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fatlazyless · 08-12-2025, 04:59 PM

For surviving, a swim belt is not as good as a pfd, but is much much better than no flotation. After treading water for ten minutes in 65-degree water you will definitely wish you had either a swim belt or a pfd.

Swim belts keep you horizontally balanced, good for swimming, while a pfd keeps you floating vertically, good for surviving.

The foam $15 pfd from Walmart actually does a better job of keeping you warm in the water than a $100 SOS-pender inflated pfd.

One reason why boaters do not like to wear foam pfd's is because they become too warm to wear on the boat.

08-12-2025, 04:59 PM	#5
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,816 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 302 Thanked 1,030 Times in 749 Posts	For surviving, a swim belt is not as good as a pfd, but is much much better than no flotation. After treading water for ten minutes in 65-degree water you will definitely wish you had either a swim belt or a pfd. Swim belts keep you horizontally balanced, good for swimming, while a pfd keeps you floating vertically, good for surviving. The foam $15 pfd from Walmart actually does a better job of keeping you warm in the water than a $100 SOS-pender inflated pfd. One reason why boaters do not like to wear foam pfd's is because they become too warm to wear on the boat. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!