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Can anyone tell me what firing system(make) is on the Seago jacket?
It is an automatic 175N with harness.
I cant see anything in the user manual saying exactly what type it is, except that UML 5 is on the black plastic tubular part under where the cylinder fits.
 
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UML is the makers name for the trigger. I forget the company, but it is something like Union Marine Ltd (UML).

So its not a "dodgy valve"!

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Thanks Searush, but do you know is it a salt capsule type?
 
Thanks Ken.
Now I have one last little question.
There are 2 toggles, one either side of the chest, are they meant to be fastened together when the LJ is worn, as I used to do with some of my older ones?
If they are then they are miles too short to be fastened on me, and I am 5' 11" and only 10st, which is slim.
 
Those two toggles ar not to be fastened together - they are meant to fix the jacket to your ordinary jacket so that you can take the whol shebang off as one.
 
A point for you to note:

Lifejackets to 150N are certified to EN 396

Lifejackets to 275N are certified to EN 399

There is no intermediate or separate EN standard for 175N lifejackets.

If you take a Seago 175N out of its packing and compare to a Seago 150N lifejacket you will see that both are marked and referenced to 150N and to EN396 - in short there is no visible marking and no way to tell which is the 150 and which is the 175. The only way is for you to mark which is which.

I queried why the 175N had markings that identified it as being 150N from a reputable supplier and received:

Hi Steve
we understand your concern but there is a simple explanation
The Seago Lifejackets test to 175 newtons so there is 175 newton buoyancy in every inflated Seago lifejacket.
However all the labelling denotes 150 newton because that is the European Standard EN396 to which they are manufactured
Hope this helps

Don't know about other types of lifejacket as we have standardised on Seago auto inflatables on Seraph.
 
I have just bought a Seago 275N lifejacket and am confused by the instructions (or lack of them) for the automatic light. There is a removable trigger guard which stops you depressing the button. When you remove it you can depress the button but nothing happens. I am assuming that this "arms" the light and therefore you should do this when using the LJ but you could equally read the instructions that this turns the light off. Which is it?
 
i was led to believe that the seago 175N was a misleading model number for what in fact is a 150 Newton life jacket but this was posibly the moanings of a disgruntled competitor in the budget life jacket buisiness

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Hi Steve.
I was told basically the same and that it would cost many thousands of £ to have a seperate en for 175 N, looks like they made them slightly over spec, so we get 25 extra newtons over and above the spec, which I would imagine cant be a bad thing, or am I wrong?
On the Seago yachting site, they explain something about the difference.
I was a little more concerned about the type of valve, and the cost of replacing it which someone said about £30, but my local chandlers price is £16.95.
I payed £43 for the automatic with harness and crutch strap version, which seems like not a bad deal.
Have you been using Seago? and are you happy with them?
Apparantly they were best on PBO test recently, according to Seago's site.
Thanks for the views, C_W.
Anyway been associated with the Scuttlebutt forum and sailing around the Clyde, I dont wear a jacket when drinking or singing on the boat!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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Hi Steve.
I was told basically the same and that it would cost many thousands of £ to have a seperate en for 175 N, looks like they made them slightly over spec, so we get 25 extra newtons over and above the spec, which I would imagine cant be a bad thing, or am I wrong?


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I know; I know!!! Happy with the EN396 reference but it's only the packaging on a Seago 175 that says it's a 175 - the actual jacket reference says 150. Mix the two types and you cannot tell which is which- they physically look the same

Charter yacht l/j's must have a unique number, the name of the boat and the home port marked on them. We have 150's and a couple of 175's (for the more portly person coming onboard.) I've used a dymo type machine to add "175" to my labelling so I can tell the difference.

FFS they could mark it "Tested to 175N"
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