1. To enable you to don the life jacket more easily.
2. To give better distribution of forces on the shoulders and when the harness is under tension.
3. It adds to your comfort in wearing the life jacket.

There is no difference. They are all the same. Certified in accordance with EN, manufactured by SECUMAR. They are for occasional use, ought to be serviced annually and have a life expectancy of 5 years.

If your cat is prepared to wear one, then a vest like that may be quite helpful. Our dogs' vests were designed so that dogs, but cats too, could be grabbed hold of IN the water. To pick them up by their fur would be fairly impossible.

Each life jacket in the SECUMAR SURVIVAL series can be fitted with a spray hood and an emergency life jacket light at some later stage. You can do this yourself with the Duo Protect life jackets. We will gladly do it for you in the case of the older Survival models.

This is one of the most difficult decisions. Our inflatable life jackets are suitable from a body weight of 35 lbs. (15 kg) upwards but are a problem when a child wearing nappies falls into the water.
It goes without saying that this is also true of inherent buoyancy life jackets, which we have in our programme from a size of 12-35 lbs. (5-15 kg) upwards. Here the motto is: You ought to be close by when your child falls into the water. The inflatable life jacket will inflate in the water and bring your child to the surface. The necessary buoyancy is in the right place and will mean that his mouth is out of the water. The child will not get into a sweat as easily as he would in an inherent buoyancy life jacket in the sun on the jetty.

The inherent buoyancy life jacket, on the other hand, has the advantage of being virtually indestructible and not needing servicing. On the other hand, the buoyancy is immediately available but distributed on the whole body and not optimal because of this.

We would strongly advise against doing so. This has to do with the circumference of a child's neck. If a child wears an adult's life jacket, the child will slip down inside the buoyancy chamber. The child's head will not be far enough above the surface of the water.

If we had our say, yes. If you had the final say, that ought to be the case, too. If we go by legislation, the law is keeping out of it in this case. But if there has been an accident which was due to a life jacket not having been serviced, then the law becomes involved again and makes it clear to the person who has no obligation to take the life jacket for a service that it is his duty to service the life jacket.

Yes, you can, as long as your life jacket is fitted with a SECUMATIC 3001 S or 4001 S type of inflation device. We carry a manual override for both of these inflation devices in our range.

Function: If the manual override is inserted, the function of the automatic inflation device is restricted to semi-automatic operation. That means, if the manual override is activated, the lifejacket can only be inflated by pulling the release handle.

Important note: In certain applications it makes scenes to use a manually inflated lifejacket. Sometimes it is even safer than using a fully automatic inflatable lifejacket. But in Europe, lifejackets are classified as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). All PPE is approved and certified by an external, independent notified body. If a fully automatic lifejacket is modified to manual operation, this may effect the lifejacket approval. Therefore it is essential for your safety to follow the user instructions supplied with the manual override.

 

Yes, in principle you may take an inflatable lifejacket with CO₂ cartridges on board an aircraft. International dangerous goods regulations allow this, but the airline must approve it in advance.

 

In short: passengers may carry up to two self-inflating personal safety devices, such as swimming aids or lifejackets. Each device may be fitted with no more than two CO₂ cartridges. In addition, up to two spare cartridges may be carried per device.

 

The lifejacket may generally be carried in either:

 

• checked baggage
• carry-on baggage

 

However, approval from the airline is required. The lifejacket must also be packed in such a way that it cannot be accidentally activated.

Further Information

A Newton is a unit in which buoyancy is measured.
150 N (Newton) is approx 15 kg or approx 15 Liter.

We also have life jackets in red, silver, grey and also rainbow-coloured colours. What is important is that the inflated life jacket is in the international signalling colour orange or yellow. This is the case with all of the SECUMAR life jackets.