Astral Green Jacket Review

Just purchased the astral blue jacket and wanted to provide my first out of the box impressions.

Astral green jacket review.

Astral greenjacket life jacket. Click to play video. I have used the astral green jacket for over 1 1 2 years and own other astral jackets as well. Astral green jacket pfd review.

The green jacket is one of those iconic pieces of equipment that comes to define a generation of boaters. 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. Rs 17 2 side entry vest jet ski life jacket pwc jetski watercraft green xxs xs jettribe. Astral blue vest first impressions.

The nrs zen is a type v life jacket delivering 17 5 pounds of flotation. Astral green jacket review. Astral built all the bells and whistles into the greenjacket which is rated as a uscg type v pfd. Onsite associates program.

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. 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. Based on the popular nrs ninja pfd the low profile design of the zen allows unrestricted range of motion. 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.

Infant neoprene life jacket. Videos for related products. 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 only other detail that would be nice is a system for water like the astral bluejacket has.

This is a pfd for whitewater professionals and professional river rescuers and it oozes toughness and utilitarian purpose down to the tiniest detail. Boaters have a love hate relationship with this pfd with few people taking a middle ground approach to this pfd. Astral hit the nail on the head when it created the astral green jacket personal flotation device.