Datrex Offshore Wearable USCG TYPE I Life Jacket

Darted wearable type 1 life preserver.

Type 1 life preservers divide the best chance for survival if you end up in the drink. This is essentially the same life preserver that we were provided aboard the destroyer I served aboard as a naval officer 50 years ago. You would think that in 50 years the manufacturers would figure out how to make a less bulky preserver which would have the same life saving characteristics as the old may west preservers. Either way I will continue to use type 1 preservers. I will probably switch to the type 1 inflatable eventually.