I have the Naish one- was ok but it stretched and got too big for me.....should have bought a size smaller.

It has a little bit of buoyancy but not too much. Fits under a waist harness easily ( it has a cut out to accomodate it ) I thought it was pretty good value at about $100- definitely helped with the impact but because it stretched I stopped wearing it, needs to be a real tight fit.

Slack said...

Mate forget the impact vest and get yourself a crocheted blanket and stay home.

ie. HTFU!

Didn't you get winged recently petal? Bet the blanky felt nice then



Ian - I was extremely grateful to be wearing a vest, at least twice on my last sesh. I was surprised not to have actually busted a rib even with a vest on after one particularly monster stack (this sesh also featured my biggest kitemare so far but that's another story).

Ultimately if it keeps you on the water or gives you more confidence to boost (or whatever) a bit higher/faster/harder then go the vest I reckon.


Leave the HTFU brigade to sit on the beach nursing flogged ribs.





EDIT-
Kitemare details as requested: www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=44499

getfunky said...

Slack said...

Mate forget the impact vest and get yourself a crocheted blanket and stay home.

ie. HTFU!

Didn't you get winged recently petal? Bet the blanky felt nice then



Ian - I was extremely grateful to be wearing a vest, at least twice on my last sesh. I was surprised not to have actually busted a rib even with a vest on after one particularly monster stack (this sesh also featured my biggest kitemare so far but that's another story).

Ultimately if it keeps you on the water or gives you more confidence to boost (or whatever) a bit higher/faster/harder then go the vest I reckon.


Leave the HTFU brigade to sit on the beach nursing flogged ribs.

i agree
absolutely when trying new tricks the side impacts are the worst and the easiest to inflict on your ribs think i will go with A10 attck it has floatation PFD abilities

cheers for all the comments

ALSO

kitemare details pls

make sure it fits tight, they move around with the waist harness which becomes a real pain. But I still wear mine, old as it may be.

excellent news on the A10 CC good to see that it works, after reading about funkster on his Kitemare im looking for some addiional protection on some of the normal impacts 18-23 knts

the htfu w23kers r back.
wear a vest and kite another day, don`t wear a vest and risk ribs .
its hard to hold your breath underwater if your winded from a big fall. do the math!!

if your kite is damaged for some reason and you have to self rescue you`ll float while winding in your lines.

Slack said...

echostorm said...

Slack said...

Mate forget the impact vest and get yourself a crocheted blanket and stay home.

ie. HTFU!

If you dont wear an impact vest you aint progressing. Big move, mean big falls. Without protection you are either dumb or stuck doing you same routine... let me guess, you are great at backrolls maybe little fronties and a railey?

Start pulling mobes and then say HTFU otherwise STFU.



Anyway back to the topic. Dakine Impact harness combos are great. Anything with solid rib, and back protection. Not only did mine save my life after when I had my accident, it has saved my back on countless occations when over rotating whilst landing blind.

I wear a vest and a helmet too. Just stirring old macca up so chilli out all you "HTFU" bashers.

lol... sorry dude, i took the bait.

A lot harder to see sarcasim in text

Slack said...

echostorm said...

lol... sorry dude, i took the bait.

A lot harder to see sarcasim in text

No problem, you weren't to no that ianmac is an old cripple with a stuffed back and has to strap up his ankle just to walk to the water.

I assumed you're just suffering from wind envy

well it appears Slack will now need a wheel chair to get to the water as he stacked it so badly last night that he will not be able to kite tonight
maybe he should upgrade to an A10 attack vest to help protect his back

Hey Ian are you wearing a seat harness?

The A-10 looks like it suits a seat only.


I am currently on a seat but would like to go for a waisty this season, although the meagre $$ will most likely get channelled into a 100% depower kite asap. Ahem... my very old bump n jump vest has also been ripped wide open and repaired twice and is in need of replacement.

Does anyone have suggestions on a vest with enough float to notice a diff that suits a waisty? Doesn't have to be a PFD (ha ha or pdf) just a bit of float and good impact protection would be cool.

i have a seat harness with a10 attack and it works fine the back tends to slip over the harness ( dakine fusion) with no probs

all good i have brand new large red a10 attack which was too small for me unused if you want to do a deal PM me and we can sort it

feels great to be abale to impact the water with out having the gutz knocked out of you