The long awaited first batch of Full On Vests has finally emerged from the factory! They’ve been tested to NZ Standard NZS5823:2005 406/SPECIALIST PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE FOR WHITEWATER KAYAKING, but I thought it would only be right to thoroughly action test the production models before release to the whitewater kayaking world.
I took 4 randomly selected Full On Vests off the production line and took them to the Indian Himalayas for testing and verification so that Hydroscapes will be 100% confident in the new products before they go on general sale.
Isaac Thompson (NZ), Cooper Lambla (USA), JJ Sheppard (USA) and myself (NZ) will be using and abusing these PFD’s over the next 4 weeks on some of the more remote and challenging runs in the Indian mountain states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttranchal. We are joined by Toby MacDermott and Will Stubblefield, also from USA-a good team!
I’ll be posting our progress and actions as much as possible, so keep checking back!
The NZ standard test proves that the Full On Vest is up to scratch, but the Indian Himalaya test is designed to ensure that when the vests go on sale, on November 5th, they truly are the World’s Safest PFD’s!
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