Stearns Adult Life Vest, USCG Approved Type III Life Jacket, PFD for Boating, Swimming, Watersports, & More, Standard & Oversized Fits

Great life vest! We needed a life vest last minute to tube down a river and it did the job! We had no issues with the life jacket, and it seems like it will hold up for many years. A bonus, is that the life vest is very lightweight. Fit was good, straps were easily tightened.

I haven't had a reason to test the jacket, but it floats!

I weigh 119 and I’m about 5’1” fit pretty grid still a little loose, but definitely helped in the water, definitely recommend

Stearn's sells three very similar vests in their nylon covered foam "Classic" series, this one is both my favorite and cheapest of the three. 1) This "Boating" series, model. usually $25 but Amazon seems to be higher at the moment. 2) THe "Watersport" series", usually $35 Both these two are open sided, adult sizes come in "Universal" and "Oversize", The Classic Series has three buckles and comes in solid colors, the "Watersports Series" comes in two toned colors and has four buckles. The Classic series the front foam panels are thinner and wrap around your side more. 3) The "Infinity Series ", were around $50 but prices seem to be going down, closed sides and thus comes in Men's and Women's and a wider variety of sizes since adjustability is more limited. The youth model comes in a bright yellow that's easy to see, but the Men's models are a dark grey.. Stearns is a bit unclear as to the allowed and intended uses. For all of them waterskiing is neither prohibited nor listed. I think that this means that they are suitible for that purpose or they would be clearly listed as not (as my paddle vest does), but that Stearns really wants to encourage you to buy one of their higher end Neoprene "ski" vests for that purpose. The label on the Boating and Infinity Series both state "All purpose vest for boating, swimming, or tubing". The Watersporst series doesn't say anything, but has a picture of jet skiers on it with the note "developed for the freedom and comfort of the waterport adventurer." I think reasonable summary is that any of these vests are OK for any of the normal activities you do during a day at the lake- motorboating, canoeing, waterskiing, tubing, and swimming, even if there might be a better choice specific to one of these activities. Now as to why I like these particular vests: 1) They're the cheapest vs the Infinity series both because the cost of each vest is cheaper and because unlike the Inifinity model two sizes cover virtually all the adults, so you have to stock fewer sizes on your boat and at your cabin. 2) The thinner front panel design I find more comfortable than the "Watersport" model. 3) They're available in bright red, which along with orange and yellow is the best color to get since it makes swimmers and shaken-off tubers easily visible to you and other boaters. For non-swimmers, an orange Type II "horsecoller" life vest is probably better. But these are still enough to make non-swimmers like my timid 13-year-old niece to feel safe and secure on a boat or even jumping off the dock into the water.

Great vest

Works as advertised and fits well, price is also reasonable compared to other competitors.

Excellent fit, comfortable sides which allow for easy paddling, lightweight and easy fitting all size bodies. Great value for the money we spent!

Sterns is always a great product. These are well fitting and safe being Coast Guard approved. They are not terribly bulky making wearing them more desireable.

Funcionó de maravilla. Es de un tamaño adefuado y esta muy bonito, se ajustan muy bien laa correas el material es de muy buena calidad.

Nice, light and comfortable to wear. Easy to paddle when kayaking.

Works great, as expected.

El chaleco cumple y se ve de muy buena calidad. Peso 65Kg y sin problemas, se nota que soporta a personas de mayor talla. El volumen del chaleco es óptimo, lo recomiendo.

Purchased this life jacket for our trip to Hawaii. It works great, kept my head above water.