What's your lifejacket of choice?

User avatar
Kestrel
Rank: Premium Member
Rank: Premium Member
Joined: Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:15 pm
Has liked: 6 times
Likes received: 27 times

What's your lifejacket of choice?

Post by Kestrel » Fri Jun 14, 2019 2:26 pm

Hi folks
I'm thinking of updating my lifejackets
As I like my fishing I prefer the yoke style as they aren't bulky and don't get in the way ... although the jacket type has advantages too and probably a tad easier to get on.
I've come across this type which I'm interested in. They offer a bit more buoyancy but don't appear any bulkier than other yokes
Has anyone tried the Crewfit 165n Sport?
https://crewsaver.com/au/8969/leisure/l ... t165NSport
Cheers
Kestrel

purple5ive
Rank: Premium Member
Rank: Premium Member
Joined: Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:59 pm
Has liked: 567 times
Likes received: 1011 times

Re: What's your lifejacket of choice?

Post by purple5ive » Fri Jun 14, 2019 2:37 pm

i have that exact model and chose it for the same reasons you have.

smallest available footprint when worn, and also some extra bouyancy.
they are a bit heavier when compared to most other commercially available ones, but very comfortable to use.
they are not the cheapest, but defenitely worth the $$$
i trialled the marlin slimline pfd as well which is also genuinely slimline, but not as comfortable as the crewsaver.

i bought this one so its not obstructive when throwing lures around which is 99% of my my style of fishing.

User avatar
Kestrel
Rank: Premium Member
Rank: Premium Member
Joined: Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:15 pm
Has liked: 6 times
Likes received: 27 times

Re: What's your lifejacket of choice?

Post by Kestrel » Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:06 pm

purple5ive wrote:
Fri Jun 14, 2019 2:37 pm
i have that exact model and chose it for the same reasons you have.

smallest available footprint when worn, and also some extra bouyancy.
they are a bit heavier when compared to most other commercially available ones, but very comfortable to use.
they are not the cheapest, but defenitely worth the $$$
i trialled the marlin slimline pfd as well which is also genuinely slimline, but not as comfortable as the crewsaver.

i bought this one so its not obstructive when throwing lures around which is 99% of my my style of fishing.
Thanks!
Did you go for the manual or auto model?
Kestrel

Nude up
Rank: Kingfish
Rank: Kingfish
Joined: Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:08 pm
Location: Bellarine peninsula
Has liked: 333 times
Likes received: 569 times

Re: What's your lifejacket of choice?

Post by Nude up » Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:12 pm

Do they have to be serviced every year or every second, can you do it yourself. I have a yoke one for on my yak and when fishing by myself locally but I have a stormy full jacket it’s auto and manual with built in winch strap, for offshore work

purple5ive
Rank: Premium Member
Rank: Premium Member
Joined: Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:59 pm
Has liked: 567 times
Likes received: 1011 times

Re: What's your lifejacket of choice?

Post by purple5ive » Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:21 pm

Kestrel wrote:
Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:06 pm
purple5ive wrote:
Fri Jun 14, 2019 2:37 pm
i have that exact model and chose it for the same reasons you have.

smallest available footprint when worn, and also some extra bouyancy.
they are a bit heavier when compared to most other commercially available ones, but very comfortable to use.
they are not the cheapest, but defenitely worth the $$$
i trialled the marlin slimline pfd as well which is also genuinely slimline, but not as comfortable as the crewsaver.

i bought this one so its not obstructive when throwing lures around which is 99% of my my style of fishing.
Thanks!
Did you go for the manual or auto model?
Kestrel
i got the automatic model.
the stormy PFD also has a very slimline model worth a look as well.

User avatar
SteveoTheTiger
Rank: Premium Member
Rank: Premium Member
Joined: Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:40 pm
Location: Hoppers Crossing
Has liked: 182 times
Likes received: 166 times
Contact:

Re: What's your lifejacket of choice?

Post by SteveoTheTiger » Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:27 pm

All my jackets are Marlin manual inflatable models. I service them myself each year, just before summer usually. And throw them out after 5 years (once you run out of lines on the service record). I pick up new ones when i can get them on sale ($50 at BCF or Whitworths).
The only thing better than serenity is a two stroke at full throttle!
Check out my Flickr Photostream

purple5ive
Rank: Premium Member
Rank: Premium Member
Joined: Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:59 pm
Has liked: 567 times
Likes received: 1011 times

Re: What's your lifejacket of choice?

Post by purple5ive » Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:41 pm

Nude up wrote:
Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:12 pm
Do they have to be serviced every year or every second, can you do it yourself. I have a yoke one for on my yak and when fishing by myself locally but I have a stormy full jacket it’s auto and manual with built in winch strap, for offshore work
annually

https://crewsaver.com/media/5472/crewfi ... enance.pdf

denis barden
Rank: Rainbow Trout
Rank: Rainbow Trout
Joined: Sat Jun 18, 2016 3:01 am
Location: St Leonards Vic
Likes received: 523 times

Re: What's your lifejacket of choice?

Post by denis barden » Fri Jun 14, 2019 5:13 pm

For me ive got the Marlin 150 full jacket
for passageners Marlin 150s fit over
Crew savers are used on the Portarlington to Melb ferry boys-They look the goods to me

smile0784
Rank: Premium Member
Rank: Premium Member
Joined: Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:16 pm
Has liked: 39 times
Likes received: 356 times

Re: What's your lifejacket of choice?

Post by smile0784 » Fri Jun 14, 2019 5:54 pm

I have 2 marlin off. Really light weight and easy to put on

User avatar
Tackleberry
Rank: Bream
Rank: Bream
Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:40 pm
Has liked: 289 times
Likes received: 146 times

Re: What's your lifejacket of choice?

Post by Tackleberry » Fri Jun 14, 2019 6:36 pm

Crew saver been using them for 3 years very comfy
"When the people fear the Govn't, that is Tyrany, when the Govn't fear the people, that is Liberty"

Experience is what you get when **** happens

Post Reply

Return to “Boating”