Product review: MTI Adventurewear Dorado PFD

Finally, a PFD (personal flotation device) created for the kayaker and the angler.
While there are plenty of angler-friendly PFDs on the market today, few have been designed with the hardcore paddler in mind.
Most fishing PFDs are for vertical fishermen who spend most of their time fishing on their feet and don’t mind loads of foam in the back. This style of PFD is extremely uncomfortable for paddlers who fish with their backs against a seat rest all day.
I’ve had some pretty uncomfortable PFDs over the years, and have even sacrificed safety by cutting out sections of foam to make long paddles more tolerable. There was just no way you could strap on a traditional fishing PFD and go for a 20-mile paddle.
That was until MTI Adventurewear came along and created the perfect kayak angler PFD. The Dorado ($70 MSRP) is just that, a dependable USCG-approved PFD with all the bells and whistles of a high-end fishing PFD, along with a zipper front, oversized arm slots, open sides, high mesh back and little foam in the rear for sit-on-top paddling comfort.
The Dorado, named after my favorite fighting fish, is jam packed with pockets, straps and holders for all your fishing tackle and comes in olive/gray or red/gray. Olive is good for stealth fishermen hoping to blend in with their surrounds, while the red PFDs are more visible on the water. Both are type III PFDs with a buoyancy of 15 pounds, 10 ounces, and are made with comfortable PVC foam and a nylon shell that helps keep you dry.
Go to www.mtiadventurewear.com for more information.

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