In this installment of the On My Dock series, Boating Magazine’s editor at large Randy Vance highlights the most important piece of equipment for boating safety, life jackets. Our partners at Mustang Survival have decades of experience supplying simple, comfortable and reliable safety solutions for all those who live beyond land. We review the full range of PFDs powered by their innovative MIT technology.
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00:03 Hi.
00:08 I'm Randy Vance.
00:09 Thanks for joining me today on my dock.
00:11 Actually, we've left the dock today
00:13 to enjoy some of the cooler weather and a boat ride.
00:16 I want to talk to you today about boating safety
00:18 and the most important piece of equipment
00:20 that you need to stay safe, and that's
00:22 a life jacket like this one.
00:24 Now, Mustang Survival has been in the business
00:27 of providing safety to the military, to commercial
00:30 and industrial applications, and of course,
00:32 millions of recreational boaters for decades,
00:35 and they're good at it.
00:37 Inflatable life jackets have had a must-have status
00:40 among boaters for about a decade,
00:42 and Mustang added them 10 years ago, the MIT model
00:45 in particular.
00:47 That device eliminates the bulky, foldable bladders
00:51 that have such an awkward folding pattern.
00:53 Instead, they're nice and trim, like this one.
00:56 And when it's time to repack them,
00:58 you simply fold the lapels over.
01:01 Now, the new MIT models are convertible,
01:04 and you simply convert them by changing the gray cylinder
01:07 cover for a yellow one.
01:09 That one eliminates the automatic mechanism inside,
01:13 and it'll only inflate manually.
01:15 What's the advantage to that?
01:17 Say you're out in the ocean, and you're fishing
01:19 or you're cruising.
01:20 You want to have an automatic system there.
01:23 You're not likely to get wet unless it's an emergency.
01:25 Say you come inshore, and you want
01:27 to go kayaking or J-boat sailboat racing.
01:30 Those are inherently wet sports.
01:32 Your jacket's going to get wet, and you don't want it to inflate
01:35 unless you need it to.
01:37 That's where you need the manual setup.
01:39 With the MIT convertible jackets,
01:42 you can cover both sports simply by changing the mechanism
01:46 inside the lapel.
01:48 The Mustang MIT system comes in three different buoyancy
01:52 levels.
01:53 Now, the MIT70 is the most trim life jacket
01:57 that comes in the Mustang system.
01:59 It provides 15.8 pounds of buoyancy,
02:02 and it's ideal for inshore and inland conditions
02:05 when rescue is nearby.
02:08 Now, the MIT100 provides 28 pounds of buoyancy
02:11 when deployed.
02:13 This is ideal for inshore and offshore applications
02:16 in sight of land, and it gives you more airway protection.
02:22 Now, the MIT150 provides 38 pounds of buoyancy,
02:26 and it's ideal for colder weather
02:28 when you're wearing more layers of clothing or a rain suit
02:31 in warmer weather, and it offers you the most airway protection.
02:36 MIT's new convertible inflators make
02:39 arming these devices easier than ever before.
02:42 They're more user-friendly, more versatile,
02:45 and let you go from kayak to powerboat to offshore.
02:49 I'm Randy Vance from Mustang Survival.
02:52 Thanks for joining me on my dock.
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