The Best 8 Life Jackets of 2024 | Tested & Rated - GearLab
2024年10月8日 · When deployed, the inflatable waist belt devices are designed to deliver the most flotation, with the NRS Zephyr boasting 27.8 pounds. The Onyx M-16 can get close to that amount of flotation through additional oral inflation. Although all are designed to deliver more buoyancy than the life jackets we tested, once activated, none of the ...
The Best 5 Snowshoes of 2024 | Tested & Rated - GearLab
2024年11月11日 · Flotation is critical for trail-breaking in deeper or soft snow. This is primarily a function of pounds per square inch, and larger models offer more flotation. With a length of 32 inches and a width of 10 inches, the Crescent Moon Big Sky 32 …
Crescent Moon Big Sky 32 Review | Tested & Rated - GearLab
2024年4月23日 · As a general rule, flotation and stride ergonomics are in opposition — bigger snowshoes are less fun to walk in. With the Big Sky 32 , the highly tapered shape makes for a stride and ergonomic experience that isn't as cumbersome as you might think.
MSR Evo Trail Review | Tested & Rated - GearLab
2024年4月23日 · Flotation. Flotation is a snowshoe's number one job. The deck and frame of the Evo Trail is a single plastic mold that is lightweight. This design initially had us wondering how well it would manage in different snow conditions, and we were pleasantly surprised to find it excels on packed snow as well as fresh snow.
Atlas Helium Trail Review | Tested & Rated - GearLab
2022年12月20日 · Snow can be slippery. After flotation, traction is the most important snowshoe metric. After all, flotation with no traction is what skis are for. While the traction on the Helium Trail isn't bad overall, we had higher expectations. Side-by-side testing with similar one-piece plastic snowshoes showed this model slipping slightly more often.
MSR Evo Trail Snowshoes Review | Tested & Rated - GearLab
2024年2月11日 · Flotation. The Evo Trail snowshoes offer decent floatation for individuals who fall within the recommended weight range, even without using the supplementary tails. However, the optional add-on flotation tails can significantly improve performance for those who are a bit heavier or plan on carrying a winter pack into the backcountry.
How to Choose a Life Jacket - GearLab
2024年10月8日 · The concentration of flotation materials allows this type of vest to be more open in key areas — like around your arms for more intense paddling or frequent casting, as in fly fishing. This style is often more activity-specific, with features designed for certain uses, like a hand-warming pouch for whitewater paddling.
Astral YTV 2.0 Review | Tested & Rated - GearLab
Flotation The YTV is designed to deliver 16.5 pounds of flotation (approximately 70 Newtons), more than most of the other jacket-style PFDs tested in this review. The only options that significantly surpassed the YTV in this metric area are the inflatable weight belt-style PFDs.
TSL Symbioz Hyperflex Elite Review | Tested & Rated - GearLab
2024年4月23日 · Flotation. Surface area (which we measure in square inches) is the main way that a snowshoe provides flotation, its primary job. The Symbioz Elite are the smallest snowshoes in our entire test by far. This is one very shapely snowshoe, so right out of the box, we didn't expect great flotation performance. It tapers at the tip and tail and in ...
NRS Zephyr Review | Tested & Rated - GearLab
Once deployed, the Zephyr is designed to provide 27.8 pounds of buoyancy, the most out of any of the personal flotation devices we tested. That said, as the jacket is not fully secured to your body like the other vests we tested, the buoyancy doesn't feel like it is floating your body any higher in the water than when wearing other PFDs rated ...