Astral Green Jacket Review

The only other detail that would be nice is a system for water like the astral bluejacket has.

Astral green jacket review.

The front panel features a large clamshell style opening that can hold a rescue rope there s a quick release harness built into the side and a. The green jacket is one of those iconic pieces of equipment that comes to define a generation of boaters. Astral built all the bells and whistles into the greenjacket which is rated as a uscg type v pfd. They are 100 top notch in every way.

Astral blue vest first impressions. I know the vest shares a lot of features with its sister green vest and i appreciate many of the features carried over into a more sea kayak specific vest. Astral greenjacket life jacket. Infant neoprene life jacket.

The nrs zen is a type v life jacket delivering 17 5 pounds of flotation. Onsite associates program. Rs 17 2 side entry vest jet ski life jacket pwc jetski watercraft green xxs xs jettribe. Just purchased the astral blue jacket and wanted to provide my first out of the box impressions.

Astral green jacket pfd review. Astral hit the nail on the head when it created the astral green jacket personal flotation device. Astral green jacket review. This is a pfd for whitewater professionals and professional river rescuers and it oozes toughness and utilitarian purpose down to the tiniest detail.

Le10 was perfect in bright red le9 was boring with the color patterns le8 was le7 were great but once again a little dark for my tastes and tendency to swim some big rapids. This pfd is wildly popular with guides and boaters of all shapes sizes and crafts. Based on the popular nrs ninja pfd the low profile design of the zen allows unrestricted range of motion. Click to play video.

Although this pfd won t keep your head afloat if you get knocked out only type 1 pfd s work that way it will pretty much do everything else one could ever need especially when it comes to river rescues. A few months ago a corner of the quick release latch on the quick release belt of my astral green jacket just unexpectedly broke off while closing it. The nrs zen pfd is a low profile rescue jacket with all the features essential to assist guides and experienced paddlers in a swiftwater rescue situation.