Motor cycle air jackets for riders

Hit Air (the one in the link isn't a Hit Air) jackets are adapted from motorcycle jackets. It depends who you ask as to whether or not they're any good, a lot of people hate inflating vests with a passion, other people consider them lifesavers
 
I have been looking at the motorcycle versions of the vest too and couldn't see any difference.
I see there is feedback on there from somebody that brought it for equestrian use and really rates it.
 
I have one - it's a MotoAir and it was a bargain £80 - high viz gilet. It came with 2 spare gas cannisters and only the back and neck inflates which is fine for me as I just want to save my back in the event of a fall. Haven't fallen with it on and hope not to. I just use for hacking/jumping :)
 
Thanks everyone for your comments.

I am just a happy hacker but I have a tall young horse so I think on that basis and your input I am going to get the motorcycle one! I think its ridiculous that Point2 have priced their product out of reach of most ordinary riders when its happy hackers that are most at risk of fatal injuries.
Someone else needs to get in on the act and produce these, obviously Point 2 do not have an exclusive patent on the design.
 
I am not sure about this as the protection seems to be rather different. If only the back inflates I'd say it is more against those nasty sliding injuries motorcyclists often get. The point2 (and I am pretty certain some of the motorbike versions) actually inflate "around" you, stabilising your entire torso and neck plus the coxlyx and the hips... The areas you'd typically hit in a fall off a horse (or a high-sider from a motorbike)
 
muffinmunsh said:
I am not sure about this as the protection seems to be rather different. If only the back inflates I'd say it is more against those nasty sliding injuries motorcyclists often get. The point2 (and I am pretty certain some of the motorbike versions) actually inflate "around" you, stabilising your entire torso and neck plus the coxlyx and the hips... The areas you'd typically hit in a fall off a horse (or a high-sider from a motorbike)
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Yeah, but that's only the MotoAir. The link for the ones I am looking at are identical to Point2 without the heavy price tag!
 
Well, if it covers all the relevant areas, and spare canisters are easy to install and not too expensive, I'd give it a shot! Try it out with one of the canisters and you'll know how well it works...
 
When you've got it, can you please come back and tell us where to get the replacment air cylinders are, whether they are 60 grammes and how much they cost???

If they aren't 60 grammes then they won't offer the same level of protection, but for the price I'd go for it as a happy hacker.
 
I've just checked the link. I have a Point 2 and if I had seen this first I would definitely have bought it. It looks almost identical in what it does and I think it's fantastic for the price.

Be careful not to trust the D rings on your saddle. Most of them are only put on with a few weak staples and in the event of a fall the ring can pull off the saddle instead of the cord pulling off the jacket.

Point 2 and Hit Air sell stirrup bar attachments which are much safer.

Also the motorcycle attachment is possibly a screw fixing. If so, that's not safe on a jiggling horse, as I know to my cost from an early Point 2 which was like it. If it comes with a screw fixing on the cord, take it off and tie a strong carabiner to it - not a lead rein or leg strap clip, they fracture too easily, you need a climbing or a farming karabiner, stainless steel small karabiners are a couple of quid on eBay or in an agricultural merchants.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4mm-x-40m...tEquipment_Accessories_SM&hash=item53e97abb0b
 
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