wait what's a swim vest? Why do they even make them? I genuinely had no idea, I mean i dont have kids but I think its something we should all know.
2025-08-26 01:40:49
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Jason Kendall :
Or see kids on a boat without a jacket at all. My biggest pet peeve
2025-08-25 09:57:35
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Echo :
If it’s not coast guard approved it’s not good enough for my kids 🤷🏻♀️
2025-08-25 23:20:59
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🖤KATE🖤 :
Yes! I bought a swim vest thinking it was an actual life jacket. Luckily I have never used it and won’t. Thanks for the reminder, I do need fo find a uscg approved one.
2025-08-26 12:32:28
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ladyjz :
Also, BRIGHT colors if possible. I've assisted on water search parties... dark colors & blue are harder to see!
2025-08-26 18:26:36
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mattbriley1060 :
I’m gonna argue this with facts that I have seen with my own eyes…. Not saying you are wrong but my son jumped off the boat at the lake with a brand new life jacket on and sank like a rock! I had to jump and save him because he was not surfacing! Both of my children wear the “swim vest” now and are so much safer than they were with that life jacket! The swim vest brings them to the surface IMMEDIATELY!
2025-08-25 22:50:31
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Julie Patel :
Or worse. No vest at all. Cus grandpa is a “safe boat driver”. Makes me so mad
2025-08-26 21:16:43
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Rose in the Garden :
Maybe I’m dramatic, but I won’t put it on my child if it’s not coast guard approved
2025-08-26 20:03:34
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TheBeanStead :
I've seen people with newborns with no life vest on around here. if you say anything they get mad lol
2025-08-26 19:13:26
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HanaNoBanana :
Also, if your infant is too small to wear a life jacket, they might be too small to be on the boat. Holding them is not a guarantee, if anything happens and you all go flying, that baby will be the first one to drowned.
2025-08-27 01:06:03
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kc :
Please tell parents. Don’t just sit back and watch. Help be a part of their village. I’d rather someone tell me and I get educated then learn the hard way.
2025-08-26 19:56:08
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Tiff :
I was in sea cadets at age 12. learning the difference between a life jacket and a pfd has been a very useful skill
2025-08-25 17:33:01
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Emmalyn | Mama 🧸 :
If it’s not coast guard approved then it’s not going on my kids
2025-08-27 00:10:41
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user2028572457561 :
Pet peeve, people who spend tens of thousands of dollars on a boat and put their kids in one of those orange “Included CG package” life jackets. You mean to tell me you can drop $50 on a good, properly fitting life jacket.
2025-08-26 09:28:20
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Mikayla & The Chaos 🏁⚡️ :
The amount I see children on boats with NO lifejacket SENDS me. My children know that if they are near water they have a lifejacket on at all times!!! They love their lifejackets
2025-08-25 23:52:32
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outnumberedmommax3 :
or no life jackets. it goes right thru me
2025-08-25 16:18:34
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jamalhert :
wearing nothing is btr than a swim vest as long as u get out when tired
2025-08-27 04:16:42
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Joshuaaah :
I remember getting yelled at on here because I chastised a lady that had her infant strapped into a little tikes swing ON THE BOAT
2025-08-26 17:23:25
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momofboys2312 :
Coastguard approved vest are the only ones I allow on my boat! And we are inspected each time we launch for all the proper safety gear!
2025-08-26 20:23:20
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Jillian :
I’ve started paddle boarding this summer. I keep seeing parents paddle boarding with their kids and no one is wearing a lifejacket and that is crazy to me
2025-08-25 23:34:59
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M’Lady :
Okay glad I trusted my gut. I needed the next size up for my son and saw the swim vest. I didn’t see any coast guard cert so I found a teen life vest that’s in his size.
2025-08-26 19:50:25
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AthenisPen :
My son used a life jacket and ended up upside down. We’ve never had issues with the vests with the arms. We have also never taken him on a boat so…
2025-08-26 10:04:28
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Kali :
Puddle jumpers being the main “swim vest” are coast guard approved. I’m a big life jacket advocate but the main issue with any type is them fitting correctly.
2025-08-26 01:57:05
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Becca :
My son (2) was in a life vest and fell in. We knew he was going to and I wanted to see how he would react and how the life vest would hold up. He rotated in a circle and everytime that he made the rotation his face was in the water. Why don’t companies make larger infant sized ones for 2 year olds? He’s 32lbs
2025-08-26 16:45:46
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Ainsley :
Yes!! As a lifeguard this drives me so nuts 😅
2025-08-25 06:55:42
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