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12 January 2013, 13:30
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Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
Join Date: May 2010
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Originally Posted by Chris Caton
+ 1 Kerny ![sad](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif) I've just ordered two new lifejackets which when they arrived I was dissapointed in, they are supposed to comfortable to wear all day but I found them heavy after only a few minutes. When I opened the jacket up to check the gas cannister etc it was like a nightmare re-packing it, which does not bode well for future use. Also, I ordered 2 replacement gas kits to keep on the rib, just in case, both of which have expiry dates for dec 2014. I'm ringing up to day to organise sending them back, shame really as they are not cheap LJ's, I was hoping for better to be honest ![bang](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/banghead.gif)
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Hi Chris, what make are they if you don't mind me asking ?
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12 January 2013, 16:18
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wirral & Caernarfon
Boat name: That's Enuff
Make: Revenger & Avon SR4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Honda 150HP & 50HP
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 4,420
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Hi Chris, what make are they if you don't mind me asking ?
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Hi Steve, I'll PM you
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12 January 2013, 16:53
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2x Honda 100 Hp
MMSI: 235025718
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,177
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Hi Steve, I'll PM you
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Come on then
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12 January 2013, 17:08
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Wirral & Caernarfon
Boat name: That's Enuff
Make: Revenger & Avon SR4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Honda 150HP & 50HP
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 4,420
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Originally Posted by mick
Come on then
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wot, u want PM too
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12 January 2013, 17:34
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2x Honda 100 Hp
MMSI: 235025718
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,177
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Originally Posted by Chris Caton
wot, u want PM too ![big grin](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Thanks
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12 January 2013, 20:22
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 5,238
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Me too mr smooth, debating a couple new ones.
Are the 190 heavier than the 150? Are 150 not enough?
I was looking at the ones 250kts uses.
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12 January 2013, 20:39
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Member
Country: UK - N Ireland
Town: Rostrevor
Boat name: Ricochet
Make: Redbay
Length: 7m +
Engine: Twin F115 Yams
MMSI: 235083269
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 930
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PBO test
The following Mailspeed Marine link will bring you to a PBO test of 9 "Lifejacket alternatives" which relates well with the OP - happy reading
http://www.mailspeedmarine.com/photo...ket%20test.pdf
From a personal viewpoint I was impressed with the quality of a Secumar LJ that I recently tested.
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12 January 2013, 20:52
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Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
Join Date: May 2010
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Originally Posted by Ribochet
The following Mailspeed Marine link will bring you to a PBO test of 9 "Lifejacket alternatives" which relates well with the OP - happy reading
http://www.mailspeedmarine.com/photo...ket%20test.pdf
From a personal viewpoint I was impressed with the quality of a Secumar LJ that I recently tested.
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Good reading many thanks for that Ribochet ![thumbs up](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/thumbs.gif) I was impressed with the positive remarks on the PFD's they tested.
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13 January 2013, 00:18
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Central Belt of Scotland
Boat name: Puddleduck III
Make: Bombard
Length: 5m +
Engine: 50 HP
Join Date: Mar 2009
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good article - seasafe got good right up- 2009 the new models are out now!
S.
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15 January 2013, 09:14
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Country: UK - England
Boat name: ShaarkBait
Make: Zodiac 3.6 FR
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mariner 9.9 4-stroke
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 364
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Completely independently of this, I bought a Secumar Ultra AX at the boatshow yesterday. I had not heard of them until yesterday but I spent ages with the 'sales person' (actually friend of a Secumar employee who is an RNLI safely officer) and whilst he could not endorse any products, he said that he personally owned a Secumar. I only just spotted in the review above that it had a 10 year warranty (far longer than any of the other tested LJ's) but what was mentioned yesterday although that it was entirely made in Germany from German components. It certainly looks well made even when inflated and built to last.
After trying it on, setting it off whilst wearing, donning spray hood etc etc etc I decided to go with the one with spray hood. The only downside that I can see is lack of pockets for radio/PLB but there are alternatives to that. What really swung it for me was the ability to easily and officially swap between manual and automatic, although that choice needs to be made before setting out. The other thing about this lifejacket that was mentioned was the bayonet fit of the cylinder - apparently a large number of lifejackets fail RNLI safety checks due to the cylinder slightly unscrewing over time. This cannot happen with this lifejacket.
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15 January 2013, 19:22
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Weymouth
Length: no boat
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 247
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Securmar lifejackets, excellent, a company I used to work for issued them to all crew
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19 January 2013, 18:05
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: yorkshire
Boat name: little vicky
Make: avon ex RNLI
Length: 3m +
Engine: tohatsu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,310
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slightly of topic but last year decided to cut open -- (I needed a sample of Kapock for one of my RNLI education talks in a school )-- my old quadrant bouyancy aid that me old man bought for me in 1964
not much on offer in those days for kids ,
unless you wanted an old ex pilots mae west or a large kapock ex mechant navy(victory) lifejacket Titanic style,
i know from years ago they were deemed unsafe & its been stored for over 30 years so thinking that it was kapock filled cut it open ,
to say my parents thought i would be safe was an understatement ,
Bouyancy,,normal domestic type open cell foam sponge that soaked up water & were not even in sealed polythene bags just the tops folded over .lol.
perhaps i might have been safer with the old ex gov mae west after all lol.
bottom pic with a just about same type of foam pan scrubber alongside .
there must have been thousands of these made in the 1960s right up to the 1970s .
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