Astral greenjacket life jacket pfd for whitewater rescue sea and stand up paddle boarding.
Astral green jacket knife.
The zippers and pockets are functional and well placed.
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Perhaps this is not an astral problem however most of the guides here in the tetons using this vest all prefer to store their knives inside the main pocket of the pfd instead of attached to the outside.
Foam tectonics allow the outer front panel to move freely with your upper body as the inner panel stays anchored in place.
I have used the astral green jacket for over 1 1 2 years and own other astral jackets as well.
Astral greenjacket pfd has been discontinued by astral and is no longer available.
Knife only has horizontal allocation wish vertical was incoorporated bc that makes it harder for the opposite hand to remove a fixed blade from the front of the vest.
I m also using a new green jacket and i ve put my bear claw on the left shoulder strap and it works well.
Nrs pilot knife 4 6 out of 5 stars 229.
It combines full rescue capabilities with the comfort protection and style of today s best low profile life jackets.
And overall not very functional unless you like losing knives.
The astral green jacket is a comfortable and functional whitewater life jacket.
Product discontinued by manufacturer.
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The front of the astral green jacket pfd has a slot to attach a river knife like the nrs pilot however it was unpractical to use.
Only had it hang up on anything really once and part of the floss that i tied it on with broke allowing the knife to flip out of the way but it hung on by the top and i was able to toss it in the pocket.
Biggest complaints are that i wish i could remove the white water safety belt without cutting it from the jacket and i would of preferred a bright color for my white water pfd opposed to black.
The only other detail that would be nice is a system for water like the astral bluejacket has.
I was impressed with the differentiated fit straps separating the upper and lower for areas on my body.
Great guide jacket the front pocket is genius not a super fan of the knife placement and the snap release for the beaner pigtail can just pop this is my third astral jacket all in all a good product thanks.
The astral greenjacket rescue pfd sets the standard for whitewater pros.
Only had it hang up on anything really once and part of the floss that i tied it on with broke allowing the knife to flip out of the way but it hung on by the top and i was able to toss it in the pocket.
