Plastimo Life Jackets

Plastimo : the reference since 1963

The company was founded in 1963 in Lorient. Plastimo specializes in the design of nautical equipment and fittings. Later on, the company changed captain in 1994 and in 1997 but this did not stop its growth which continued without slowing down. The brand is recognized for its excellent quality products such as: life jackets, navigation compasses, mooring and deck equipment.

The subtleties between life jackets

It is important to know that there are life jackets and buoyancy jackets. Let's look at the differences between these two types of vests.

- Life jackets: The life jackets must respect the current standard, that is to say correspond to the number of Newton (100 at least), have a whistle of alarm. It is not necessary to know how to swim because the purpose of the lifejacket is to be able to keep the wearer's head out of the water and also on his back.

- Buoyancy aid vests: These vests are based on the same principle as the classic life vests and require the ability to swim, even though they also allow you to stay afloat.

It is also important to note that if you want to make a choice of lifejacket you must absolutely take into account your weight. At Nautisports we offer you as a lifejacket the Plastimo Master 70 N club lifejacket and as a buoyancy aid vest the Plastimo EVO 165 Life Jacket

Are you hesitating between a lifejacket and a lifejacket?

A lifejacket is put on by putting your arms around each other much like putting on a street jacket with a zipper or strap. The subtlety really comes in the subcutaneous, which is a strap that is found between the legs of the wearer to ensure that the person actually rises to the surface when in the water.

The life jacket can be seen as a safety accessory that is part of the family of life jackets that will allow you to keep your head out of the water. At Nautisports, you can find as a life jacket, the Storm 150 N Life Jacket - With Light - Plastimo

Foam lifejacket or inflatable lifejacket

Foam life jackets have a quality that is not to be neglected, that of having buoyancy available at all times. However, we can recognize some disadvantages: the first one is the comfort because this type of vest does not offer you an ease of movement because of its composition and the second one which follows from the first disadvantage is the storage.

Inflatable life jackets: They offer more possibilities because they come in 2 types: manual (the wearer must inflate it with his mouth) and automatic (inflates by itself when in contact with water or when in contact with a CO2 gas cartridge included, remember to recharge the gas if there was contact less than a year ago). They are easier to store because they can be deflated. In manual vest, Nautisports offers you the Manual Life Jacket Seapack Plastimo and in automatic the Plastimo Evo-J Automatic Life Jacket

Better inform you

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