mf – 2013-09-05
It Works
Bought this to take my two year old son on a canoe trip in the BWCA. He wore it without complaint. Thankfully, we never had the chance to test it in the water. But its snug, well designed and seemingly comfortable so I'm sure it would have been fine.
Grag – 2013-03-29
Great Kids Jacket
Great life jacket for kids, highly adjustable so they don't outgrow it after one season. Gives great freedom of movement for swimming. We have an old one that has been in the family for 8 years and still looks/works as new...had to buy another one (larger size) because we have two kids.
PhDMama – 2012-11-15
Very effective
My daughter is 3yo, 32lbs (50%), and 36" (20%) and it fits her very well. It fits low in front (away from her face) and is minimal in the back so her movement isn't impaired. (In fact, she wore it for 30min running around our REI store, climbing on the benches and even the rock hill in the shoe section with no trouble.) She still has plenty of room to grow over the next couple years as well.We had her swim teacher tes
jgsmama – 2012-06-21
hard age to find comfort
My daughter is 20 months old & is very tall (95th percentile) but is fairly thin (40th percentile) for her age. It is hard to find comfortable PFDs that work for her size. We are frequently around the water (on the boat dock at our lakehouse, on the ski boat, on the pontoon boat, around/in the pool, etc). I find that she is too young to have a life jacket without the neck support if she really did fall into the water by herself, but that really limits her movements. These life jackets seem to run very small as she is only 23lbs and fits nice & snugly into this 30-50lb life jacket. I think she will only get 1-2 summers out of this life jacket before we move onto a "big girl" life jacket. For swimming in the pool, we have purchased a Puddle Jumper and love it.
