Has anyone tried the Dakine impact harness. Looks like a waist harness built into a vest. As I was originally looking for a low profile pfd, this may be another option.
Question..... Is an impact vest a pfd or designed to give flotation?
www.dakine.com/
If you want floatation then the impact vest will be of little help. Look at a bouyancy vest (prolimit have one - you can wear it with a waist or seat harness), or a proper PFD. If you want to wear a waist harness then check out the canoe / kayak shops they carry short PFD's.
Hope this helps.
Have a DaKine matrix vest v comfy and low profile, bought off the web in $us so cheap, I am 6 foot 2 and 85kg and use a large size.
got the dakine impact vest as a leftover from kiting it offers enough bouyancy for me at 73kg and works easily with my dakine waist harness. I hesitate to buy multifunction items as it limits use if you want to use it for other purposes. Although if I had my time again I would go the NP high cut bouyancy vest
Yea, still not sure if to go the combo or keep them seperate. Either way after 20+ years without using any floatation safety its got to be an improvement. I could be just getting paranoid as my last sailing purchasase was a gath hat.
Thanks for the input
We have the latest Liquid Force Impact Vest in stock, new $179 or demos $119 in all sizes. Very well made and protected if not the best in the market we have come across. Saved a few impacts on ribs, which most vests dont give much protection. Welcome to come and try them on water and see how it feels.
Thanks padi,
actually I sent you an email on liquid force vest sizes a few weeks ago when you had a couple on ebay. As I got no reply I didn't bother bidding further. I'll be back in brissy in a couple of months and will come by for a look then.
Did recieve your "feed your soul" DVD tho thanks, its great other than that grating euro accent.
Cheers
I got a KA one....love it. And you can load it with lead if you want to use it as a weight vest.
Gookle KA sails and the info is there, tho I don't know about a pic. 2 sizes- L and XL.
I've ordered one from Pete (Mr CW&S) and hope to get it soon. Thanks for the advice.
