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General Whitewater Safety Discussion : American Whitewater Forums
The Best Safety Gear
Posted by: Drazzle (IP Logged)
Date: November 02, 2006 09:03AM
What companies go you guys recommend buying safety gear from (throw bags, helmets, life-vests, etc...)
Re: The Best Safety Gear
Posted by: ericnnies (IP Logged)
Date: December 01, 2006 10:13AM
Drazzle,
Most any real whitewater store will have a decent selection of stuff. What specifically are you looking to buy, and are you looking for info on which brands to look at or on which store to buy from?
Cheers, Eric Nies
Most any real whitewater store will have a decent selection of stuff. What specifically are you looking to buy, and are you looking for info on which brands to look at or on which store to buy from?
Cheers, Eric Nies
Re: The Best Safety Gear
Posted by: joedog (IP Logged)
Date: January 13, 2007 08:54PM
Take a whitewater safety class.
As for equipment, basic is a throwbag. Spectra is better than Poly. AW has the best price on Spectra throwbags that I have found.
Walbridge and Sundmacher's "Whitewater Rescue Manual" ($17.95) is a good overview of supplies, techniques, and it has an appendix of current "resources".
Good luck.
As for equipment, basic is a throwbag. Spectra is better than Poly. AW has the best price on Spectra throwbags that I have found.
Walbridge and Sundmacher's "Whitewater Rescue Manual" ($17.95) is a good overview of supplies, techniques, and it has an appendix of current "resources".
Good luck.
Re: The Best Safety Gear
Posted by: rob (IP Logged)
Date: January 24, 2007 08:49PM
Yep . . . check out the AW Store at [www.americanwhitewater.org]
Re: The Best Safety Gear
Posted by: kayakist1955 (IP Logged)
Date: May 06, 2007 07:28PM
Astral has a great rescue PFD, I have a Lotus, when I looked on the website they didn't seem to be much available from Lotus. What is up with that?
Spectra ropes are better.
All carabiners need to be locking.
prusiks don't have to be very long to work in the river enviroment, most I see are longer than need be.
Take an ACA SWR, you wlll see all the gear in action.
Spectra ropes are better.
All carabiners need to be locking.
prusiks don't have to be very long to work in the river enviroment, most I see are longer than need be.
Take an ACA SWR, you wlll see all the gear in action.
Re: The Best Safety Gear
Posted by: riverrat406 (IP Logged)
Date: June 17, 2008 10:16PM
Lotus designs was bought by patigonia and it would seem phased out. I was bumed for a while untill discoverd astral.
Stuber
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Re: The Best Safety Gear
Posted by: AndyCook (IP Logged)
Date: April 09, 2009 02:48PM
Big fan of my Astral rescue PFDs. Get my ropes from NRS. I like to order my spectra ropes because they degrade over time, so I'm nervous about buying one that's been sitting in a gear shop for two years before it sold.
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