Full Throttle Infant Rapid-Dry Life Jacket, Pink

The Full Throttle Infant Rapid-Dry Flex-Back Life Jacket is pink, in lightweight four-way stretch fabric with a flex back and an easy-cinch buckle.

A flex back is the feature that matters for an infant. A solid foam back forces a child forward in a car seat or a boat seat, and a flexible panel lets them sit properly rather than being pushed off balance. That is the usual reason infant jackets get removed on the water, which defeats the point entirely.

The buckle cinches without pinching, which sounds trivial until a parent has caught skin in a buckle once and the child fights the jacket every time afterward. Rapid-dry fabric matters because an infant jacket gets wet from spray and spills far more than from swimming, and a jacket that stays damp gets cold. Explore more life jackets and PFDs.

• Flex back lets an infant sit properly rather than pitched forward
• A jacket that forces a child forward gets taken off
• Buckle cinches without pinching skin
• Rapid-dry fabric, since spray soaks it more than swimming