Bought this vest to replace a Lotus Design from 25 years ago. I purchased this past May and used it for the first time this weekend, September. I like the setup, seems to be very good quality construction. Only trying it on, not paddling, I couldn't tell how it would perform. When zipped all the way up, the zipper handle rakes across the underside of your bicep on a left side of the boat paddle stroke. Tried to move and adjust the vest to find a place for it to not hit my arm that way, but I couldn't. I there there could have been a little more thought put into that design. Otherwise would be a flat out awesome piece of equipment for me.
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