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The breathable fabric and ergonomic fit keep you comfortable throughout your flights.<\/p>\n<p>Vest is cobalt blue and black, and upon inflation the bright yellow inflation chambers provide maximum visibility for search and rescue crews.<\/p>\n<p>Switlik has earned its core business as predominant leader in providing personal floatation devices for military around the world, search and rescue crews, water bombing crews and commercial carriers, and other applications such as commercial shipping and oil field work.<\/p>\n<p>SPA sells this vest complete with two optional &#8220;Molle&#8221; Extra Large Pockets.<\/p>\n<p>Made in the United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Safety Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most importantly this personal floatation device features redundancy with two floatation chambers, two inflation cylinders and two oral inflation tubes.<\/li>\n<li>Over 35 pounds of buoyancy for maximum floatation<\/li>\n<li>This PFD includes a built in locator strobe light and emergency whistle<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cMolle\u201d Stands for Modular Lightweight Load Carrying Equipment system which was designed for the military as a way to customize the vest with various accessories such as a HEED Bottle (otherwise known as a Spare Air bottle), pockets and pistol holsters among other accessories.<\/li>\n<li>The outer vest is constructed of a Nomex\/Kellar blended ripstop fabric providing comfortable, durable and with fire protection.<\/li>\n<li>The intergrated grab handle allows for the wearer to be pulled to safety in a search and rescue scenario<\/li>\n<li>Redundant heavy duty zipper and belt enclosure<\/li>\n<li>Fully TSO Certified by the FAA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Comfortable Design Includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A signature SWITLIK X-Back ergonomic design for superior comfort when you are seated in your seaplane.<\/li>\n<li>One size fits all &#8211; this PFD is designed for maximum adjustment capability to fit the largest possible range of pilot\/passengers.<\/li>\n<li>Weight 2.38 pounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This personal floatation device provides the most safety, versatility and comfort of any vest we know of on the market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[156,161],"product_tag":[219,217,218,216,215,220],"class_list":{"0":"post-5711","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-products","7":"product_cat-seaplane-safety-products","8":"product_tag-jacket","9":"product_tag-life-vest","10":"product_tag-lifevest","11":"product_tag-personal-floatation-device","12":"product_tag-pfd","13":"product_tag-vest","15":"first","16":"outofstock","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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