Testing the Crewfit Junior and Crewfit Adult Lifejackets

WHY TEST YOUR LIFEJACKET ?

The majority of yachtsmen never, ever use their lifejackets. They may wear them on deck but most are careful enough – or lucky enough – never to fall in, and most are blasé enough – or careless enough – never to get round to trying them out in the water.

This makes no sense.

How many times have you bought something – a camera, perhaps, or a tool, or a cooking utensil – and found that it did not perform according to your expectations? It may have performed badly, or it may have performed extraordinarily well – or it may simply have done something rather different from what you expected. It is easy, if you have never used a product, to overlook certain drawbacks or to lose track of your own requirements. For instance, until I bought a camcorder I had never realised how difficult it is to get good film footage on a machine which has a side-screen but no view-finder. Clearly, knowing how a product will behave when it is used is important – particularly when the product is something on which your life may depend. (more…)