Specifications
PERSONAL RETRIEVER™ specifications:
- Reach: 100 feet
- Buoyancy: 11.24 pounds*
- Deployment time: 10 seconds or less
- Re-deployment time: 45 seconds or less
- Material: Soft Expanded Polyethylene Foam Top and Propylene Base
- Diameter: 17 inches
- Weight: 1.5 pounds
- Training Time: One hour or less
- Rope: 650 pound test buoyant 3/16 inch polypropylene
- Design: Aero-dynamic and hydro-dynamic rotating wing
- Wind penetration: Full extension into 15-knot winds
- Coating: Petroleum resistant plasti-coat
* The US & UK accept 50 Newton / 11
pounds of buoyancy now required in the Type 50 Buoyancy Aids as
sufficient to keep a conscious person afloat.
The
Personal Retriever™ is made of flexible EPE (expanded
poly-ethylene) foam, a balance of durability and softness to avoid
injury.