Life jackets are the single most important piece of safety gear on any boat for one simple reason — they save lives. The catch? They only work if you wear them, which is why the old saying still holds ...

During a flight-attendant safety talk, I noticed that the plane’s inflatable life jackets are manual only. That is, a passenger needs pull a cord to inflate one. Yet most passengers have no training ...

Not all life jackets are created equal and with the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighting a concerning rise in the annual number of drowning deaths, it’s more ...

Inflatable life jackets come with trigger mechanisms that include automatic with manual override and manual-only. Courtesy Mustang Survival During a flight-attendant safety talk, I noticed that the ...