usually end up deeper than I thought I would
be.

I would not be without it for fishing from a boat. In warm weather I
sometimes forget I have it on.



I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!

Remove the x for e-mail reply
www.outdoorfrontiers.com
www.SecretWeaponLures.com
A proud charter member of "PETAF", People for Eating Tasty Animals and
Fish!!!

Thanks, I ended up with the Mustang brand -- it was lower profile than
the SOSpenders (which felt like it had a soda can buried inside).

I went with the automatic: I figure an accidental inflation is much
less of an inconvenience than leaving a husband/father-less family. ;-)

Thanks,
Jamie