Helly Hansen Buoyancy Aid from £14.79 @ Amazon

Buoyancy aid, not a life jacket. But good price.

Ordered two; one each for the kids! Nice one OP. ☺

MarsBar2011

Ordered two; one each for the kids! Nice one OP. ☺

kids really should have a life jacket

these wont stop you drowning if unconscious

Thank you xx just bought a boat

chocci

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But these have a place where life jackets are not appropriate, depending on what you're doing, so your sweeping statement is inaccurate.

If there's a good chance of you falling in the drink as a matter of course, e.g. kayaking or dinghy sailing, get a buoyancy aid. If you're not expecting to fall in, e.g. leisure boating/fishing from a motor boat, get a life jacket. A life jacket will keep your head above water if you're knocked unconscious, but they're really there to protect in the event of an emergency, not for routine floatation. Most modern life jackets trigger (i.e. Inflate) when a sensor is submerged, but once this happens they need a refit of compressed air and a new trigger switch. A buoyancy aid doesn't, by design, keep your head above water, but it helps you float and doesn't need to inflate on contact with water (it's full of buoyant material, not air). Hope that clarifies.

jrah1

If there's a good chance of you falling in the drink as a matter of … If there's a good chance of you falling in the drink as a matter of course, e.g. kayaking or dinghy sailing, get a buoyancy aid. If you're not expecting to fall in, e.g. leisure boating/fishing from a motor boat, get a life jacket. A life jacket will keep your head above water if you're knocked unconscious, but they're really there to protect in the event of an emergency, not for routine floatation. Most modern life jackets trigger (i.e. Inflate) when a sensor is submerged, but once this happens they need a refit of compressed air and a new trigger switch. A buoyancy aid doesn't, by design, keep your head above water, but it helps you float and doesn't need to inflate on contact with water (it's full of buoyant material, not air). Hope that clarifies.Read lessRead more

Yes, totally agree, thanks. As you say, these are great if expecting to move in the water/swim, such as windsurfing. My younger kid's one has additional flotation around neck/behind head anyway:


Thanks OP, heat given. I didn't explain my reasoning in my initial post as I was then looking at this deal as needed an additional aid for my older child and didn't want to miss it!

So who's deleted my previous post?

Rickardo

So who's deleted my previous post?

mods on high alert on this site of late

apologies anyway for being harsh

chocci

mods on high alert on this site of lateapologies anyway for being harsh

Our brief "exchange" wasn't anywhere near as bad a lot of others I've seen!

Just bought one, see what the sizing is like once it lands

Rickardo

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lol

very true

looks to be a good deal to me - well spotted!
Was £30 at end of July
Camel Price check

chocci

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yawn

You dont want a bouyancy aid windsurfing beyond the initial stages , you want a wetsuit

- coming up under the sail wearing a bouyancy aid could, ironically, drown you

logohigh

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I've been there (well, almost, obviously, drowned under the sail as a kid)! My post should have stated "learning windsurfing", but my Swype keyboard sometimes lags a little when I'm going fast!

MarsBar2011

yawn

some of us actually are concerned about childrens welfare

unlike you obviously

yawn

As far as I can tell, the main thing is not to take unconscious children in the water in the first place, no?
(_;)

Mine came today and (despite some of the reviews) it is a smashing fit.

Thanks OP.