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MTI Adventurewear Orleans Vest Life Jacket
MTI Adventurewear's Orleans PFD is a cool and comfortable life jacket. It's designed for kayakers who paddle with a high backrest or a recreational sit-on-top boat. The zippered front makes for easy entry and MTI's function-first design puts pockets where you'll use 'em. You'll stay cool with the ventilating mesh back panel and the large arm holes and open sides won't interfere with your paddle stroke.
$58.95 
very comfortable
As a woman, I found this to be much more comfortable than the Lotus Mildwater and Quietwater PFDs with mesh backs; as they were both uncomfortably tight across the chest. This one is comfortable no matter how much I tighten it. I do have to tighten the straps about as far as they will go, and I'm supposedly at the high end of the small size. It would be nice not to have so much of the side straps hanging down. That's probably not an issue if your waist/stomach is about the same size as your chest.
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